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| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC rin, that is good advice from Charles.You are well prepared. The only thing else I can think of is go in with a good sampling of the kinds of music you will be listening to planned out ahead.. Some good recordings, some lesser, various genres of ... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) jea, You will undoubtedly save a lot of angst and confusion by expecting nothing from some people because that is exactly what you are likely to get. | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC I have had very low NF SS amps designed to sound more like tube amps and they had their unique charms.The best products are always designed by the best engineers capable of making the right design decisions and backed by a manufacturing process ca... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Charles I simply meant they get it right for their products as designed not that they do it any better or worse than others who do it differently for different reasons. Practically their tube amp market share probably does help confirm the relativ... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC ARC seems to know how to do NF with tube amps right and on paper would seem to be called for with the Wilson speakers.I lost track. Is ARC versus VAC versus JR in home with the Wilsons the shootout? Or just JR versus VAC?Its a great shootout by th... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? There will always be plenty of good sounding gear to buy. More so than ever. Because technology and things in general move forward. Its not as hard these days to get top notch sound as it was years ago. Only a few still scrape and claw at e... | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception Fact is this site IS for profit mainly so there you go.The are other sites in the sea as well but not sure if any are any better in this regard. The main thing here is probably average cost of items discussed is significantly higher than most oth... | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception watts, I was being a bit facetious. The no spin zone seems to be such in name only really, a marketing ploy. Is such a thing even possible on an open website?I suppose high end audio forums could be regulated like the financial industry that I... | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception shill[SHil]NOUNan accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others.en·thu·si·ast[inˈTH(y)o͞ozēˌast, enˈTH(y)o͞ozēˌast]NOUNa person who is highly interested in a particular activity or ... | |
| THE SHOW AT NEWPORT BEACH 2016 California is a hike but hoping to make Capital Audiofest this year. | |
| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception How about a spin free zone here like that nice unbiased O'Reilly guy does? | |
| What's going on with the audio market? It’s not so hard. These days that guy shoud be selling some decent Bluetooth speakers for customers like that with a cell phone looking for better sound out of a single box. Its a good first step. Does not help for the dealer to be stuck in the pa... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Of course one can build a system around any particular component that uniquely floats their boat. If it turns out to be the VAC amp, a very enticing piece, and the results with the Wilson's are not suitable, you could easily elect to sell the W... | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC It’s strictly subjective as to what combination of components someone would prefer to drive these or any speakers. Yes preference is 100% subjective.But performance is not and can be measured.Performance is key to the best sound possible IMHO thou... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? Not many buying the hype anymore these days? |