mapman
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| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables Trelja,What was the problem? i was not there but most comments to date have been positive so just curious. What are you comparing to?It never surprises me that different people come away with totally different impressions of the same thing. ... | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables ' Audio shows are "Gear" conventions, not conventions for music appreciation. "http://ohmspeaker.com/news/standing-room-only/ Note the "slogan" | |
| Ohm 2000s at NY Audio Show http://ohmspeaker.com/news/standing-room-only/John Strohbeens summary of OHM at the show on OHM website. | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Tried my first Mogami wire today. Very happy. Are those important or loved? | |
| Capitol Audio Fest The Zu’s had no problem filling the room but there was no tonal balance at all that I heard and detail was absent. Probably the large circular shaped room had something to do with it. This was with a couple electronic and rap recordings that were ... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Proof is tough.Evidence always works. | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? I just ordered a Mogami mini stereo to dual RCA wire to connect a new Chord Mojo Portable DAC to my home system. Expecting good things! Cost way more than most sold to home users but not as much as many audiophile wires. I want quality and pe... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest I hit Classic audio room Saturday afternoon. They were playing a R2R of Tull Thick As a Brick I believe. The sound was very bright for some reason. Was hard to listen. Something was off I’m guessing in that I’ve heard their rooms at CAF several ti... | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables Lots of bling at these shows. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I've read some similar positive comments on the OHM setup at the NY show on some other recent threads here.Yes I have always liked Electrocompaniet gear that I have heard. My phono step up transformer is an older Electrocompaniet unit that my d... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Does not matter. What does matter is that the tube amp be matched with speakers that the tube amp is capable of driving properly.Also what matters is that if a tube preamp is used (higher output impedance) look for a power amp with higher input im... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Yes I liked the sound in Channel D room with the Vandersteen 5s very much as well. | |
| Capitol Audio Fest The premium Tekton Double Impacts sounded very good running off 10 watt Linear Tube Audio amp. I spent a good amount of time listening there. Very weighty and dynamic wiith good detail and imaging. One of the more enjoyable listens of the day for... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Was there on Saturday. German Physiks was best room of show for me. Lots of good sounding rooms. Got to at least briefly sample most. Came home with a good deal on a Chord Mojo portable DAC. Also heard ATC Harbeth and Tekton for the first time. | |
| Opening a can of worms Yes wires can and often do sound different.How much do they matter and how much should they cost? The only possible answer is "it depends".In general. I’d reserve a fairly small % of overall budget for wires. The smaller you can get away with the ... |