mikelavigne
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| The current SOTA SACD player Alex, thanks for reading my posts in the spirit they were written in. Ecka, my comments were not meant to infer that Alex should not post.....just that his comments should not be a reaction to competing product opinions by end users unless solicit... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Greg, unqualified raves are what they are. but what would this board be like if all manufacturers challenged these comments like Alex? the whole damn place would be chaos since clearly everyone would have an agenda beyond 'pride of ownership'. mos... | |
| The current SOTA SACD player Alex, i respect you and consider you a friend. we may not agree on everything in audio but i have no problem with that.OTOH you have a (very) long history (one of the good things about archieved posts and threads) of butting into any thread on EMM... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? Rich; you said;"Suffice it to say, there are a number of things regarding the engineering of electronics that should prevent them from being affected by the cables connecting them."i am one that has a great deal of experience with different gear a... | |
| If boulder is tops what is second tier? i've listened to the Boulder phono stage a couple of times at shows. it did sound good but certainly not particularly unique.....but until comparing it to another with the same cartridge in the same system who knows?so far my favorite is the inter... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? Nsgarch wrote....."However I have several (Redbook) HDCDs and XRCDs whose sonics equal my best LPs.So anyone who has really great gear of both kinds really should try some of the XRCD releases -- especially the orchestral ones made from the old RC... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? I posted my thoughts early in this thread and have been following the very constructive discussion. i read somewhere in the thread that the power supply for the Placette passive RVC does not (or should not) benefit from a quality power cord. that ... | |
| Transparent Ref MM spkr cbls- How do they compare? i have some Transparent Audio speaker cable experience.from 1997 till 2000 Reference XL speaker cable and interconnects were my reference. then i heard the Opus MM speaker cable and after considerable search for a lower cost alternative i did purc... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? Musicaudio; point taken. if i could remove the "who the hell cares' sentence i would. it's not 'like me' to post in that way.i have posted likely a few hundred posts just here on the 'goN regarding this subject. if you are interested just search m... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? i recently swore off digital verses vinyl threads. i took the 12-step 'cure' (compared 12 Lps to digital). who the hell cares what anyone thinks anyway.you guys have fun. | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? i was the very happy owner of the Balanced version of the Placette passive RVC for 5 years until about a year ago when i replaced the $1800 Placette with the $23k darTZeel NHB-18NS. the Placette replaced the Levinson #32 preamp back in 2001 and th... | |
| Definition of "too Hi-Fi" before responding it needs to be pointed out that music is valid in any form or format....one man's noise is many times another man's pleasure. as you travel down the road of the pursuit of the ultimate music reproduction experience you do go thru... | |
| The BEST Listening Chair u’ve ever had or saw?? i have three Ekones stressless chairs; fairly comfortable but the backrest is wide and 'cups' the sound which is the opposite of what you want in a listening chair.i own a chair that is similar to Tireguy's 'Backsaver' (in fact i might have turned... | |
| Which cable is most important to spend money on... regarding the order of significance of interconnects; there is not one answer. it will depend on a number of factors.in my case my preamp (the darTZeel NHB-18NS) uses a propriatary BNC 50ohm cable (Zeel) that outperforms any conventional cable whe... | |
| Which cable is most important to spend money on... it depends on a few different issues.where are you now?if you are at an entry level point and don't already have some fairly good cables then i would start with more quality on power cords (and even power conditioning) as those areas are the areas... |