imthorek
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| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? I still have my original speaker cables and they seem to be working great attached to my Apogee Duaetta Signatures. They are biwired by Temporal Continuum speaker wires and guys both of them are 29 years old.Imthorek | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? I think you need a decent preamp in any system. I used to have an Audio Research Hybrid Preamp in the early nineties and for my DAC I have the Wadia Digital. I loved my Audio Research until it broke after three years of use. While looking for a... | |
| Advice on CD transport My first CD transport is a Theta which broke and went to several other transports. I like my current one which I've had for over five years. It is a Raysonic tubed transport which I chose for its top loading features. It's been working very wel... | |
| Charging A Fee To Demo An Amplifier In A Brick & Mortar Store I live in metropolitan Phoenix and I usually go to a dealer when looking for new components every couple of years . I never get charged with a demo fee here. I usually read reviews of the equipment I am interested in buying and then listen to it... | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) I would go with the Magico A3. imThorek | |
| Looking for new speakers Before you blame your speakers check if you have same issue with digital recordings i.e. CD player. If not could be you turntable. If same distortion is apparent with digital source, try changing your interconnects and speaker cables. If the prob... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick I'd go with RevelimThorek | |
| Jazz vocalists which may not be as real as we think/imagine I have been to small clubs in the late eighties in Manhattan and was lucky enough to hear some great vocalists sing along side a trio of musicians about 8-10 feet away. Their voices live are very distinct, real and unforgettable but their re... | |
| Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps I never bought a used amps other than from my audio dealer who accept return for up to a year if something goes wrong. I did start with used ADCOM, then went to new Carver Monoblocks in the '80s and settled with the Krell Class A stereo amp wh... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? imThorekI worked as nephrologist for 40years and now retired. Listening to my music in my audio room every night while seeping scotch before I go to bed kept me sane.imThorek | |
| Why perfect speakers dont exist the truth revealed Kenjit,If speakers built on concrete walls are great how come movie theaters are not building them, Would be easy to build them while building the movie house?I have listened to one of the smallest Magico speakers in an audio store and can't be... | |
| Why hasn’t B&W ever entered the ultra hi-end for speakers? I have auditioned many B&W speakers except the Nautilus. I generally think they are great speakers except they are a little too bright for my ears. If B&W are really selling a lot of speakers are europeans buying them more than us?imThorek | |
| Favorite song to demo or test drive speakers? I have Two favorites:"Makin' Whoopee" by Bradford Marsali from Trio Jeepy Album&"Concierto de Aranjuez" by Jim Hall from Album ConciertoimThorek | |
| What's the best non-DAC streamer? I have been using cocktail audio X-10 streamer which is old. I have been ripping my CDs on it thru a 1 TB hard drive which can be replaced when full. I can access all my music anywhere in my house wirelessly. In my bedroom where it is locate... | |
| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? I totally agree wit Bpoletti. There is a sweet spot also in my audio room because I listen to electrostatic speakers and prefer to listen to my music alone but if with company, they sit on my sweet spot and play the music they like to hear. I ... |