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| ProAc sound with SS vs tubes There are a few things at play here. Proacs like tubes. I believe a solid state amplifier would tighten up the bass, but you might lose some of the magic in the mids, and overall, get a less "relaxed" sound. A more powerful tube amp (50~60 watts/c... | |
| Triode Wire Labs Yes, I run their twelve plus power cable on my phono preamp, and their ten plus cable on my tube amp. The build quality of the cables is excellent, and I believe they are fairly priced and represent good value for the money. Their twelve plus cabl... | |
| Latest Absolute Sound I must chime in here, since I just decided to let my subscription to TAS lapse. Been subscribing to Stereophile since sometime in the '90s, and TAS for a good while (over 5 years). TAS writers are full of themselves. Especially certain ones - I wo... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Thank you Zd. You have just proven that there is a higher correlation between cost and degree of difficulty to manufacture, than there is between cost and sound quality. | |
| Songs that trigger you to switch the station or... Been a listener since I was a kid back in the '70s. When these guys come on I simply cannot take it anymore and must change the channel: Steve Miller (most of it) Eagles (most of it), Elton John (most of it), Aerosmith (all of it), Pat Benetar (ha... | |
| No Audiophiles in Hollywood A high end system in a movie? How often do we see in the movies someone saying "I have to go take a leak, I'll be right back." | |
| Did Redbook get it right? So digital wasn't perfect right out of the starting gate. Was the first turntable? | |
| Naked Classic Platter +1 for no mat/naked | |
| Using solid copper THERMOSTAT wire as speaker wire Thermostat wire vast improvement over doorbell wire | |
| component where PC does not make a difference Jazzgene - after experimenting with a few more power cords on my VS60, I agree with you that the VS60 is sensitive to the power cord. I guess the particular ones that I was swapping in and out back then just so happened to all be sonically similar. | |
| Counterfeit Audioquest Cables I think this is a great thread. First let me say that I don't own any AudioQuest (AQ) cables. Let me try to address your points. With regard to AQ benefitting from the existence of bogus copycat lookalikes: I would agree with that as imitation is ... | |
| Grateful Dead MoFi 45RPM Vinyl Reissues i don't care what fremer says | |
| Greatest song titles.. "Miles Davis - Bill Evans Reunion In The Sky" by Ron DiSalvio. What a song title, what a thought. | |
| Herbie Hancock best recordings Intimate live setting - no, studio - yes, incredibly well done - yes, wide soundstage - yes: HH's The New Standard. So it meets two of the original poster's four criteria. I love this one, it's as fresh as anything HH has done. | |
| music with clear placement of the instruments. My answer to Viridian's question: No. I hear all the instruments overlapping to form a cohesive whole. |