ozzy62
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| If your were to assemble a vintage system ? @bluemoodriverThere is nothing rude or annoying about calling out terrible sounding gear. If anyone is annoying it's you with the "all amps sound the same" mantra while beating your bare chest.Give THAT a rest, please........ | |
| Phono Stage, How much do I need to spend, New or used. That Mani really is your bottleneck. I have a friend with a Well Tempered Amadeus and Denon DL-103 who was using one. He replaced it with a Pro-Ject Phono Box RS (1000.00) and he says the difference was astounding. I would recommend my K&K Aud... | |
| Magic returns in seldom used bookshelves? I have owned speakers before that were technically very proficient. You could point to all the "audiophile" hot buttons and they hit them all. But the involvement factor was missing. I couldn't sit for hours and be pulled into the performance, it ... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? Even a system that is defined as having a "wide" sweet spot will still sound it's very best in only one location. You can't change physics.Oz | |
| Survey: HiFi System Priorities I took the survey. | |
| Open House With Audio Components The suggestion of leaving the room open might be problematic. Remember that in most situations, the home owner is not at the residence during a showing. I have never viewed a house for sale with the owners there.The reason I would pack it up is th... | |
| Upgrade Bluesound DAC or go to Aurrender? I agree that adding an outboard DAC to the Node will certainly improve the sound. But don't discount what a good streamer brings to the party. Something like the Aurender or a Lumin will be a nice upgrade too.Oz | |
| Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed! Why not switch to a turntable from a specialist manufacturer. Project are well known, Rega less so. I don't think Rega is less well known than ANY turntable manufacturer out there. They are the Vandersteen of the analog world.Oz | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Yeah I know better than to engage. But sometimes............ | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Test still needs to be blind whether it takes minutes or weeks. Whether one agrees with bluemoon or not you have 0 evidence to support your statement just like everyone else making this claim That's the beauty of it. I don't have to prove or di... | |
| Full circle and thinking about speakers @russ69 I guess our definition of dynamics is somewhat different. Playing loud and pressurizing the room isn’t all of it. I’ve heard lots of speakers, including Maggies, do that. I’m talking about whip crack transients like snare drums and trombon... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Long term listening bears out differences that snippets of music in an A/B/X stress test does not. If your hobby is listening to test tones, reading measurements and doing blind tests, you might be better served with a different form of entertainm... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? You should thank these dedicated audiophile colleagues because they are saving you from spending money on what doesn’t matter (cables, amps, racks, crystals, etc) so you can spend it instead on what does matter (source material, speakers, and yo... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Seems like there are loads of ABX listening tests (Carver Challenge, etc) which tell us there is no audible difference between any amps which deliver sound at your top listening levels within their design limits. Any particular choice of amplifier... | |
| Full circle and thinking about speakers Maggies do a lot of things right. But anybody who says they do dynamics has never really heard a speaker that truly does do dynamics well. Sorry, but that’s really inarguable. I understand why people love them, I did too at one time. But that’s no... |