mahgister

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Peformance at price point for speakers manufactured in China?
I just bought a preamplifier... for peanuts... And trust me it is not junk , soundwise at least ... For sure if i was the owner a 50,000 bucks system i would not have bought it , i would have bought the ZOTL preamplifier of Berning ...😁 ( i retu... 
Great classical pianists
Very well said... Thanks ... The eccentricities of a performer are sometimes his free expression on the keyboard, without being afraid to appear anymore as imperfect in his playing .. There is a cost to pay for expression because expression is a... 
Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ?
I am now happy with the tube preamplifier P2 of Douk... I use it for my active speakers... Astounding , better holography and the tone controls are useful to maximise the speakers sound ... Peanuts cost... No downside for me ... I use the Fosi ... 
Fosi Audio V3
I am now happy with the tube preamplifier P2 of Douk... I use it for my active speakers... Astounding , better holography and the tone controls are useful to maximise the speakers sound ... Peanuts cost... No downside for me ... I use the Fosi s... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Exactly right ...Especially when it is done not on a statistical way with a crowd in a laboratory where the number of subjects is crux of the matter for the average results, but in a confortable living room with the owner listener own perceptive h... 
Great classical pianists
All great pianist are beyond criticism by definition of being great.... When we pick some passionately as i did, it is not to disparage others great one, it is to express a part of myself resonating with one ... Comparison is not reason , it is ... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Familiar listening condition in a relaxed mood with our biases and listening in artificial controlled conditions imposed on us trying to eliminate some biases ... In the two cases we use the ears/brain  biases blind or not... As i said in my post... 
Great classical pianists
it is also my favorite version ... 😊 Glad to see another mention of Mitsuku Uchida, her Mozart Piano Concertos are my favorites, and I have many other recordings of them.    
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Good post and interesting answer thanks ...   A subjectivist use ONLY his ears to decide that a system is good or bad... the objectivist will not say that in this way, they will state that the subjectivist listen with his biases and tastes to pi... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
Define the difference between subjectivist and objectivist please ?     “You are completely wrong here... The two side subjectivist and objectivist are not divided between scientists on one side and superstitious dudes on the other side ...😁... 
Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums?
He is not a troll ... He said it himself in a post above ... Stop calling everybody who dissent with you trolling ... He was only someone who was credulous enough to buy anything very costly and did not take it lightly when he discovered the hard... 
The Ultimate in Smoke and Mirrors? BUT...
Bybee was a  working physicist, not a seller of snake oil ... Audio became his hobby ...I doubt that he will sell bullshit... I never buy one because i did not have money for that in a low cost system , but inspired by him i made my own "tweaks" ... 
Great classical pianists
A piano lesson on Scriabin interpretation by a pupil of Heinrich Neuhaus : Lev Naumov ... very interesting ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkdXzTjPr18  
Jazz for aficionados
I did not find any albums parts of the pianist i listened too on youtube only live events ... He had three albums all very good ... And he seems to be unknown ... It is hard to be a great French jazz pianist for sure...😆😁😊 Gabriel Zufferey ... ... 
Nearfield listening - once more
Interesting experiment asctim ...   I used a foldable wood screen with absorption and diffusive surface as a focusing lens between my ears and the room speakers and walls ...It was not farfield nor nearfield ... I was in my listening position at...