kennyc
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| FM Tuner for audiophiles-is it a bad idea today? Thanks all, very informative. I haven’t researched yet, but there’s probably a good chance there are good FM stations where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I like the idea of a DJ picking what he/she feels like rather than a pre made playlis... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? I disagree that it’s US greed, rather, it’s the nature of living in a capitalist society in which businesses are encouraged to compete to drive down prices. Generally speaking, businesses are driven to maximize revenue while minimizing costs. La... | |
| The survival of the fittest. The original OP is narrowed to high-end speakers, but the answer applies to business in general.1) Businesses require time, resources, effort to run in a non-fixed market conditions (changes over time). What sold well this year may not be the sam... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? Perhaps the OP mistook the few available negative PrimaLuna posts as representing the population at large. Perhaps there are a lot more satisfied owners that simply are not posting maybe because PrimaLuna is a relatively established company so mu... | |
| Top linear trackers I like the idea that linear tracker tonearms follows the groove the same way it was originally cut vs the pivot tonearms with only 2 null points thus introducing distortion, although many/most may say they cannot hear the difference. Because orche... | |
| Audiophile demographics? Guys like gear.Speculation: because guys are problem solvers, we like tools (gear) that helps to these problems. We also like building things - again tools needed. Guys like bigger, larger, stronger/power (1000HP street cars).You'd be hard press... | |
| Is it my amp or my speakers? Trying out returnable cables may be cheapest fix shipping wise. +1 Tekton especially the double impact, but their speakers are rather largeGoldenEar Tritons - another great price/performance speakers with many positive reviewsYou could look for u... | |
| Seriously? Why Buy ARC Ref 6SE? seems Benchmark LA4 is a better choice. +1 @mahler123 | |
| Have speakers really improved within the last 20 years?? The OP seems rather ludicrous.What’s the definition of “most speakers”? Many/most audiophiles distinguish differences between high-end audio gear vs box store main stream products which garner the vast majority of speaker sales. So are we comparin... | |
| Can anyone recommend an FM Receiver that would play into a relatively high end system? FM Tuner Shootout (scroll to bottom to see final rankings):https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/shootouts.htmlMany would say that the Accuphase T-1100 is the best new FM tuner today. | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers @thieliste The Magico A5 has excellent price/performance with Herculean internal damping. At $22k it competes with $30k+ speakers. | |
| Beware Audiocadabra Cables: High Return Shipping and Won't Get Full Refund! Seems like a no brainer to find out the return policy before purchasing, and unfair accusations because of the OP's lack of due diligence - return policy was clearly stated on Audiocadabra website. http://www.audiocadabra.com/satisfaction-guarantee/ | |
| Wanting to get back into the hobby and want to start with the speakers. @qxb1998,Speaker preference is subjective. Best is to listen/demo for yourself. But the caveat is that speakers reflect the audio chain driving them, so can sound heavenly in one system, not so much in others. Also room modes can play significa... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? The difficulty of making bad vinyl recordings acceptable is that the compromise may adversely affect good vinyl recordings. Whether the compromise is acceptable is highly subjective. Maybe you can live with a compromise cartridge. Or maybe have... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? @joeyfed55 Perhaps you may prefer the sound of adding tubes into your audio chain to take the edge off of revealing/analytical and move you more towards musical. Tube phono preamps are a relatively inexpensive option to try such as the Pro-ject T... |