kennyc
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| Substantial Upgrade @bruinuclafanSince you mentioned MoFi UltraPhono I’m assuming that you’re not against Mofi import duties/tariffs/tax.$2K Mofi Ultradeck - great reviews, newer design by established highly regarded manufacturers. I am building a high-end bucket-lis... | |
| Does Age Matter? 60yrs both but no clear cut preference yet. Building my first bucket list audiophile analog + digital system so am accumulating components. Preamp arrives tomorrow. Just need cables and speakers to complete. May use inexpensive speakers till g... | |
| Should I use Speaker Spike / Isolation Base or Something? @ sangbro It would be helpful to know what your budget is for speaker feet. IsoAcoustic Gaia speaker feet has recently garnered many positive reviews, perhaps more than any other feet. Although not inexpensive, it is my final choice to use on... | |
| Amp recommendations @z32kerberBecause you stated "I’ve always loved the sound", the following list starts with the highest priority:1) Get your Cary Audio CAD 300B working again. Finding a sound you love is the holy grail of audiophiles. As amplifiers age, the soun... | |
| Mistakes I’ve made +1 @kingsleuy+1 @middlemassStuff and money comes and goes, but what should be a higher priority is relationships.Generosity is a great virtue, but it must be tempered with wisdom. For instance, if a guy keeps running out of money because he canno... | |
| Mistakes I’ve made @zavato You seem like a generous caring person. However, your lending practices seem unwise. When you lend, relationships can easily suffer when you try to get your stuff back. Those folks who abused/dumped your lent stuff may now have guilt in... | |
| 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... |