perkri
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| What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully? @erik_squires I believe he misspelled “funny”“You will never find a more funny audiophile than me”And I have converted some people. Most relevantly, a friend to the benefits of custom speakers. Specially backloaded double full range horns. Also th... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? @cleeds +1I've had a bit of personal experience with folks who are all in an uproar about "political correctness" and "liberal attitudes". The ones who express how silly it is that so much care has to be applied to language and how it is used...We... | |
| Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you? Hm.Wonder how many of you in this thread own Apple products?Or any other items that are made in China?Those who are presenting a holier than thou attitude should consider getting off your high horse if there is anything in your home/life that was ... | |
| Speaker design, KenjiT and others. @dill “They”, need to claim supremacy - hence “Us”...Foundation upon which conspiracy theories are built.The royal “We” as it were. “We”, know the truth.That, or the simply the delusional ramblings of any village idiot, or in our case, the “Speci... | |
| Speaker design, KenjiT and others. Just report the troll, keep on reporting the troll. | |
| I've been dragged to recommendations, kicking and screaming Not the same, but kinda is when it comes to discovering new music. I stream Radio Paradise - The World Music channel - And wow, so much new, and so many varied musical styles/voices.Random, for sure, but I love being exposed to music I would never... | |
| The secret to a great amplifier... After the 4th, no one will be talking about Orange anymore... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? I bought a MC240 from a friend back in the 90’s. Was driving it from a Counterpoint SA 5.1 preamp. I sold them to buy a new Cary SLI-50 (which I still have and will never sell)Very much wish I had never sold them, should’ve kept them and bought th... | |
| What's your definition of an audiophile? I tend to like the dictionary definition au·dio·phile | \ ˈȯ-dē-ō-ˌfī(-ə)l \Definition of audiophile: a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction | |
| Minimum standards within the High end speaker industry Everyone just report it | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 For sure some research is required re: EL-84'sI wonder how much of a difference the transformers make with the tubes compatibility? | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 The RM-10, opens up another door as far as amplification goes.(There are an endless number of doors in the house of Audio...)The person I bought them from was running them off a rebuilt vintage Electrohome EL-84 based amp. He felt they worked well... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 The Quad II's are such nice looking units also! I have Quad in my auto search in Audiomart, and see them pop up every now and again.They look like they would be a cool rebuild project!And I suspect, they would work nicely with my Cornwalls as well! | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 Thank you for the Neurochrome suggestion. I came across the site before while doing some research for a friend. Very tidy PC boards! A soldering iron doesn’t fill me with fear, though I have had some experiences that would suggest I should perhaps... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 Thank you all for the info!Ive been thinking about building a First Watt F6, has anyone had any experience with that amp and the ESLs?Was not familiar with the Bedini 25/25 and am asking about the F6 because of the 25/25. Wondering how the F6 woul... |