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| Law of Accelerated Returns Priorities must be set. For me the time I spent, not so much the money, was the downside in developing a high end audio experience. Assembling synergistic components in a sound friendly environment is a major commitment which takes many of us man... | |
| Perreaux of New Zealand Components Perhaps the 2150B just suffered in comparison to my Threshold SA3 and ARC 115 MKII. The Thiels I was driving were probably a factor as well. You've probably made a better match than I did. | |
| Perreaux of New Zealand Components I owned the units you mentioned except for the SM 2. I had the SM3. I owned them for about 5 years. The tuner was/is a very good unit. Slightly warm in tone but with only moderate sensitivity. The tone control was useful when needed. The pre-amp w... | |
| In Classical music the effect of SQ on appreciation One should attend at least one live performance of a Mahler Symphony. The last I attended was one of his 5th. I got to sit in the 'audiophile' section, Isle F (as I recall) and dead center. I was treating a couple of other concert goers who had no... | |
| Anybody here listen to Mahler? I love all of Mahler - finding a favorite is like picking your favorite child! :-) That said his most compelling FOR ME, not necessarily the easiest to digest, are his 6th, 9th, 7th, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 1st, and 5th. The last movements of the 2d just... | |
| In Classical music the effect of SQ on appreciation Hard to go wrong with Brendel on Phillips. Either his recordings with Neville Marriner, a tad more relaxed than his later re-makes with Mackerras which have a more spot-lit piano, but for me both are enjoyable. BTW, if you are interested in the Go... | |
| 2022 is almost here. Why are you here? I retired and I have too much spare time. Even at that I don't come too often for many of the reasons you expressed, but I do like to help folks when I can and share good things I've discovered. | |
| In Classical music the effect of SQ on appreciation As in your example where I have multiple copies of the same musics SQ is rarely the major issue. I am usually attracted to simple things like tempos and dynamics that tend to define the performance. Think Kleiber's Beethoven's 5th, or Richter's 19... | |
| Replacement for Peachtree DacIT ? I've been using a Peachtree DAC it with a Cal Audio as a back up set for some time. Little bit coarse sonically speaking but I did enjoy. Just replaced it with a Peachtree Sona dac. I use this unit in DAC only mode ignoring its pre-amp. It is muc... | |
| Acoustics, using placement as EQ Sometimes shifting your listening position a bit will help with your 71hz node. Try moving your chair a foot +/- forward and or backward and see what happens. | |
| Thank you millercarbon FWIW, the OP just listed a pair of IC's for 8K and a power cord for 2K. Better hurry before they are gone! | |
| Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands Lifting speakers off the floor, subs or floorstanders, will alter the frequency response as heard at the listening position. I think of this whenever I read a post where in someone praises the practice of placing things under speakers for isolatio... | |
| about tubes svetlana winged c help An addendum to my previous post. I went into my stash of Svetlana EL34 and I found some which were made about 10 years after the ones I mentioned previously. They had the "Winged C" logo and in descending order the following:EL34Made InRussia0502 ... | |
| about tubes svetlana winged c help The tubes in the photos are not even close to similar to the Svetlana tubes that I have which were purchased by me in the 90’s. Firstly, there is no "Winged C" on the tube I have. Instead it has a stylized "S". Under this "S" appears this descript... | |
| What percentage of the time do you listen to records vs. digital sources? RV, For the reasons you mention re classical music I found I was rarely listening to my LP collection. My CD based system (and CDs) had become quite adequate and I gave my vinyl system and LP's to my grandson in law who just loves them. They now ... |