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| Cost Effective System Improvement? +1 for Townshend Podiums best improvement ever for speakers. | |
| what's going on with specs? The no brainer answer to a amp is AGD Audion.Search the Forum threads for AGD. You will find that every owner says about the same thing: the best amps regardless of price.The Audions are $7.5K but IME I have never heard any amp in 50 years at this... | |
| Telling musicians to evaluate and choose their instruments in a “scientific” way? Especially acoustic string instruments, regardless of measurements, sound vastly different. And measurements, as in HiFi, only tell part of the story. They do not measure tone. In guitars (or violins), the artistry of the builder, method and mater... | |
| The Most Cost Effective Tweak Burn in time varies. However, IME, most perform 80-90% after a couple of days.About tweaks, IME by far, the biggest ROI came with Townshend Seismic Podiums under my speakers. It is $2K+ but the change in SQ was literally transformative. Night and ... | |
| How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components? Clearly, speakers are central. However, you can get and use a perfectly great speaker that is not that pricey. An “honest” transducer need not have the big scale of a large, expensive speaker. And matching your speaker with your amp is also centra... | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? edcynI own a '37 Gibson LOO! It belonged to a Vaudeville performer named the King of Strings. And boy, is it...Not all Martins are as described. The dreds more so. I also have a sweet 017 Martin. Also spent many hours at McCabes.Used to have a San... | |
| Yet Another Post About Power Conditioners! I have been using and enjoying my Shunyata Triton/Typhon for years. As mentioned, Shunyata has a separate division making products for medicine, science and military. They are not alone in these markets but, I believe, they are at the cutting edge... | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? Martin or Gibson guitar?Strat or Les Paul?Normally, an acoustic guitar player does not electronically alter.But, perhaps an ultimate test is whether or not a piano sounds “right”. | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? I think what you are saying is that it is all relative. I listen to no rock.I don't listen for impact or excitement. I want to hear a relatively clear sound.Speaking of tweaks, I will always remember your raves about Townshend Podiums. The differe... | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? Obviously, recording music is an electronic process-mixed and mastered. However, many recordings clearly strive to recreate the real, original sound. I would point to “Audiophile Recordings” which, mostly, are acoustic and “natural”. Surely, such ... | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? Jay's amplifier thread is all about evaluation/analysis. | |
| How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music? I have come to enjoy Jay's thread and videos. This thread was inspired by my repeated request that he use acoustic, little processed content.Even with his use of digital only, his high quality playback system will surely reveal significant and pro... | |
| The two stages of audiophilia Step 3 is buying more content. For me it’s vinyl. | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps I too have my destination system.Atma-Sphere MP-1 tube preamp, AGD Audion mono block Class D GaN amps pushing Tetra 606 speakers.Great SS amps give clean detail and impact and a great tube preamp adds fullness and musicality. | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? The cartridge!For sure, to get the most out of a cartridge, there needs to be good arm and TT. IME, there was excellent improvement when I upgraded my TT and arm, but my new top line cart gave the most dramatic and transformative change in SQ… by ... |