jasonbourne71
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| Streamers under $1500 Just get a $200 Wiiim Pro and stop worrying neurotically about sound quality. If your ears are so golden that you can tell the difference between a $200 and a $1500 streamer go ahead and buy the costlier one. It's your money! | |
| Can you tell the difference between a $200 and a $200,000 guitar? @noromance : My mistake! Yes, acoustic guitars all sound different. Just like violins, violas, cellos ... Since sound quality is so subjective one may prefer the cheap guitar over the expensive one! | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets The Moody Blues In Search of the Lost Chord Weather Report I Sing the Body Electric Miles Davis In a Silent Way | |
| Can you tell the difference between a $200 and a $200,000 guitar? Different pickups and strings will produce different sound for each guitar. The wood they are made of has no effect when they are plugged into an amp. Tonewood is a myth employed by marketers to justify higher prices. | |
| Vandersteen Aficianados please step inside (Quatro) Yes, no problem! Get a pair of Dynaco MkIII's. These are great sounding tube amps built with excellent iron. | |
| Benchmark DAC2 HGC vs DAC3 HGC or?? Like the French Chef said about margarine "No diffawrance!" | |
| Worst Speakers Ever?? Bertagni look interesting but don't sound good. I have the SM-100's bought for $25 at Goodwill. No cabinets - a rectangular piece of Styrofoam with the bass and treble motors sunk into the foam. I only tried them briefly. Maybe they will sound bet... | |
| Nagra streamer in Munich 2024 Hi End for the 1%. Another trophy to brag about. | |
| Best Cartridge you have heard on a Denon DP62-L turntable That experience decades ago with the DL103 is why I continue to use it and keep several versions in my cartridge stable, including a rare gold-body 50th Anniversary model and the 103D with elliptical stylus. It just does well what a cartridge is s... | |
| Best Cartridge you have heard on a Denon DP62-L turntable Back in the late 70’s my local audio store used the Denon 103 mc cartridge on a TOTL Denon TT with the DA-307 arm. Step up device was a clone of the Levinson JC-1 head amp. Despite the conical (gasp!) stylus LP playback sounded phenomenally good! ... | |
| Outlet Question Definition of "Audiophile": Someone who listens to wall outlets before music. | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby True! I was listening yesterday to one of the first all-digital rock albums Peter Gabriel's Security. I had the original CD in a vintage 16-bit player and was amazed by the vividness of the sound quality! I felt what I was hearing was the master ... | |
| Andrew Singer Of "Sound by Singer" passed away yesterday I remember going to one of the NYC audio shows in the late 70's. Sound by Singer had a room there in the hotel. Equipment was set up - but NO sound! Visitors commented about this negatively. Why bother setting up an exhibit and refusing to play mu... | |
| How can I measure the noise on my AC mains with a 2ch oscilloscope? Your components' power supplies are designed to putput clean DC to activate the circuitry. No need to worry neurotically about noise on the AC line. Competent engineering takes care of that. | |
| Mark Levinson Has Saved Me And My MUSIC!! @wsrrsw : Digital recording and playback is a tried and proven technology. The music waveform is perfectly preserved. To believe otherwise is to remain trapped in neurotic confusion! Which Mr. Levinson wants you to be so he can get your $600. |