jond
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| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers @ieales very well said. I envy those who can mod gear and also have the ability to use room treatments. My GF would never allow that. | |
| Thad Jones Thanks for mentioning Thad Jones just queued up Village Vanguard on Tidal! | |
| SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC @wig Glad you're enjoying the Dac so much and having fun tube rolling! | |
| Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible? For sound quality versus pure wattage these are nice class A monos for cheap:http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649362122-monarchy-audio-sm70/ | |
| It really comes to something when a brand as iconic as Gibson Guitars cant stay afloat! Did anyone read the article I linked? Seems like the really interesting part of this is cultural rather than economic. I find myself bemused and encouraged by the rising number of girls learning guitar because of Taylor Swift. | |
| It really comes to something when a brand as iconic as Gibson Guitars cant stay afloat! A great article on this subject came out a year ago in the Washington Post.https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/...The modern day guitar hero? Taylor Swift. | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! +1 edichang62 I have the print edition and the ML is indeed a followup and the Halo is in a column. All regular reviews contain measurements. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? "Dizzy 100" Dizzy Gillespie | |
| RE: Suggestions for Tidal Streaming problems caused by Internet Connection Problems Oh just to clarify I am not using an Aurender I use an Auralic Aries Mini. My issues were just with Tidal not with Auralic. | |
| RE: Suggestions for Tidal Streaming problems caused by Internet Connection Problems I will say I was at my wits end with Tidal a few weeks ago I would say it was only working about 40% of the time. Then boom two weekends ago it started working flawlessly and since then it's been fine. Only buffering I've experienced is between tr... | |
| Unknown type of audio interface/connector/cable It's really hard to tell what that is in the photo and I am with stereo5 a tape deck would go into a preamp or integrated not a speaker. | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) @cellcbern Congrats on your new speakers! The Bache designs look interesting and glad to hear they are easy to work with. Happy listening! | |
| Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers Fantastic points as always Al I don't think i could have said it any better. I have new speakers but the speakers I really lust after are built using the vintage drivers Al describes above. | |
| Herron NOS Tubes My preamp uses 6 6DJ8 tubes so splashing out on super pricey NOS is not really something I care to do the Matsushita are a great balance between price and sound quality. | |
| Herron NOS Tubes hi dhcod I use those too in my Deja Vu preamp they sound great and are an amazing value! |