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So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why???
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So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why???
I avoid watching these YouTube clips! Sound quality is anybody's guess!  
What's up with the price of Vintage equipment?
I bought a Marantz 2235 from an eBay seller. $130 with free shipping! Another eBay bargain for me was the BEL 1001 amp for $525 from the original owner. Sold new for $3K in 1982. The Brown Electronic Lab amps are still competitive with today's fiv... 
What's up with the price of Vintage equipment?
@deadhead1000 : can you provide examples of old gear that you consider overpriced?   
Furutech Mains Power Cables Hierarchy & Differences
Cable burn-in indeed! Might as well claim those led lightbulbs give a "purer" light after being in use for a few hundred hours!   
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
@wizzzard : thank you for your reply to my question! I have been suspicious of the claims by LAST since their appearance decades back. I will stick to cleaning my styli using Magic Erasure. Also A.J.van den Hul recommended using some vodka on a fi... 
Why are there no newer clip-on headphones?
Monoprice had a pair of clip-ons that got very good reviews. They cost $200-$300.   
Just joined 😁
A study of the tracing geometry shows that this type of pivoted arm will have much higher tracking distortion. No thanks!  
Some new E-bay scams
Will Vincent is a good and decent person who does not deserve this treatment from corporate bureaucracies. Six years ago I lost $850 sent to an eBay seller for a pair of JBL 65 speakers. They were not sent and I never received a refund. Neither eB... 
Hybrid amplifiers Ss/tube, any good?
George Kaye's New York Audio Labs made excellent hybrid amps! Tube front ends with MOSFET output stages. I have the 75wpc Moscode 150 in my amp collection. Check the Stereophile archives for a review of the Moscode 300.  
High end speakers at low volume
Don't forget the latest Quad ESL's! They excel at low-level listening! Once heard they make quite an impression for sheer naturalness!  
low frequencies
Yes, place both speakers against the wall. This offers the best and most even bass. It is called the Allison effect.   
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Agon member vonhelmholtz didn't like the Audiolab 6000CDT, while member creativepart did. Two subjective impressions based upon how a particular transport sounded in two dissimilar systems. Not good enough to stand up in a court of law!  
Interesting AMP GTG Results.
An old thread - but it illustrates the problem of amp  comparisons done without careful level matching. Ad hoc conclusions mean little!  
Will Vincent ST-70 Tube Amp
Will built me a SET 45 amp on a Dynaco chassis that is superb! Beautiful gloss white powder coat finish, two C6C pentodes to drive the pair of 45's and a 5V4 rectifier. A first-rate SE DHT amp!