mammothguy54
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| What the heck do these terms mean? I remember, from the mid-80s, "Chocolate Mid-Range and Butterscotch Highs". It actually made sense, back then. It's funny, now.As long as the hi-fi system sounds good to me, I am satisfied. | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? Live concerts are certainly a wonderful experience. But when, really, do we ever get the perfect seating location? At home, my "sweet spot" is, indeed, nearly perfect. Imaging is nearly holographic. And when I play one of those exceptionally w... | |
| Furutech vs Audioquest Power Cables I use AQ Tornado High-Current and Source Power Cables for my main amp and preamp. I use the AQ Niagara 1200 for my power conditioner. I am extremely pleased with the performance. In fact, I use AQ connecting signal cables throughout my system a... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world I have most of the albums listed above, and I do listen to them. Some get placed into a more current rotation. And then, change the rotation, and so on. I believe a few very important ones were missed. Try these... Alan Parsons Project (all of... | |
| Power Cable Suggestions Some very shameful comments in this thread. Nevertheless, most high quality components typically state how their included power cables will be replaced with a high quality aftermarket power cable by the user. There is a reason for that . That sa... | |
| Beware of Wayne's audio - Poor product quality & worst business ethics I have met Wayne and he is an upstanding, honest person. His depth of knowledge is great and he is a very genuine person. I have serious doubts that he has intentionally done anything dubious. Further, his products are well made and at the pric... | |
| What is to become of Marantz Reference and HIFI as we know it My first real hi-fi system, 1 year out of high school, included a Marantz 2270 receiver. What a joy that system was. Though I have moved way beyond a receiver system, several times over the years, that particular system still rings my bell. I l... | |
| Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer? I retired 2 years ago and am now 66. I found my joy in life, again, is by going back to my roots; I let my hair grow a few inches and completely overhauled my audio system. I sold off all of the old gear and bought new gear, slowly, over 1 1/2 y... | |
| XLR connectors I recommend reading up on the Audioquest line of connecting cables. They do a lot of R&D on the type of materials for the underlying metal and in the platting process. They also do a lot of R&D on insulation type, grounding materials, an... | |
| A cable question, sort of... Hi guys. Nice to see so many people on this forum have varying degrees of higher education. I do too, but that doesn't matter when it comes to enjoying your hi-fi system. Nevertheless, I have a new model REL S/812 for about 3 months now. It's ... | |
| Advise on Long Phono Cable run I cut and pasted an excerpt from the description on the Manley Laboratories website, written on their phono stage model, Chinook. I own one and can speak highly of its sonic performance. In fact, it's the best sounding phono stage component I ha... | |
| The peculiarities of a high value, low cost, amp I owned an Adcom GFA 555 ii for a number of years. It's rated at 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms. It is available on the used market for between $400 to $575. It delivers a ton of current and controls the speakers/drivers very effectively. B... | |
| Best Preamp round $8000 I recently bought a Balanced Audio Technology (BAT) VK-33 preamp. It certainly has the tube sound I was looking for and offers very straight forward feature set that is a pleasure to work with. My system has never sounded so good. Their power s... | |
| Power Conditioners---old electrics in my house. Audioquest Niagara 1200 is probably the best value in the industry. AC line noise is completely eliminated by this product. Music to background is an obvious improvement. Dynamics are improved. It's like an entirely new (and upgraded) componen... | |
| Power Conditioner: Isotek, Audioquest or other? Hello Coto37. I have a Powerquest 2 that I use for TV, router, etc. I bought it mainly for the quality of its surge protection but it adds value by having a dedicated connection for TV which provides excellent filtering for 4K picture quality. ... |