jbhiller
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| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? There’s some intentional irony in the thread. I also agree that LZ stole and borrowed but always advanced their own view and soundscape. GVF sound like they are imitating too much in my humble perspective. I’d like them more if they had more of t... | |
| Seeking suggestions for 6922 tubes You may like Nationals made in India with Mullard tooling, I believe. | |
| Why Music Has Lost it’s Charms (Article) Great thread! I think popular music suffers today and has for about 20 years, give or take. One of the problems is barriers to entry. Every artist can make their own album on a laptop. With the increase in artists, it’s harder to find the musical... | |
| worth the jump to Cornwall IV's from Forte IV's? OP, I made the move from Forte IIIs to Cornwall IVs. It is a definite upgrade, yet the Fortes are great in their own right. Gutenberg described the CWIVs as a Forte on steroids. I think that's accurate. CWs give you very accurate bass. I do,... | |
| Amazing Cartridge Repairs by Vinyl Audio Science! Ketchup, you should ask him about it. He sent me photos and videos on completion of the job but before he shipped it out. | |
| Class D Integrated Amplifier Recommendations. I love the Marantz Ruby integrated. It has enough soul that I don’t miss my tube amps, runs cool, has plenty of power and is very well built. I think it lacks a little aesthetic bling but that’s my only gripe. | |
| Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers? I run an Intel NUC as a Roon Core, streaming Qobuz (previously Tidal). It's Linux based and does one thing with all that power--run the Core. There's no other software on it. Linux and Roon. That's it. When you use a laptop or personal compu... | |
| Tube Rolling in Doge 7 DAC Selling the Doge was a tough decision. I bought a Marantz Ruby SACD/DAC and the DAC is wonderful. It's a $4k unit/$3k on sale. I found it just as enjoyable as the Doge so I sold the Doge to get rid of a box. I really should've kept it as it i... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd Bill Evans "Waltz for Debby" | |
| Concerning high end audio names in new cars Car audio is not 100% marketing ploys. I happen to know a sound engineer that works for a major auto maker and has work for several. While sometimes the systems can be not that great or potentially marketing, some of these designers are really wor... | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? Great topic. I have been running 2 REL T9is for a few years. Setup, now, is a breeze. I could turn them off and reset them and have them integrated again in 15-20 minutes or so. At first, however, I had trouble because I kept fussing with them... | |
| Tube Rolling in Doge 7 DAC I don't own my unit any more. I believe the positions are labeled/marked right near the sockets. | |
| Just my observation - seems like there is less listed on AG I echo those who say it's not a good thing that Audiogon doesn't encourage contact with members. I've met a great friend on here. Also, I like having personal contact with buyers/sellers on transactions. In 1998, I made my first purchase here... | |
| New Analog Technology??? T. Bone has an impeccable resume of producing gorgeous music. Some of his records are sublime--to me. I'm certainly going to give him the benefit of the doubt, and let this play out. I'm down the reel-to-reel rabbit hole just to get closer to... | |
| Upgrading from Primaluna I modded a PL Dialogue HP before. I found the two coupling caps (as shown in Margu's photo they are the black VCaps) make the most improvement and are coincidentally the easiest to swap out. These are directly in the signal path. While I ended... |