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| If you had $12k / £10k to upgrade your analogue front-end... Start by buying on resale, not retail. Your $12K USD or 10K GBP can get you a world-class vinyl setup. I have a Garrard 401 with a Dynavector XV-1s MC cartridge, a Fidelity Research 64 tonearm and an Einstein dual-mono balanced phono preamp and I ... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! Some experience no difference between the sound of vinyl and digital, while others say that vinyl is more open, lively and realistic. Interesting to hear of such opposite experiences. I wish I heard no difference, because a vinyl setup could easil... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! Vinyl is VERY expensive, a TON of work and it takes up WAY too much room. It really IS a colossal PITA, as noted. BUT... it's totally worth it. Music is by nature an analogue and when you digitize it, you lose the realism that it captures and conv... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Narcisco Yepes. Julian Bream. Carlos Montoya Konrad Ragossnig | |
| Open Baffle Experience I believe the best open baffle experience is a single full-range driver accompanied by a superior active sub woofer unit. This provides the best of all worlds: a cohesive sound for the majority of the musical content, and a proper power/driver siz... | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? The people who obsess over bass in their audio systems suffer from their own self-inflicted problems: a) they typically listen to rock music and b) they listen to the gear, not the music. How do you realistically deliver an unrealistic musical exp... | |
| Why do hipsters prefer analog? It's not a "hipster" thing; it's a sound quality thing. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I use a pair in my tubed CD player and they sound great. They replaced a pair of NOS Brimar CV-181 that cost over 3x as much. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Best value in high-end 6SN7 tubes. I had to replace an insanely-expensive pair of NOS Brimar CV-181 with the LinLai Elite and the new tubes are on par with the other tubes which cost 4x as much. Buying through Rachel at Grant Fidelity is always a ... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage Open baffle speakers provide the greatest soundstage. Simple is best. | |
| Ridiculous sale Paying a premium for the opportunity to avoid waiting is an everyday thing. Try booking a flight for the same day and you will pay the highest convenience premium you'll ever see. If you can afford convenience, there's no problem. I wouldn't do it... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I use these tubes for the output stage of my CD player. They replaced a set of insanely-expensive Brimar CV-181 tubes that were damaged in a tragic feline accident. Probably 1/3 the price and equally-wonderful sound quality. | |
| Your sub experience: Easy or hard? I use the REL Stentor III and I've also used their Stadium model. Both use a Speakon connection to my amplifier's output taps, along with my regular speakers. Integration has always been easy and seamless, as the amp sends only a small signal to t... | |
| Cable curmudgeon Like you, I'm a flutist with academic degrees in music - and I have a high-end audio system. I'm the last one to claim that my ears are better than anyone else's ears. In fact, I have two "golden ears" people whose opinions I highly value when dec... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Subs open up the sound; enhancing the quality of deep bass is a bonus. Especially true with the REL attached to amp's speaker taps which is like bi-amping. |