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mapman

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New Tekton Pendragons On The Way
FWIW I've read the guy behind Tekton prefers SS amps with his speakers despite their reputation as high efficiency speakers that are an easy load for a tube amp. 
$15,000 Speaker Does Not List Freq Response Specs
Wow that really IS amazing! 😱Finally a speaker that truly lives up to its name. ☝️ 
Songs that trigger you to switch the station or...
So basically a lot of people here are burnt out on overplayed classic rock "hits". I understand completely and suffer from that affliction to a good extent myself. It rally ticks me off that "classic rock" stations still play the same things over ... 
What I learned on Audiogon This Year
I still need to learn how to correctly use dbpoweramp batch tagger to automatically batch update album art files to my flac music files. Not having album art embedded in teh FLAC file causes problems correctly displaying album art when one moves f... 
What I learned on Audiogon This Year
Last year I think I discovered MusicBrainz Picard as a tool for smart autotagging of music files and have gotten a lot of mileage out of the combo of Picard and dbpoweramp together since for both ripping and tagging. 
What I learned on Audiogon This Year
I also learned about dbpoweramp here first and moved to that for ripping my CDs to flac instead of Windows MEdia Player to .wav 
What I learned on Audiogon This Year
Seems like a good old thread to help revive.I sold a few things on Agon for the first time this year so I finally learned how to do that. 
High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps
So are these the "ones"?Nothing wrong with not being totally enamored with something and saying. I bet even Tom Brady can find something not to like about Giselle. 
New Tekton Pendragons On The Way
I'd like to hear more also. Would expect Tekton and Rogue Cronus Magnum to do good things together. 
New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE
Yes lots of great audio gear out of Minnesota over the years. 🔊 
Songs that trigger you to switch the station or...
How can anyone not like Kokomo? 😉I'm with al on hey Jude. 😴Most Bruce Springsteen makes me want to change the channel except for a few tracks. 👐If I see or hear anymore Taylor Swift i will scream. 😳I've acclimated to nickel back of late. 😁Please m... 
The OHM Speakers and Class D amp thread
MdeI'm very interested in how things turn out. Please keep us posted. Were you using other amps prior? 
Jazz for aficionados
I really enjoyed the music during a recent trip to the Dominican Republic. 
High End Speaker Prices
Big prices should mean big high quality speakers. Smaller speakers are fine too but when the price of a small speaker gets too off the charts that's when I start to wonder if it's a good investment no matter what the "build quality". Of course man... 
New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE
Knowing bel canto I would expect their latest generation of technology to set a very high bar. I run ref1000m mono blocks in one system and c5i in another and both are already pretty top notch to my ears.