northernescape
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| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I actually do like almost all ARC amps I have listened to, but have always found the pricy. That being said, when buying a new pre I went Mac 2500, itself not cheap, but tubed. I also have a PL Dialogue 5, in which I have had the pleasure of doing... | |
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? I lusted after Mac and many of the Samsun and Marantz stuff for years. But for real beauty, I had an Olsen tuner and an amp. This was all my parents would let me spend. They did have the thinnest wood cabinetry I have ever seen. Had to use them un... | |
| Lesser known 2 way bookshelf Speakers from the 80's EPI 100s | |
| Emotiva xpa 1 monos Yes I have compared their sound, through B&Ws, using high def digital and Mac2500 tube pre, to other amps -tube Primaluna and Audio Space,; solid state Mac, Marantz and Bryson----- they hold their own and I would say lower Hi-Fi, definitely no... | |
| Has anyone had experience with the Decware racks? Ok I will bump this every once in awhile hoping for ideas from field. Thanks. | |
| Has anyone had experience with the Decware racks? Should I put this in a different forum? Someone must have tried this rack!! | |
| Stupid Question Alert!!! The net is a source for 4K also ---Netflix and Amazon have 4K use Roku, not apple and some on utube. | |
| More curious than a real question- remote trigger? Anyone use it? I have used it a lot, especially with complex setups. There really is no way it could effect sound. The only real possibility is if it triggered an independent path for line power, separate from the on/off switched path AND that path was in some b... | |
| Emotiva xpa 1 monos I would concur re the xpas being good value, but with a cautionary imperative, and that is that the Elmo's are dependent an awful lot on the system in which they're being used. Obviously this applies to all components, but I would say it applies t... | |
| Anyone Using Crystals? Maybe, as much of the public assumes based on the price of audiophile components, WE REALLY ARE CERTIFIABLY INSANE!! | |
| Anyone Using Crystals? Many salutes, dissolved substances, are in a medium familiar to us all. In that medium they frequently spontaneously, or after some induction process, form crystals such as calcium phosphate, calcium oxalate, hippuric acid, ammonium bifurcate, and... | |
| Tenting home for termites Here is a good question: has anyone tested to see if termites improve sound? Or a gelatinous paste made of their excrement rubbed on interconnects. The properties of wood bases as damping devices is ubiquitous. Hence it is likely that since they e... | |
| Stupid Question Alert!!! If you have a bright room, oiled cannot produce enough luminance and the Sony Z series is a better bet, and, with the processing may actual be better than oiled. As to your AVR, suggest rather than just my answer, you pose this question over on AV... | |
| Anyone Using Crystals? Geoff, never said crystals do not work. I believe I believe and that always has kept tinker bell alive for me.just suggested maybe just really test them as to real effect, which as we all noted is extremely difficult to impossible bg!As to scienti... | |
| Anyone Using Crystals? It's all good folks, nobody understands difficult like I do, and if you think audiophiles have disagreements, try scientists when a controversial paper is presented. I really really enjoy such discourse.In addition, as I noted I am in no way an ex... |