jhills
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New $24,000 inter-connect +1 mitch2.... :-) | |
New $24,000 inter-connect Holy cow geoff, you almost made me cry for the guy! | |
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? Most decent speakers and systems are capable of making a reasonably good stage, on plain and slightly wider than the plain of the speakers. To each their own, but, after several years as lead guitar in a 60s rock band and many more years of attend... | |
New $24,000 inter-connect @taras22Wow! you'd think that someone who was smart enough to know a bit about history would be smart enough to build a legitimate set of cables that didn't pilfer some poor, or should I say rich fool out of $22K for a bogus set of cables. Maybe ... | |
Nature of the current used speaker market As an aging audiophile, who over the years, has been more interested in building a well thought and cost coherent system that could produce an engaging performance, rather than spending ridiculous amounts of $$$ buying expensive gear to make other... | |
Affordable integrated pure class A? @stuff_jones This is <200 and supposedly pure class a. Anyone heard it?A lot of good suggestions here, so stay away from this one. $166.00 fake with a Krell name emblem stuck on it Nope!!!!!.....Jim | |
New $24,000 inter-connect +1 d2girlsYep! It would be a sad time if the audio greats all decide that the science, art and engineering of making fine audio components at fair market value, isn't where it's at.....Jim | |
New $24,000 inter-connect It isn't a mater of comparison or reason that a $25K cable is going to sound amazingly better than a $100.00 cable - the science of what it takes to transfer an audio or digital signal through 1 meter of cable has been around for some time and bey... | |
I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. @erik_squiresDepends on listening level and music. I could listen to music a lot lower volume if I could have old-school loudness controls like the Denon's and now some rare Yamaha integrated amps have.Is exactly true. I am a purest, in that I l... | |
What will a preamp do for me? @elizabeth The actual answer is in the listening.Not to take your answer out of context, but - True! Aside from personal taste, there is a reason why, just because equipment and speakers measure ruler flat on the speck sheet, doesn’t always equate... | |
The Future of Audio Amplification There isn't anything bad about class D that $20K worth of cables and a $10K power cable couldn't fix...Just sayn...Jim | |
What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @schubert......Back when 8 track was still the big thing, I was the only kid in the clan to have, in my collection of tapes, an assortment of - Cream, Blind Faith, The Stones, Dean Martin and Benny Goodman. Go figure - I still like em all.......Jim | |
What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @ rannyring I always thought of Van Morrison as one of the greats. Between LPs and CDs, I have nearly all of his recordings and love them all.I can't imagine anyone, with a nice system, who could kick back with a smooth drink and listen to "These ... | |
The most musical sound in my 40 year's Audio history. @shkong78 Wow! the line-magnetic looks and undoubtedly sounds incredible. I remember, many years ago, auditioning a pair of the large Altec Lancing horns - what an incredibly huge and dynamic sound, but, after some consideration, decided that, eve... | |
What’s wrong with Diana Krall? @michael8 Diana Krall; One of the worst female popular vocalists??? WOW! That's harsh!I never thought of Neil Young, Bob Dylon, Van Morison or Bruce Springsteen as being great vocalists, but in terms of being great artists, recording stars, story ... |