larsman
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| All around headphone amp recommendations I've tried many different headphone amps, but as others have said, can't really make a good recommendation without a budget. There's decent $100 ones. There are awesome $10K ones. And a whole lot in between. | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? Nope. Every generation has enough people who care about the finer things in life and can afford them, be they cars, watches, hi-fi gear or any other 'luxury' items to keep the industry going strong. And those people will continue to have ears an... | |
| Technics Turntables...really??? I've had an SL1200G for the past 4 years and that is one awesome TT. | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? @macg19 - Indeed, it was my bad getting those to begin with for my taste in music; that is not what they were designed for; amazing I lasted with them as long as I did. But I replaced those with Fritz Carrera BE's, which are amazing rockin' speake... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I had Harbeth Super HL5's for a few years with an MSB S200 power amp. Great for classical, jazz, and more acoustic music, but I found them very lacking in punch for the rock music that I listen to... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? @hysteve - I'm sure it sounds great, but that must have been the one reviewer who didn't think the QRP double-45 sounded best. Different setups, different systems, etc, it's all good, but personally I have yet to hear a double-45 that didn't sound... | |
| Sphere! @stuartk - Indeed, they are different sounds, but neither does that much for me. I'm not really into the 'jam band' thing. What I love about the Grateful Dead that most other 'jam bands' lack, in my opinion, is songwriting chops and distinctive si... | |
| Sphere! @stuartk - Hi Stuart - yes I am, but I'm not much of a fan of Black Crowes or the brothers - they're great, for sure, but just not for me.... | |
| Sphere! @stuartk - yes, and I've never been particularly interested in that version of the band, myself. My favorite Grateful Dead band is Dark Star Orchestra; I've been seeing them for decades now. | |
| Sphere! @stuartk - Last week in the 'Bizarro' panel comic, they had a title of 'Muchas Garcias' and a lot of little Jerrys on the table with scientists talking about cloning him.. But perhaps you're not aware of any GD-oriented activity since 1995? Ther... | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? I saw a recommendation for Harbeth. I had Harbeths for a number of years and for your musical preferences they are about the last speakers I would recommend. They are great for vocals, jazz, etc, but I found them really lacking for rock. I had KLH... | |
| Digital LP’s I buy plenty of audiophile analog that goes through no digital processing at all. Just see all the stuff they have at Acoustic Sounds, for starters. Lots of pure analog there. | |
| Food: what does the typical audiophile eat? @mashif - it certainly does if you eat brownies or mix oil in with salad dressing like I do! 👌 | |
| Best Audiophile/Music T-Shirts @chmaiwald - that's pretty funny! | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers Best/only real way to know is to try to get a dealer to let you audition them in your home. Otherwise it will always be a guessing game to some extent, depending on how much you pay attention to measurements. |