mikelavigne
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| Best USA city to audition a system. near Chicago.....Schaumburg, Illinois.....15 minute uber from O’Hare airport. all in one place. in April axpona.com | |
| Adding a “safe haven” forum for discussion of tweaks? Audiogon’s broad spectom of posters is not quite ’hifi’ hard core "enough" to put enough premium on listening perception respect to allow for tweak discussions that don’t become class warfare. we get into elitism, and degrees of social consciousn... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? i don't think after this time you are obligated to search for him. | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? document your research process and the whole episode, and then proceed. you can also research the value of the long term storage of the records and rationalize it that way. but document it and your reasoning.just the facts.then sell them. | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? i would consult an attorney before you sell the records. or study the local property laws and establish some sort of legal basis of selling them. i’m assuming you documented the loan. every state has an unclaimed property law. it may or may not pe... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? @rixthetrickhi Rick, there is a right way to integrate aftermarket gear into today’s models, but it’s got to be done properly.....and you would be someone who could do that.enjoyed meeting you and your wife, hope it happens again.cheers,Mike | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? Studer A-820 Master Recorder RTR deck. or.......three of them. :-)even sexier if you remove the top panels to look at the Swiss ’movement’. the ultimate sounding piece of audio gear as well as the most sexy. all business, but a work of art too.if ... | |
| Cable Management Tips and Tricks the basic cable management principle is that your cables are singing along with the music and that resonance will in essence become part of your noise floor, which obscures musical information and also can smear the textures and microdynamics. not... | |
| What is the latest greatest word in isolation footers for amps? stands? floor......concrete or suspended wood? if wood can it be braced?how much bass energy is involved? full range speakers? subwoofers? do the speakers/subs have any decoupling footers? like to listen loud?resonance to an amp in a highly dynamic system... | |
| Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system? @audiodidact@millercarbonthanks guys, for the kind comments.i feel lucky to enjoy my room. and the room tuning-sweat equity part of it, which cost me almost nothing, and took twelve years of learning and effort, is really what makes it special. ha... | |
| Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system? @audiodidact "Large scale" reproduction enough to hear resolute sound from that band or any band like it can be done, yes. On a space station. i disagree.you have live concerts confused with playback media, whether digital, vinyl or tape. large sc... | |
| Separates vs Integrated and Separate phono stage vs preamp with phono here’s the rub. it’s not that simple.in the modest price range for phono’s and preamps sometimes the cable interface is a big restriction. put them both in one chassis and that whole cable thing is eliminated, and typically that cable is not a spe... | |
| The smoothest amp you've heard? @atmasphereRalph, i’m not a spec guy, and have not doubt about what you are saying.for sure i’ve heard tube amps with noticeably open extended top ends; three come to mind and they are all OTL’s; any Atmasphere i’ve heard :-), my Tenor 75 watt OTL... | |
| The smoothest amp you've heard? many tube amps are closed in on top, not airy. so they may be butter smooth, but it’s a circuit artifact overlayed over all the music, and not ’the’ music. what you want is transparent, grain-less and continuous, but still lively and with great te... | |
| Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system? the bigger and more dynamic the music, the more a serious, mature large scale hifi system will separate itself from a more modest system. big music really stresses room and system set-up and signal path refinement.really no different than a bad so... |