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| Why do Audiophiles feel the need... "...if you ain't heard it, you don't have an opinion..."Didn't Gizmo say that? | |
| Tuner can be heard through other inputs Try everything else listed above, but if you can't get it to stop, this is what I heard just this week-end from a competent designer/builder:Naim tells their dealers to only demo with one unit plugged in, as this cross-talk is inherent in their gr... | |
| ISOCLEAN: is anything better in pw conditioning? I have about $12K in Isoclean stuff. Two 3030 IIs and 60 and 80 amp conditioner, filters. ATI's, then other filters that I didn't like, I went to Shunyata Hydra I and Hydra II to "V" Hydra, I left Shunyata (good stuff) to this, which is just fabul... | |
| US only sales WHY??? Same at DAVT said. I've been asked, literally at the last minute, to change declared value, make fruadulent statement as to contents, "gifts", etc.I have 3 ads going now. All say that I will not make fraudulent statements, etc. I've said it every ... | |
| LAST - then and now? "Useless product by any standard" Is that why LAST stylus products are the only ones approved by Van Den Hul for their cartridges? Last has been and still is a valuable help with keeping my collection alive. After 30 years in high end and with a $... | |
| Single most effective electronic room treatment? I'm not affiliatied with TacT but, Both assymetrical and symetrical rooms have their own problems: lack of balance in one and (more) resonance problems with the latter. I have a really bad, symmetric room with dual subs and balance/reflection prob... | |
| Levinson 3XX Amplifier Repairs My disgust with Levinson attitudes under both Madrigal and HK has already been expressed. Yes, you're getting gouged for what you're getting. The repair parts and labor are nothing special, except for their pricing, where they become truly "except... | |
| Audio Valve Challenger 180 Users Loved mine. They drove stacked PK 57 Quads. I had a bias resistor blow out, though and Sound by Singer refused to service them, although they "service what they sell" and advertised for them. I sold them, cheap, in a fit of spite/matter of policy,... | |
| Thiel CS 2 2 vs. Vandersteen 2CE Never owened, but have shopped hard and listened a bit to Theil: harder to drive, treble set for 3 meters, rather than 2 meters, (at least, in older Theils) so treble may be rather brighter. Have owned several Vandies, I like the Vandies, but they... | |
| Auditioning gear for purchase.. not in town JMc has my philosophy. I refuse to victimize dealers when I intend to buy from A'gon and I'm at a point where I just can't afford most of the stuff that I want at new prices.Also, Audiogon is the only place where I can check out synergies: unfortu... | |
| I am sick of cables Amen:Have had many upper level versions of Purist, MIT, Transparent, and Siltech: guess how much I've spent: sucked in by BS and marketing.With my current system, I'm now using 24 gauge, solid core, dead annealed silver, cotton wrapped from Chris ... | |
| Gallo vs. Quads ESL 57 I'll get flamed, but here goes: I had 63 Monitor and PK 57 Quads. Wish I had had the Gradient, but had another high quality, musical sub. I got the Gallo's at a steal of a price (2 weeks in previous owners system). They were in and out of my syste... | |
| Miles Davis, the Cuisinart and other Hi-Fi Horrors My Wife "gave" me the FROG (ambitiously called a "listening room") over the garage when we moved in (and all I had to do was pick up the mortgage payment)!Neither car is in the garage and therefore the electric garage door is only used about 5-6 t... | |
| Need help on choosing power conditioner Back again. Totally agree with Stanwal: if you haven't done dedicated lines, I would start there. It's way cheaper (probably) than even the cheapest decent conditioners and some people just don't like conditioners on their power amps. More draw ma... | |
| Need help on choosing power conditioner Have used a Shunyata Hydra (old and new): nice stuff. Now have $10k in Isoclean in my system and I'd not change a thing. NB if you can't "go deep" on Isoclean (i.e. 3030 transformers and 60-80 amp filters), you may not want to bother. Perhaps at t... |