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| Best speakers around $130k? @hilde45 First an agreed upon definition of "bling" would have to be identified. Is that fair? | |
| Anyone try modern 6sn7 Shuguang WE type vs NOS RCA,Ken Rad @invalid That is blatant misinformation. It has to be also deliberate as you have clearly read the quote I provided which mentions Mullard (drawing 950mA, by the way). Care to explain to the community? | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @jdoris That is a very tasty anecdote, thankyou for sharing. I so much enjoy people with Didi’s quiet and modest disposition of character. Strength. Nod, smile, "Ï know, thankyou". As @acresverde noted here on the first page, the Ultimate Refere... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @jdoris Hey - just now I had cause to check my EL34 tube amp and behold! There is a 4ohm tap. I had forgotten. Eat me. So I'm good for a pair of those Ventures babes, and (from some reviews) the dude who designs them seems like a happy and ve... | |
| Anyone try modern 6sn7 Shuguang WE type vs NOS RCA,Ken Rad Lots of words in this rant from about 2009, and worth reading it all at one’s leisure. In the meantime, this is the relevant message, about half way down just above the picture of the tube on the left - This is why the CV181Z might not be a dro... | |
| Anyone try modern 6sn7 Shuguang WE type vs NOS RCA,Ken Rad I too have a stash of NOS 6SN7, all of the above and more, bought about 10+ years ago. I now use new production Tung-Sol coz these NOS babes are getting too expensive to get out of the box and use! The new production TS 6SN7 (they are GTBs - actu... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? @jdoris The Venture Grand Ultimate is now up to MKIV. I listened to a previous iteration at a show; the best speakers I have ever heard. Amazing. (Their entry level model, in the high 30’s when I heard it, was lovely too.) Of course, Venture is... | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? FWIW...I too have a few thousand CDs. I ripped all to an SSD drive and use one of my PCs as a media server. I connect an NAD C658 through wifi and play everything through my Rogue M-180s and Focal Kanta 2s. How does the sound compare to a dedic... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption The win only comes when no further upgrades desired or purchased, and this has to be permanent position. One may be contemplating or desiring audio system changes right up to death, in this case futile endeavor. I consider that the pursuit of m... | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? @rudyb In that price range I bet most players will have a good DAC built in. This is quite right - however what is at issue is the transport. For this you really need something dedicated, and that is the tricky bit. This is the next logical ... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? Acapella Audio Arts have speakers over $100K, and they look *wonderful*. Sonar Faber are splendid and are of a more traditional design. There are others, like some Wilsons , but I reckon that they look like something out of the movie Aliens. I'... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption Pride in one’s audio system is what Nietzsche is criticizing here; development of one’s taste by means of one’s audio system is what he is trying to praise. I dunno if he was criticizing having affection for one’s audio system. Who here doesn’t... | |
| CDP or Transport and DAC? Recomendations? @walstib There was a recent thread here on the Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport. Were I currently in the market for such a thing (and I may be in the foreseeable future - I have a Rega Saturn CDP. Its gud) it would be a far superior option than ano... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption Where is the criticism of the "envying"? Is envy not also a fault? Are only those with means capable of fault? Poor and uncultivated need not mean amoral. I get that it sure seems easier to fault those with means, but not being well off is not... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption Nietzsche lost my interest when I read that he said that animals were God's second blunder. |