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| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Kinda rambling and disorganized, doncha think? I mean he wrote like five thousand words. Yet all he really said was we can't make up with reproduction what wasn't originally captured in the recording. Nor should we try. Is that even news? Yeah ... | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp 10 gague is too thick, disregard, not necessary, 12 THHN is all you need, But my guess if you A/B a 12ga strand vs a 14ga , you could not tell the dif,,I perfer 12 gague as cost is the same as for the 14 gague,,, and 12 ga fits nicely in the spe... | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp a good 12 ga copper strand like THHN/Home Depot 50 ft spool, will offer equal to any speaker cable , no matter what price range. = IOW a 12 ga copper, maybe even 14/16 ga copper stranded,,, all will be equal to even those $50,000 speaker cables... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? I can't argue with that if you want an expensive cable as statement pieces and want to splurge on them it's not my money. Ya know, good miney will get you a good car = Mercedes Benz,,,,,,as for Interconnects,,, big money on interconnects,,might... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? somewhere in this thread,,I may have posted such and such, saying stuff like yeah ~~snakeoil~~, But like the old Monkeys song**I'm a believer,, yeah yeah**High Fidelity,,in sucha humble looking interconnect,,,no bells, whistles, just straight sh... | |
| Top resistors Anyone tried new Mundorf top dog film resistor M-Resist Ultra? Somtime eraly next year I plan to have madisound build new xovers for my Seas Thors , using M caps and these new M Resist in the design. Will posta comment on howwell t the xover... | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? Tube pre with SS amp is the way to go IMHO, best of both worlds if you can get the synergy right My philosophy is stay with one or the other,, please don't mix ss with tubes. Not sure who started that idea,,but its time to let that belief die o... | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? SS might be more accurate, tonal balanced, refined, dynamic,,, is my guess, anda position held by the SS community.Yet in my experiences and for my taste, the choice is very simple, ~~Tubes~~~ always and forever,,,= I have no interest whatsoever... | |
| Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed. kinds of speakers out there and theres no single design that is favored overwhelmingly. I could never come around to speakers with high efficency, designed for SET amplification.I am a devotee of low efficiency speakers which a nice push pull... | |
| Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed. @ cdamiller The only convincing factor is what you hear.. Yes very true,, But the old stereo shops offering speakers X,Y,Z are now a thing of the past, We are left to hopev for honest opinions from Audiogonners and Sterophile to leda us in the ... | |
| Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed. deviations from a certain standard. I believe standards are real,, but I will not mention any product names. Read the reviws from unbiased critics,,that will tell you where the standards are. In speakers, I know well that SEAS is The Gold Stan... | |
| Stereophile complains it's readers are too informed. ~~~Whena componet is measured,,,to what should be the comparison reference?~~~Answer is easy, experience,,of course not exp as to say you've heard every speaker on the market,,I have some 40 yrs, off/on audiophile experience...It does not take m... | |
| Why was the entry level line at Audio Research eliminated? Prima Luna. I'd say so. Ck out the bidding on PL units,, Hot items. That is one brand which retains most,,well lets say a higher resale margin vs many other brands. PL is made in Spark lab,,, where Cayin is made, which i can testify matches up ... | |
| Is there a magic formula for spending on components in a system Here is how i break it down, 1st top priority is locatinga speaker that you know you will love. = does not mean spending a % of entire budget,,,I don't believe spending over $3K ona speaker system, as my thors cost $1600 17 yrs ago and now a n... | |
| Speakers vs source/amp budget again back to O, IMHOa hewbie should start his journey with the right speaker, Speakers have to be top priority when starting a 1st class hifi system. Next is integrated amplification (separtes are too expensive) next is source. 1) speakers2) in... |