jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Your first step down the "audiophile" path? And sharing mine. When I heard at age 14 in 1966 Magical Mystery Tour on my cousin's KLH compact stereo with the small wall-mounted speakers! I knew then that equipment mattered! | |
| Sharing my experience with cables The Emperor really has no clothes on! | |
| Sharing my experience with cables When is the OP going to submit his theory of why power cords sound different to the Noble Prize Committee for Physics? Enquiring minds want to know! | |
| Sharing my experience with cables The OP did not use blind testing! His opinions/conclusions are highly suspect! If I had a dollar for every "my golden ears tell me it is so" post here on Agon I'd have a million $$$$! | |
| How many turntables have you owned? I have at hand about 31 turntables. Including a Linn Sondek, a Thorens 160 and 125, a Revox 890, a Kenwood KD650, four Empires ... | |
| Buying from Canada! I bought a pair of Quad 57’s and a Linn Sondek TT from England (used) through eBay. I paid NO tariffs or custom fees! | |
| Cable recommandations Since I left behind my Mogami 2477 OFC coax speaker cable when I moved down South 7 years ago I had to replace it. A friend in NY had a 50 ft piece of Q Audio Time Stream speaker cable. This is a Canadian company. I paid him $50 and had it shipped... | |
| Cable recommandations Confirmation bias plus a high price tag is a sure path for those in the cable business to take advantage of the gullible and easily persuaded! The shiny new toy always gives greater pleasure than the old toy! | |
| Cable recommandations So you think that your DIY speaker cables - and IC’s - are somehow inferior to a boutique name brand? And you feel compelled to spend $1500? The TRUTH is that your DIY silver cables are most likely indistinguishable from any of these highly touted... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? I still have my KLH Nine full-range electrostats. Over six feet tall! Heaviest could be the Speakerlab 7's or the JBL 166 Horizons. | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy. Bob Dylan - Self Portrait! | |
| Denafrips Athena- is damn good I have a Sumo Athena preamp in my collection. Designed by James Bongiorno! | |
| Shunyata Omega QR BB vs AudioQuest Dragon HC The Emperor's New Clothes syndrome! | |
| Cable curmudgeon The Emperor's New Clothes is the applicable paradigm here! Plus those invested monetarily in boutique power cords must defend their choices. | |
| oscilloscope app for laptops Go to ASR (audiosciencereview) and look at the speaker plots made using the Kippel Measuring System. These tell the most about a speaker's in-room response! |