knotscott
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| If you had $2500 to spend on a new TT and cart.....what would you buy? With that budget you should be able to find a really good, very attractive rig that you’ll want to keep. I’d be keeping my eyes peeled for a good used SOTA, Well Tempered, Clear Audio, VPI, maybe a better Rega, AR, or Thorens. The top shelf Techni... | |
| Who Were Your Mentors Sal D’AmicoWow! That’s a name I haven’t heard in quite a while. Interesting character to say the least 😂 Sam was great. Our CES gangs had dinner with him quite a few times. I ended up with one of his DIstech LS2 amps (a modified BK ST-140)...... | |
| Bye Bye Puppy! Sounds like a "rescue Puppy" situation! | |
| what's going on with specs? Once you get beyond ample current flow for a given speaker load, and reasonable output power for a desired volume level, specs have seriously limited value in high end audio. As soon as manufacturers figured out how to build circuits that measured... | |
| Member Make Zero Sense @patrickdowns I dream of Jeannie.. ....and rightfully so! | |
| Vinylistas and Tubers - One and the same? At it's best, on my system, I prefer the sound of my TT setup....I think there's a bit more texture, information, and spatial cues, but CD can sound good too and is a lot more convenient. My preference for tubes over SS is much stronger than my v... | |
| Telling musicians to evaluate and choose their instruments in a “scientific” way? LOL.....exactly. | |
| What percentage of the time do you listen to records vs. digital sources? Probably 60/40 CD vs vinyl due to the convenience. I tend to prefer vinyl, but it forces me to give up the remote, clean the records, turn them every 15-20 minutes, etc...sort of depends on whether the audio dude is listening, or just me. ;-) | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers I want incredible transparency so I feel like I’m in the room. I want a vivid convincing sound stage. I want full range, so everything is present. I want dynamics and realistic spatial cues. I want natural delicate overtones that don’t sound like ... | |
| Recommendation for a highly resolving amp Convergent JL-5. THE most resolving amp in the world.https://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/convergent_audio_technology_jl5_limited_edition.htm | |
| Is This Morgan Freeman? nope | |
| Bought a new McIntosh amp Glad to hear you gave it a go. Now you know first hand how it sounds! | |
| how would you describe a system that is musical in nature @jon_5912It means it possesses your preferred inaccuracies. I have no problem with people preferring whatever but calling that preference "musical" is kind of silly. It elevates a personal preference to a level it doesn’t belong at. Sorry....but I... | |
| how would you describe a system that is musical in nature @ghdprentice Over the decades one by one each of my components ended up being tube. I imagine you could put together a non - tube really musical system. But honestly I have heard dozens and dozens of spectacular systems… I have owned a lot of fa... | |
| how would you describe a system that is musical in nature If everything sounds clear and is in the right proportions, but is not convincing enough to provide your brain with an emotional experience, the system is likely analytical sounding. If the system consistently transports you into the performance s... |