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| The $10,000 Question @jrcotner Interesting and very astute question! Many audiophiles often ignore the very important issue of component synthesis, which often makes a world of difference. If your intention is to drop 10K in one place, I would recommend spending a f... | |
| Anthony (Tony) Cordesman has passed away I, too, feel compelled to offer my condolences to his family and loved ones! I was never aware of his love of music and audiophile gear until last year when I happened upon one of his reviews, took notice of the authors name and realized it was T... | |
| KLaudio or Degritter Mark II @skywachr Thanks for posting in on this one! I have read other encouraging accounts of the useful life or life expectancy of the Degritter. It's good to know or hear that it is a robust or quality manufactured machine. I've also read that Degri... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection Just another opinion but here are a few absolutely must haves, as long as they are quality recordings on quality pressings. Keep in mind that there are many different interpretations of these and most classical pieces. Hunt around and find the p... | |
| Integrated for Martin Login Motion 60’s? @audiostick By all means, experiment with speaker placement and seated listening position in your room. Always good to determine optimum placement. Assuming you are using the proverbial standard triangle placement approach, I would suggest that ... | |
| Integrated for Martin Login Motion 60’s? @audiostick Amp shopping, for me, was about 3 or 4 years ago, now. So, I'm not sure which Luxman I spent time with. If I recall correctly, it had pale yellow VU meters. So, I guess that would have been either the L-550 or the L-590. My short l... | |
| Integrated for Martin Login Motion 60’s? @audiostick For what it's worth, several years ago, when I was auditioning speakers for my two-channel system, a friend and I spent approximately 3 hours of serious seat-time A/B'ing a pair of Martin Logan Motion 60XTi speakers and a pair of Golde... | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? @missioncoonery If you want to get the best fidelity vinyl can offer, you'll need to put more effort into it than digital. With digital it's: insert a CD, press a button and enjoy. With streaming it's: surf for whatever selection you want, pre... | |
| New classe delta preamp and classe stereo amp? @fredrik222 With regard to racks, have you checked out Salamander? Modular Open Stands | Pro Audio Racks | Pro Audio Acces - Salamander Designs I've got one of their Synergy modular racks without any front, side or back panels and this works qui... | |
| New classe delta preamp and classe stereo amp? Just to be clear, the Classe stack I spent time with was the Delta Series: Delta Stereo - Classé Audio (classeaudio.com) Delta Pre - Classé Audio (classeaudio.com) I would think twice about putting an amp like this or, for that matter, any powe... | |
| New classe delta preamp and classe stereo amp? FWIW: Several years ago, a friend and I spent approximately 3 to 3.5 hours in a high-end shop auditioning speakers. As such, we were both in critical listening mode, if you know what I mean. The salesperson used the Classe amp & pre-amp you... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning I've used several different cleaning methodologies over the years. My present modus operandi employs a Knosti Disco-Antistat (basically, a German version of the Spin-Clean but with goat hair brushes, instead of microfiber pads) for a pre-clean st... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Try this on for size: "musical, musicality A personal judgment as to the degree to which reproduced sound resembles live music. Real musical sound is both accurate and euphonic, consonant and dissonant." Sounds Like? An Audio Glossary Glossary: ... | |
| Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker. Easy question! It's different things for different people. Personally, I've always found it odd or difficult to think of what we do as a "hobby", per se. For some, especially those like The Princess and the Pea, who just can't stop tinkering wi... | |
| What To Do? @nicholsr Just another idea: First off, nobody is that busy that they can't spare a minute or two to float you a quick call and/or send you a quick text message providing some sort of information on the status of your repair. Secondly, the idea ... |