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Alternatives to Brick and Mortar
Audio shows for sure,,, The only way labs will reamin open over comming years if via audio shows. Every major city. 2X's a  year. Along with these shows , labs will need to supply pre buyers with local techs who will service that component. A good... 
Who has the oldest speakers?
I had a pair of Philips 2 ways,, did not care for the larger 3 way, as I never cared for midranges. I thought the world of that speaker,,, til I bought the MTM Seas Thors,,, ,, jst for fun I pulled the Philips out the attic as a shootoutt,,,oh man... 
to my ears digital audio does not sound natural? something is wrong!
***Total system*** well obviously,, What he is saying is in general any turn table will whip any ss cd player,, That I agree, Vinyl is superior over ss digital. But a  nice tube digital source with Mundorf silver caps, will give the best phono a  ... 
to my ears digital audio does not sound natural? something is wrong!
You guys just need a better digital front end system Agree there are only 3 digital sources I consider worthy of approaching a  great phono source.Cayin CD17 mark1 or 2 modified. jadis's digital and PL's digital, all 3 will match the best in  v... 
Musings from old school on High Fidelity
Not bragging, and honestly, no i have not heard many top class systems lately,,but recall some from years ago,,and IMHO , my system now with new IC's, is  close to Real High Fidelity. My friend has a Golden Tube amp modded (he is a tech) + AR's + ... 
At what volume do you typically listen?
Low to mid, Never ever mid to high,  Not sure why folks like music loud, Never in   40 years understood this idea, loud is better.Yeah i got the 100+true/ pure watts, Sort of a  waste,,but at low/mid, the sound is so quiet,  so pure, just easy. Pr... 
Classical Music for Aficionados
Schnittke, Carter, Pettersson 
Image depth
I just completed most of my mods/upgrades in my system. The list is too long to describe. New high tech  mods will affect sound fq resolution = depth. Ck all my YT uploads , espec my latest , as now my sound has depth.  That is fq resolution/instr... 
Douk Audio. Any experience with any of their products?
ese gear manufacturers. Their EAR phono stage clone is really good, as are their tube pre amps  Not all, but some of his preamp/amps are good value,, But or much superior quality shop chinahifi,,which carries Cayin stuff, which to me iis equal ... 
Douk Audio. Any experience with any of their products?
I purchased a  chinese tube preamp from Douk about 1 yr ago,, he was kind enough to allow me to ship it back to a  china office in California,,I kindly gave hima  $100 restock fee, = all worked out OK. So yeah  he is a solid seller,,I know a  frie... 
Solid states more accurate than tubes?
I was makinga  YT vid on my new IC's and some guy knocked on my back door thinking it was a live band,,,, I told him i was makinga  vid and could not offer hima  free beer.... SS can't replicatea  live feeling,, Tubes Can make it LIVE https://www... 
DIY interconnect just arrived ~~navships~~, true High Fidelity
navships speaker wire arrived,,ohh maybe saturday,, or monaday,, my hunch says will be no dif in the Home Depot THHN 12 gague and navships silver/copper. ,,I just don't see silver making much if any somic gains.. . IC's yes, But speaker?? ,,adding... 
Alternatives to Brick and Mortar
Still doesn't solve the problem for very large speakers or massive amplifiers which need to be shipped LTL freight where return shipping would be $1000 but it is an interesting idea for smaller, lighter products. Yeah my speakers are @ 60 lbs, ... 
Alternatives to Brick and Mortar
And throw Covid 19 on top of all this, which equals good dealers going out of business for good...... No doubt, , Hifi dealers?? where? maybe Chicago, NYC, LA, Denver,, cities with pops of more than 5 M,, Houston.. But here in New Orleans, zilt... 
DIY interconnect just arrived ~~navships~~, true High Fidelity
I want to be crystal clear,, You may already havea IC which equals/surpasses navships, So why bother adding navs?? No reason at all, As I mentioned previously I feel there are basically 3 levels of IC’s. Chinese generic garden variety which we bou...