invictus005

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VPI Classic 3 or SME 20/2
SME annihilates VPI. This is not even fair. The cheapest SME Model 10 wipes the floor with the most expensive VPI offerings. OP are you joking? 
Warm, lush and dark ... Dac up to 1.2K
Micromega makes the best digital, period. They always have and will for the foreseeable future. It’s the law. Having said that, Mytek is pretty darn nice too. 
A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital..
Lol. Yawn.  
Is it true records are sealed to look better....
New records don’t need to be cleaned. There’s no mould release nothing, never has been, never will. Just nonsense from the misinformed. Ultra sonic cleaners are snake oil. 
‘modern’, ‘mainstream’ speakers—too many models converging towards too similar a sound
DSP will wipe away all these throwaway speakers OP mentioned. 
Revel Performa 206, PSB T-2, Focal Aria 936: Which offers the best overall sound?
Focal is better than crooked Samsung.  
Toslink vs. RCA
@cogito1965 That’s not how any of this works, whatsoever.  
JBL everest?
Fantastic speakers! Unfortunately JBL is now owned by Samsung. And I don’t support those crooks. 
Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range
Devialet Phantom Gold. 
Best Rocking Speakers 15K and Under
Devialet Premier Phantom GoldBang & Olufsen BeoLab 20 
What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well?
With that budget, you should be looking at a real state of the art speaker, such as anything from Bang & Olufsen. Not another tired passive with an MDF box. 
Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?
@atmasphere You really should stop spreading misinformation and your lack of knowledge in a lot of these threads.Devialet uses class A and D hybrid circuitry and have over 100 patents.And recent examples are what I’m talking about. These circuits ... 
Totem Tabu Tweeter not working, help with diagnoses/repair please.
Those tweeters have ferrofluid. After sitting for a while, this fluid can become sticky like glue. Tweeter can be disassembled, cleaned, and new fluid refilled. Cranking the volume sometimes gives them enough of a kick to get unstuck. But you can ... 
Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?
The best sounding amp circuits today are:1.) Devialet ADH (Class A D Hybrid)2.) Hypex Ncore3.) ICEYes, all are at least partially class D. Class D has an absolute iron grip on bass response. And the above three have gotten so state of the art, tha... 
Cartridge recommendations
Ortofon 2M Black is my favorite cartridge of all time at any price.