mapman
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| Jolida 1501RC hybrid integrated vs. Rogue's Sphinx Don't know how much it matters in this case but teh Jolida is older and teh Rogue newer. That might matter even more than with most technology still in the case of the Class D amps used in teh Rogue. The Rogue uses Hypex Class D amp technology, no... | |
| Next step after Benchmark DAC1 Anybody had success with the newer BEnchmark dac2 hgc as pre-amp and DAC? If so, what if anything did it replace? | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D In general, technical standards are a good thing. Not sure why audio should be any different? That's one of the things that leaves high end audio open for criticism, lack of standards. In lieu of standards, its harder in general to decide what thi... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D But having said that most afiles care more about the sound than the specs, if I hear something that sounds good but does not measure well ( to some reasonable reference standard that it probably should) a little question mark will likely go off in... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "But if you are only interested in how good the equipment looks on paper you might think global NFB is a good thing. "Its an old beaten topic, but actually I think most people, especially audiophiles, are more interested in how something sounds, n... | |
| New to Audiogon. selling my whole system I do think a lot of MIT wires I read about these days may be overpriced, at least new.I use inexpensive older Terminator line ICs I picked up used for not much. These are worth the money I would say. | |
| Building your own high end turntable stand? MIne is a very heavy, massive and low profile solid oak coffee table I found in a used furniture store down south about 20 years ago for around $30 as I recall.Have yet to see anything else worth considering as a replacement years later.Guaranteed... | |
| How does one "Get lost in the music"? Tost,Yes, that does happen to me as well on occasion in the car when not in a rush, etc.But when it does, next I want to hear what I heard at home with my good gear to get the full experience.Some car systems are very good! My current ones are jus... | |
| How would you feel "Makes you really wonder what you are paying for."One would probably be well advised to always wonder about that. | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? McBuddah, you got the stage and my attention at a minimum. :^) | |
| How does one "Get lost in the music"? So here's the dilemma.If you have high standards in regards to what sounds good, there can be no going back.So the more you spend and the more you tweak and the more you obsess, the more you become doomed perhaps to never being able to settle for ... | |
| How does one "Get lost in the music"? I can only get lost in my good hifi gear these days. Standards are too high. I can listen to a lot of other lesser stuff down to ipods and table radios, but only get lost in the best. WHen I was a kid, I got lost in teh best I had then, which was ... | |
| Recapturing the JBL L100 Century JBL are manly looking speakers compared to most. That must be it. | |
| What brand is most recognized by non-audiophiles? Yeah, whatever is sold in cars and luxury cars also probably has good buzz.JBL came in my Avalon.I have Alpine in my 4runner.I had fantastic Nakamichi gear in my car once. BEst sounding car audio I have had by far. | |
| New to Audiogon. selling my whole system I view wires as tweaks. A relatively inexpensive and easy way to fine tune the sound when needed. As such, its hard to say one works better than another in any particular case with various gear, even if overall, some may be "better" than others.Wi... |