peppar1

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RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . .
I won’t participate in „cable discussions“ any more. Waste of time and energy! Some opinionated „technicians“ without any listening experience with great audio systems seem to only wait until another „cable topic“ comes up to give their worthless ... 
How long do good speakers last?
treated well …. many decades! So don’t worry about your new SF‘s. 
ARC Ref CD-8 compared to CD-6 and/or Ref CD-9
Definitely the red book cd is GREAT given the recording engineers did their job as they‘re supposed to.Just as oregonpapa stated …it’s not always the player itself which has to be replaced as a unit versus a „newer“ (and according to marketing of ... 
You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which?
Wilson Audio & PASS Labs.  
Wilson Sasha Daws or Sabrinas
14x14 is bad because of its square format mainly. 
Stealth Audio loudspeaker cables - time to replace after almost 10 years?
I’ve also been using Dream Petite speaker cables since quite a number of years now and am still REALLY happy with them. Why should they ever degrade?? They don’t! Just clean their connectors once every ten years and your set! I think you suffer a ... 
Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years?
@imhififan : Especially Nelson Pass once said personally…that it’s actually the market itself that „requires“ some so called updates in his amps. He said that when asked why there is technically no difference between his X600 monos and the success... 
Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire?
WHY the same discussion over and over again?? Non believers should try for them selves. Believers/ experienced listeners already know! Nothing to discuss …waste of time. Better listen to music! 
Anybody had experience with stealth Indra ?
Sorry to pick up this old thread but the thread starters question applies to me pretty much as I have Pass monos as well as Wilson speakers. I am also using Stealth Indra xlr as well as Stealth Dream Petite spkr cable and one (older but GREAT) Tra... 
Purist Audio Design
From own experience I can only tell about Purist power cords (nothing about their interconnects or speaker cables). I have a pair of Dominus Rev.B pc‘s for my Pass monoblocks with 20 amp connectors. Bought the cables together with the Pass preowne... 
Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one
@ryder : your last sentences are very well said and observed wisely.I also still do enjoy listening with my Pass Labs monos. Interesting to read about the former Gryphon owner who changed back to Pass :)Never had a Gryphon myself but I think their... 
Upgrading form Pass integrated amplifier to a better one
Sorry to pick up this slightly older thread but I am from Germany and I do disagree about T+A with Audiotroy...T+A in Germany is a brand considered one step above average - not HighEnd! This isn’t to say they are bad but not on par with Gryphon, P... 
Re-Assessing RVG
Do you really think so? ...think further! People thought the same about plastic ... uhh vinyl 😉 
moving from house to an apartment.. goodbye 802D's
Don’t get rid of your 802D‘s. If you love them definitely keep them. You don’t need to crank up the volume like a mad man and you can still enjoy music the way you are used to. Once you had a full size speaker there’s no way back to bookshelf litt... 
Re-Assessing RVG
Sorry to pick up this age old thread again but finally a writer here who admits the limitations of his stereo system instead of ONLY bashing the sound of cd‘s what seems to have become „popular“ these days with those vinyl freaks around.The CD its...