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| Audiophiles are older than dirt philly people should remember hy lit. hylitradio.com is an excellent oldies station with a retro feel to it and very good sound quality. | |
| Audio Research Preamp Experts? Minor, what is the rest of your system you are auditioning ARC pre-amps with?I've heard a lot of high end systems and I am quite pleased with the sp16 in most every regard. What specifically did you hear different between it and other more expensi... | |
| Audiophiles are older than dirt CHoo Choo Charlie? | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? WG,Sorry to hear that. | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine In general, technology gets better all the time and not worse.It may or may not cost more.Digital sources and high power amps with the maturation of Class D technology are two areas where I think newer technology is vastly superior and also more c... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I noticed a pair of 100S3s up for sale by Winegasman, who I don't think we have heard from in awhile.Has another OHMer jumped ship?Winegasman, are you out there? What's the latest news with you system-wise? | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine If they are disconnected, they will not last long.Thankfully, there are many sources of information, both good and bad, to draw on these days to help make better informed decisions as a buyer if you just do your homework.Nobody ever said doing any... | |
| Audiophiles are older than dirt How about stores with pressurized brass air tubes and capsules similar to modern equivalents that banks use for drive thru banking (proper name??) for moving papers, money, etc. from floor to floor? | |
| Audiophiles are older than dirt Answer: Tige.Isn't Google great? What do I win? | |
| Audio Research Preamp Experts? low/absent noise level with sp-16 is similar. I did not think tubes could be that quiet.When there is even a minor tube issue though, you here it. My sp16 developed a very low level whine when I first hooked up the BC monoblocks. I thought it was ... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... Gong,Shh, ixnay on the don't have to spend a lot thing. We don't want that to get around!You'll spend more than for a boombox and less than for Carnegie Hall with booked acts hopefully.Stick around here for a while and then let's see what happens.... | |
| Best Guitar CD Recording Yep, big Hackett fan here.that's a classic Hackett piece that never fails to generate tingles.Steve's lead on "hairless Heart" from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is another great one.Check this out:[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g58VCSyY5lU&... | |
| Audiophiles are older than dirt "Vacuum tubes sold at Radio Shack."I sold them and tested them for people at radio shack and at Lafayette Radio.Most common ones were carried in stock and one offs could be special ordered. I do not recall any tube costing more than $12 or so and ... | |
| Looking for warm sounding speakers "you have been burned by too-much-info speakers'Often due to not feeding them right. "Too much info" is a cop out in my mind. Give me all the info and do it well and to my personal taste, that's all I ask. | |
| Audio Research Preamp Experts? Can you clarify also what would be considered a worthwhile upgrade from sp16 and why?Thanks. |