mambacfa
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| Why did you purchase the equipment you have and what do you like most about it? My move to tube equipment was revelatory, as was my move to single-driver, open baffle speakers paired with my REL sub. in headphones, my crazy RAAL "ear speakers" are the next best thing to room listening. On the surprising side, I am indifferen... | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" It's an end times prophecy. | |
| Power cord Furutech DPS 4.1 cable at $100/meter? Where? At that price, I would back up the truck. I'm seeing $400/meter. (And worth every penny; I own three of these PCs.) | |
| Open baffle speakers Box speakers with multiple drivers create a slew of problems: cohesive sound across the drivers, degradation in sound quality from cheap connectors and crossovers, uncontrolled sound waves bouncing around inside the cabinet, and a waste of money o... | |
| Are REL the most Musical Subs? In a word: "YES" - the REL is the King of the Hill when it comes to integrating a sub into your audio system. I like the Speakon connection to my amp's speaker taps, and I've always found that the REL "sub bass" unit brought a wonderful balance ac... | |
| Refurbished / Re-tipped Cartridges - Are they worth Buying? If your cartridge costs $500 (like the legendary and wonderful Denon 103R) then you can afford to replace it once the stylus is worn. But if you have a really expensive cartridge ($5K) then it pays to have it re-tipped. I had Groovetickler retip m... | |
| Signal tube versus power tube, sound impact? Pleased to hear the opinion that power tubes matter more than signal tubes (only because that's what I have found to be true and I'm a confirmation whore.) Shirley you must know that this flies against common wisdom that pairs tube preamps with so... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? Bi-wiring "works" by paying for two pairs of speaker cables, connecting them to a pair of terminals that send the signals to the crossover network, which then sends the signals from BOTH pair of terminals to the same drivers. | |
| WHY CABLES MATTER! Everything matters in delivering the audio signal the ears. Components matter, so do the power supplies in those components, and the quality of the capacitors and resistors, and the type and quality of attenuators, and the hookup wire used to conn... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions The updated Dynaco ST-70 is a wonderful amp and a total bargain at its price. This is a design that has sold over 350,000 amps of the the past several decades. Tube rectification, better power supply than the original, and improved tube choices fo... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. "It ain't over 'tlll it's over..." Receivership doesn't necessarily mean liquidation and closing the doors. Hopefully they can work out something with the creditors (who get less than 100% of what they're owed) and the company moves forward in the... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? Audio cables (both power and signal) have followed the path of taxes. They start small, are supposed to only affect "the rich" and then they grow like a fungus until they take money from everybody. The initial prices were a bit high, but not crazy... | |
| Upgrade Cables or Just Upgrade Equipment & Live in Shame? I've owned $150 power cords and $3,500 power cords. I've owned $400 interconnects and $4,500 interconnects. Two things emerged from this experimentation and experience: a) if you can afford it, and you hear a difference, then enjoy it b) it mig... | |
| One of the great things about Vinyl This is one of the most useful posts I've ever seen. With all the gear-head stuff you read on these forums, it's easy to forget that the goal is really listening to music. And may I conjecture that the background listening or multi-tasking listeni... | |
| Ray Charles - "Rap is not music" Of course Ray is Right. Music requires a melody (and a melody has rhythm in it, along with implied harmony - so it's a complete package.) Without melody, you got nuthin' - and that's why Rap is not music. |