mitch2
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| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but What we’ve found in actual practice with our LDR preamps in combination with countless different customer sources and amps is that impedance matching is rarely a limiting factor. And yet, you are planning on introducing a buffered version of yo... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? I would tell him to give me some of what he has been smoking. Yeah, that approach was a lot more fun before they figured out how bad it is for our health.Made our inexpensive systems sound awesome.Here's to simpler times... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? The social and psychological content of this and several other threads going on now are fascinating. drac, your post below is one of your most thoughtful in this thread. The recent cultural disdain for folks who have accumulated wealth seems to ... | |
| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but It is not just about gain but I believe also about control of the interconnects, impedance matching and frequency variations with impedance. The passives I have used include several resistor types (including Endler direct to amp - i.e., no interc... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands for equipment Sonically, they do nothing, which is perfect for me.Season with footers as desired.Esthetically, they certainly look no worse than a mis-mash of audio gear.You can dress them up a bit by changing the top shelf and adding more attractive footers (s... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands for equipment Solid, heavy, durable, customizable, adaptable, internally damped with sand, USA-made by folks who are very easy to deal with and quite reasonably priced compared to more esoteric audiophile offerings....you know I like them. | |
| Please comment on your experience with Plantation shutters. Yes they look great, Install drapes that hang outside of/over the shutters.Keep the drapes open except when you want to listen.Tell your wife it is a necessary energy saving measure for the cold Minnesota winters.Good luck with that. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Wolf, I agree that the potential benefit of a fuse on our gear is dubious, but I disagree with assigning any responsibility to Audiogon to "protect" us from our interpretation of a manufacturer's advertising or from our interpretation of posts mad... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Pretty much agree with your last post Geoff.Which leaves us with jl35's wise post fortunately we each get to listen to cables and other products and buy the ones we want to buy...because, the only person we have to please is ourselves. | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? I figured it wouldn’t be too long before blind testing raised its ugly head. "ugly head?"Geeze Geoff, you can be more creative than pulling that page from your well-worn playbook.What I don't understand is how you and others can support the mi... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? One notable point. Most of the legendary designers of high end audio like Neson Pass, Bob Carver, Arney Nudell, Peter Walker, etc do or did not use or believe in these fairy dust audiophile cables.They probably don't believe in "audiophile" fuse... | |
| SolidSteel HS Audio Racks Interesting, I was thinking, "how about Sound Anchor" when I first read your post, and then I saw your correction.I really like Sound Anchor products because of the stability, the weight, the finish (that is easily touched up if ever needed) and h... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Nice review Marc. Your words pretty well mirror what I have been hearing for the past year of owning the Pavane. I don’t know whether it is an "absolute top tier dac" but it certainly makes listening fun. The combination of Pavane and Antipodes DX... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Geoff said,"For sale on Audiogon as we speak SR Black Fuse...(lots of stuff edited)....250v Slow-Blow $89.95"Sorry for my sluggishness today but was there a point buried somewhere in the quoted post? | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? "We audiophiles often shoot ourselves in the foot with our own stupidity." I certainly understand how that appears to be true but it is a value statement that only the buyer can resolve based on their own system, tastes and wallet.I had a manufact... |