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| Dazed & Confused suggestions for something without so many output devicesMy tastes tend to tube amplifiers. I would never presume to recommend. The BJ 5000 is decent garden variety speaker cable and should not cause any issues with most well designed amplifiers.I ... | |
| Dazed & Confused Upon first look at the room picture, I exclaimed "Oh my God!" the Spires have phenomenal bassin that room! Cover the TV. Add something to the right wall to reduced reflections. While the minimalist shelving has nice esthetics, it's a disaster for ... | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ Personalities can be broken down into four distinct types, each with their biggest fearFrank, that's a load of bollocks. Talk about stereotyping. Sheesh!How about two types: Gullible and Not? | |
| Cryogenically treated cables Oh, just a whole CD player I had cryo’d.Did it have a thermal tag to indicate lowest temperature?Time @ ?°KIs it really better in some measurable way or just now has more cachet? | |
| The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase @elizabeth Planning, can I afford this?Why always the money?If you have to ask, you can't afford it.@millercarbonHere in Washington we have some sweet green bud that will get you there in one stepComments like that negate all post validity. c.f. "... | |
| Perfect Path Tecnologies ‘The Gate’ As of now I cringe when I see that username by a post. ... and some relish it: Well reasoned, objective … maybe a tad argumentative, but given the lunacy that pervades this space, totally understandable.Frank is a good guy, but the reported impro... | |
| Cryogenically treated cables Cryogenically treating anything improves its performance.Let’s all chip in and cryogenically treat Mr Kait | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) We definitely agree on the Islay.Best I ever had was a 30 year old Ardbeg distilled in 1972. | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Old iron IS better than new iron.Old iron is frequently cheaper than new iron.Quad II sounds much better than Citation III never thought so, but I don’t like Welch’s & ethanol either. IMO, the CII is more coherent from the low mids on down whi... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Hogwash!Old iron is no better than new iron. A good design is a good design.A great 60W KT-88 amp is a Citation II, but they are pricy.Lots of old vintage stuff is in need of a complete rebuild, not just capacitors.Tube rolling is silly. Get somet... | |
| Are you buying the right interconnects ? Just like Michael Jackson's anti-gravity shoe patent. https://mashable.com/2015/03/28/michael-jackson-shoe-patent/ The shoes were invented long before in vaudeville.The examiner was overworked / unqualified.If the prose weren't so turgid and obfus... | |
| Herbie’s Super Black Hole CD Mat - Wow! until I started experimenting with tweaks myselfsome of us were tweaking before HP & TAS... they sure as blazed didn't invent it and in some regards are partially responsible for today's lunacy | |
| Herbie’s Super Black Hole CD Mat - Wow! Enid Lumley - I'll never forget the first thing I read of hers. I thought "Now there's a looney!"IIRC, she claimed shining flashlight at Maggies altered the sound. | |
| Are you buying the right interconnects ? Can you shed more light on that?atdavid:TEO Audio products defy physics and rely on a ’vibe’The right interconnects are the ones that sound correct in the system.Cost, geometry and materials are for nought if the parameters sum negatively with oth... | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) Upscale Audio has some nice used tube integrateds.https://www.upscaleaudio.com/collections/amplifiers-specialsDitto The Music Roomhttps://tmraudio.com/components/integrated-amplifiers/Also US Audio Mart - Tube Integratedshttps://www.usaudiomart.co... |