oldaudiophile
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| Best Basic CD Player (no SACD, USB, etc.) @shutupuface; Like your handle! Had an aunt who used to say that all the time. I haven't been in the market for a "basic" CD player in 10 years or so. Back then, as I always do before buying anything of substance, especially HiFi, I did an awful ... | |
| Advice for a new analog system @ftrot : I haven't read through this entire thread but thought of these two cents. Firstly: for the kind of dough you intend to spend I would strongly encourage consultation with competent, trustworthy experts regarding system synergy. Secondly: ... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! Couldn't agree more with the fact that master tape to vinyl recordings are the next best thing to being there live! I've got hundreds of good vintage pressings from the 60s & 70s in my collection and a few from the 50s & early 80s. The new... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. I was just about to pull the trigger for a Rega P6 with an Ortofon 2MM Black a few years ago but then opted for a MoFi Ultradeck+M at the last minute, instead. Don't regret it for a second! Many of the reviewers I read prior to making this move ... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! Vinyl lovers, audioman, mijostyn and the other vinyl bashers couldn't be further from the truth! Need to spend thousands for cables? Even more for a good digital set-up? 10K for a good analog set-up? 35K? Rubbish! I've been doing this since Christ... | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions Here's a couple for 'ya: Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) + Canon in D Major (Johann Pachelbel). There are many different contemporary versions/interpretations by different conductors. For example, I purchased at least 6 different versions of Pac... | |
| Advice on Integrated Receiver @bound4h: Firstly, more than probably any other component in an audio system, speakers are a very personal and subjective choice. They are the business end of any sound system. Different ears are going to like different sound signatures. Secondly... | |
| Vinyl record cleaning @voodoolounge: don't believe everything you read on the internet or see on YouTube! The dishwasher Idea is just nuts! Experiment, if you must, but experiment with the records you don't care about and/or can easily be replaced. If money is the issu... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market @richardmathes: I haven't read through this entire thread. As such, I'm sure there are/were many great speakers mentioned and/or recommended here and this is probably redundant, to some extent. However, that being said, a few years ago, I spent LO... | |
| McIntosh Announces Mc451 Dual Mono Power Amplifier tablejockey & surfmuz: I believe every MAC amp and, possibly, every MAC product allows one to shut off the VU meters and/or blue lights, if desired. dayglow & m_j_s: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You know what they say about opini... | |
| What now? A word of caution regarding speakers with AMT tweeters. In my experience and as some professional reviewers have also pointed out, speakers with tweeters like this can sometimes cause listening fatigue, sometimes relatively quickly, if the listeni... | |
| What now? @twilightround: without mentioning my age, based upon your affinity for your Snell speakers and some of the other things you mentioned, I suspect our ears may be somewhat kindred audiophile spirits, so to speak. With that in mind, I offer this bit... | |
| The Right Speaker Cables @derfman66: Three questions: Is this for a 2-channel system? If so, how far apart is each speaker from the amp? Are the cables of equal length, regardless of the individual speaker's proximity to the amp? | |
| The character of analog and digital @ghdprentice: "When we go to choose audio equipment we go into analytical mode where we direct our minds eye (ear in this case)... to listen for differences flitting from sound to sound. Spend too much time picking out equipment like this only an... | |
| The character of analog and digital @lalitk, there are devices that avoid the need to "babysit" vinyl if one has a fully manual TT. For example, the Audio-Technica tone arm lifter works quite well and doesn't cost an arm & a leg like some others. Because of this Audio-Technica, ... |