moonwatcher
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| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? There probably has NEVER been any "objectivity or sincerity" in ANY print magazine reviews. We were all just a bunch of naive kids in the 1970s and 1980s reading these magazines and Cream and Rolling Stone. Well, we aren’t so freaking naive anymor... | |
| Microphone recommendation for recording 2 channel demos @smodtactical you’d have to check but both Amazon and B&H offer a good 30-day return policy I think, so you could order the Rode M5 matched pair for $200 and give them a shot compared to the onboard mics (and the Yeti). Get some cheap but dece... | |
| Microphone recommendation for recording 2 channel demos +1 to @yoyoyaya comments. With just a $500 budget you aren’t going to get any "great" mics, however, as he noted you could get a Zoom H4n Pro or one of the similar new ones for about $200 to $250 with onboard mics and use them. If you bought conde... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully To the OP, @mikhailark having a remote for changing the response "on the fly" for various music genres and volume levels would be icing on the cake. You might want to mention that to GR Research. Maybe they would make it an option one day. Have f... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully To the OP, @mikhailark how difficult was it to dial in the 12" servo subs in these? What is your opinion on the imaging? I know many say these old school big box speakers don't do as well as the popular skinny towers of today, but I have some old ... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it Sorry to post so many times, but it just occurred to me that since your Black Ice DAC has a volume control, have you VERY CAREFULLY set it properly and hooked it directly to your amp and bypassed the Schiit Saga, just to answer the question of whe... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it @skiznfliz thanks for that info on tube rolling with the Black Ice FX DAC. I would hazard a guess that there is likely a discussion forum somewhere on doing just that. Glad you found some NOS tubes that can bring the magic. Maybe the OP should try... | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie @grislybutter said "Maybe vinyl is not dead, after all..." I firmly believe that one day, maybe in 50 years, maybe in 150 years, vinyl will be played on the moon and on Mars and listened to via a tube amp. ;-) | |
| Turntable suggestions for a newbie @chayro +1 for the glass of water trick. Excellent. Just like in Jurassic Park. | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it Your choice of a tube stage DAC is an interesting one. The reviews of the Glass FX Tube DAC/DSD WiFi are good, but have you taken it as far as it will go with the PSVANE 12AX7-S tube upgrade over the stock tube? As good as it is, it is a $900 DAC ... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully @sns as we know it applies to all consumer goods...everything is built to a "price point". Manufacturers probably have very good data telling them about how many units they will sell at any price and how raising that price hurts sales. Figure ther... | |
| A brief review of GR Research Bully I think Danny provides a good service. He generally only "upgrades" speakers sent to him by customers who are unhappy with them in some way. He then evaluates them, and when he can (not always worth it or technically doable) offers a crossover upg... | |
| Open baffle speakers @bache No, I like them fine, just saying that you aren’t paying for that on most OB speakers. Your money should be going to making the other components better on OB designs. Would someone prefer the OB Caladans at $3500 or say the pretty Ash vene... | |
| Open baffle speakers I’ve watched a lot of reviews of various OB speakers, but just like Magnepans (any dipole), they are a "non-starter" for me because my 15’ x 25’ living room simply will not allow me to pull them out away from the rear wall enough (or side walls if... | |
| Integrated Tube Amp approx. $2,500 Skunkie Designs Electronics did an extensive series of tear downs and reviews on both the Willsenton R8 and the Muzishare X7 over a period of months. It seems Willsenton took some of her feedback to heart and changed a few things in their circuitr... |