ivanj
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| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Harold-not-the-barrel:Although I only watched the clip once, I believe the musical Wittgenstein is a relative of Ludwig Wittgenstein. BTW the admonition you quote from the end of the Tractatus, viz, " Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss m... | |
| Bob Carver new tune expected Possibly owing to manufacture, his gear is like the tale of two cities.C-4000 good esp. if upgradedM-500 good especially if upgradedLatest ALS goodHe stands behind most of his stuff. GoodJohn Atkinson doesn't like him. Excellent!. | |
| Best balanced linestage/preamp for $4000 or less ??? Buy a pre-owned Accuphase or Pass Labs. You want the lowest noise floor you can get.If you took apart a new Mac you would never buy one. | |
| SACD/CD player update As a step up from the OPPO, the only SACD players worth considering are the Accuphase line. Esoteric is a bit thin sounding compared to the Accuphase. The Accuphase is not mellifluous, it just lets the music through. Accuphase is the reference of ... | |
| Audio valuations One of the lucky transactions that I actually made money on. This is the exception to the rule. I just sold a pre-owned, discontinued mint SACD player for more than list because the buyer, who is very happy, has a large collection of HDCDs. At fir... | |
| Most overrated bands Talking Heads | |
| Most overrated bands Oh I saw the Velvet Underground and the Who with Keith Moon play. Definitely not over-rated.Hendrix sense of humour is rarely given recognition. Playing St. Peppers and parodying Cream after they broke up on TV. Lyrics "I hope I never hear surf mu... | |
| Most overrated bands StingPaul McCartneyQueenStevie Ray VaughnMuch of Eric Clapton YesElton JohnVan Dyke ParksAll BS&T except Child is Father to the ManAll the junk they play at audio shows. | |
| Bluetooth or not The same general thing goes for preamp input sorry that was the original question. I'd stick with the headphone jack. Belden cables are $30. Preamps have BT in them now? I do some streaming through an iPAD via the headphone jack of some services a... | |
| Bluetooth or not Bluetooth was a replacement for infra-red controllers. (There was actually a better solution at the IEEE but BT won because of the companies that came up with it) Bluetooth is to USB is to Ethernet. Folks don't run data centers on Bluetooth and US... | |
| Which server / renderer to buy? USB and the USB interface in a computer was never intended for audio use or hi speed networking. Recognition of and elimination of Jitter was not a design consideration for USB specifications and applications, just transferring bits and bytes.USB ... | |
| Quad 989/2905 all around qualities Late to the party but: I recently auditioned pairs of recently refurbished 989 and new 2905s. (NB I owned QUAD ESLs in England and stacked QUADs and 63 in the USA. I tried Maggies but "went back to school" )I found both speakers to roll off the to... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? This AA'gon spell checker drives me crazy. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I think that the Ortofon 2M Black is the best MM made today. In our setup and test with an oscilloscope and a real distortion analyzer, it had much lower distortion on a series of test records than several MCs over $2500. It can track just about a... | |
| Is Classe AUdio no longer??? I don't knowing buy products from the Communist Chinese nor from countries who have not signed international IP agreements. I don't not knowingly buy products that are made in Communist China. I know this limits me but I don't purchase cable TV ei... |