larryrs
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| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science erik - CR’s testing of audio equipment at that time was very much a measurement approach - using primarily frequency response as the metric for their "accuracy" rankings. But they also wrote listening impressions. Their issues with the 901’s were ... | |
| In Defense of Audiophiles, Bose, Pass, Toole and Science orgillian 197 - Consumer Reports tested the Bose 901's in the '70's. Amar Bose sued them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_Corp._v._Consumers_Union_of_United_States,_Inc. | |
| Ps Audio BHK Signature vs Parasound Halo A 21+ MOSFET amplifiers can be very capable of providing adequate current. The Audio by Van Alstine FET Valve 600R I have drives my Magneplanar 3.7i's very well. Certainly as well as my Parasound Halo A21 from the listening perspective. According to ... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... Sansui TU-717. | |
| What to do with old set of audio equipment? Try http://musictechnology.com in Springfield, Virginia. Bill Thalmann and his folks specialize in the repair of vintage tube equipment. | |
| help me get to the sound of my old Philips 541 MOTIONAL FEEDBACK Speakers? I understand your plight/want. I had a pair of Philips RH532 MFB speakers that I bought in the late '70's and they did have a particular magic about them. Walked into Midwest HiFi one day and they were playing Stevie Wonder's "Living for the Cit... | |
| My Feet Hurt Does the platter turn if you put the old feet back on? | |
| If You Had To Choose Between A SME M2-9 and a Rega RB 1000 I can't speak to the Rega but I have 2 M2-9's and like the arm very much. Beautifully built, very precise feeling and easy, stable adjustments of VTA, VTF and azimuth. I also very much like the convenience of the removable headshell both for eas... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? Yes. | |
| SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms Yes. That was referenced earlier and that may ultimately be what I do. Some sort of lubrication was also mentioned but the notion of a lubricant on an exposed surface near the stylus and record doesn’t seem optimal. | |
| SoundSmith Counter Intuitive for VPI tone arms I have a Prime, with the dual pivot and the counterintuitive. Like the person mentioned above, the counterintuitive weight fits very tightly on my standard VPI counterweight (180g? - I’m not near the table right now). I took great pains to make su... | |
| peachtree amp vs. traditional amp So I guess I had a bit of the opposite experience to some here. I have tried both the Peachtree Nova 300 and the Parasound HINT in my bedroom system (using Totem Acoustic Skys). At lower listening levels, where most of my listening is done on th... | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! That Julian Hirsch did not rely exclusively on measurements in his reviews is fact, not opinion. The point of my initial post. Why so hyperbolic? | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! The measurements have little to do with opinion/references/experience or aural acuity - quite the opposite. If the measures are validly obtained they provide information that I can choose to regard or not. That's my, or anyone else's, prerogativ... | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! Does it though? Perhaps there are some who are interested in both the measurements and the listening. I know I certainly enjoy John Atkinson's objective analyses of equipment that have long accompanied other reviewer's subjective evaluations in ... |