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Evolution Acoustics MM2/MM3
Audiotroy,does the owner of the audio business, Audiodoctor.com, where you work part time, Dave Lalin, know while you represent his business (as you continually note in post after post) you are on line defaming other products right and left? is th... 
Listen...chair
I've had my zero gravity 'perfect chair' from 'The Relax-The-Back' store since 1999.....so 17 years.mine is a narrow 'tall' version with visco elastic foam and all the head rest surfaces and back rest curve away from my ears so it does not change ... 
Evolution Acoustics MM2/MM3
Sujay,i really enjoyed Ked's visit. lots of great music. he did seem to enjoy the Evolution Acoustics MM7's. prior to the MM7's i did own the MM3's for 7 years. there are so many variables in a music reproduction system, but what you hear is limit... 
Found Music Blade Amplifiers
I have heard Jazdoc's system many times with the Einstein amps. always very nice sounding.however; everything has gone to a whole new level with the Found Music Blade mono blocks. more dynamic, better bass, lower noise floor, amazing holographic r... 
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
Andrew,yes; for a few reasons the active isolation does yield a greater payoff on the vinyl. obviously the most significant issue is the mechanical nature of the stylus in the groove and so the delta of improvement is greatest, then you have simpl... 
Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics?
reading through this thread i did not see any mention of 'active isolation'.passive isolation/decoupling can get the job done in most situations, which was where i was at. then I switched speaker systems to a 2 tower system which was -3db at 7hz a... 
Wave Kinetics NVS Reference Turntable Review on Positive Feedback
Greetings Raul,when i originally acquired the NVS i did own a number of other turntables as you know......some very good ones that i enjoyed for sure. and a few i would have liked to have been able to keep.....such as the Rockport, the Dobbin’s Be... 
Wave Kinetics NVS Reference Turntable Review on Positive Feedback
nice review by David, but not so sure about the pictures. :)after 5 years of enjoying my Wave Kinetics NVS I can say it is everything I would desire from a turntable and has been perfect from day one. super quiet, lively and involving, rock solid ... 
Lampizator Big 7 R2R review, with thoughts on system building
very nice review. I enjoyed reading it.I'm an owner of a single ended Lampizator Golden Gate. and I agree with you as far as how 'analog' the Lampizator dacs can get compared to most digital I have heard.I'm a big dsd fan too and have 7-8 terabyte... 
Have you ever spoken with a designer or audio engineer
looking around my room at my gear; there are only 5 pieces of gear where i have not personally known the designer/engineer/builder of the gear and spoken to them a number of times.my Ortofon MC Anna cartridge, my 2 Studer A-820 master recorders, H... 
Would you buy from a firm that has a policy about not accepting phone calls
'No soup for you'.....is a phrase most of understand.it's an iconic reference to the idea that not every business will kiss the *ss of every customer. some products are worth a bit of conflict.so the question is whether the benefit of whatever thi... 
Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes
got my Elrog 300b's today for my single ended Golden Gate and I've been listening for the last 3 hours. I'm very impressed right from the start. this is the magic I've been looking for. Very very sexy sounding. It has that mid-range fire and spark... 
Swiss amps. Worth the price?
the marketplace says 'yes'. they are popular.long term resale value says 'yes'.Swiss build quality is no myth, reliability, performance.i've owned darTZeel amplification for 10 years. my NHB-108 stereo amp I owned for 7 years. i sold it for more t... 
Newbie, old timer or returned to analog?
into vinyl in my youth until the kids and CD's came along in the early 80's so was out of it until 1995. but more my life was kids and not a music focus.then the kids left and I got into high end audio and vinyl and i've been back and big time int... 
MSB Sig DACIV plus or EMM DAC2x
Fluffers,are you all PCM, all dsd, or both?if you are PCM 'only' and considering dacs in that price range you should at least investigate the Trinity Dac. what the Trinity does for PCM files is astonishing. I've had mine for 4 months now and abso...