inna
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| Musician vs. audiophile From my limited conversations with musicians, they prefer the sound that doesn't annoy them too much. It doesn't have to be a great sound. This means that the sound should be natural enough with low level of distortion, especially in the midrange. | |
| Musician vs. audiophile The source hasn't still been mentioned by the OP and I wonder why.With wrong source and cabling nothing will sound acceptable. | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? fourwnds,Just make sure they are MK II, they are claimed to be a big improvement over the original. | |
| Most satisfying system change in 2017? Purist Audio Dominus Rev B Ferox power cord for the integrated amp and Tchernov Cable Reference MK II RCAs for the phono stage. You never know how good your equipment is until you get current and signal transmission under control. | |
| Musician vs. audiophile What an interesting situation. But first, what is the source ?She might prefer the sound of panel or hybrid speakers as many women do, but something is wrong with the BAT/Wilson set-up. Also, the power amp is solid state not tube, this might contr... | |
| Need recommendation for amplifier How about Levinson 27.5 ? There is one for $1800. | |
| Opinions on best integrated under 10k? It is better to get Cartier for your wife than spend $10k on average quality audiophile boxes with Chinese parts. You need $22k for Diablo 300 with dac. That dac is upgradeable on-line. | |
| Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one If it may be your last amp why not make it the great first ? Diablo 300 would be just right and would bring more out of your speakers.Listen to youtube, same Gryphon speakers with Diablo 120 and Diablo 300, you can hear the difference - much more ... | |
| Opinions on best integrated under 10k? Give the bonus check to "the other half". That's not enough for you. You need $16k for Gryphon Diablo 300. If you want to take some risk and ready to deal with European voltage, you might be able to find previous generation Diablo 250 watt/ch with... | |
| Analog integrated amp recommendation Take the price down to $4k, get acupwr.com step up transformer or have the distributor switch it to American voltage and you will be perfectly fine.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/solid-state-like-new-from-europe-italy-2017-12-08-integrateds | |
| Help needed for a skeptic! Simple rule is not to buy anything audio from China regardless of how it looks on picture and the price. And there is no need, plenty of stuff around. | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? I mostly meant internal authority. It is a very complex concept. We are not exactly born with moral compass, nor do we exactly want to have it.swampwalker, you are an anarchist, just as I am.No-one wants to pay dealers audition fees. | |
| Help needed for a skeptic! Absolutely unrealistic. Why did you do it, that's not what we suggested ? | |
| Lowering the noise floor jc4659, exactly.I think that in many or most cases power cords should be upgraded before interconnects, eventually both, of course. I did it myself, the cost was high, but it was worth it. Besides other things, noise level dropped big, distortion ... | |
| Store auditioning and then buying on-line from others. How do you feel about it ? Anyway, "moral compass" is directly connected to some authority. There is no more authority to which it could be connected. We are lost sheep longing to be found. |