petg60
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| Sony Blu Ray Player BDP S1 Question correct, playing formats: Codecs: Blu-Ray, DVD-V, DVD-R, DVD- RW, DVD-RAM, DD, DTS, MP3, JPEG, VCD | |
| Amperex 6DJ8 tube construction Left one is Amperex Holland made and a great tube, the one on the right is a Matsushita made on same tooling as Mullard but a different tube.Always check the etched codes at bottom of tube to identify the origin. | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? a good $500 cartridge on a $10K table/arm? I would start from there | |
| You can go home again You never forget the first good or bad sound but evolving comes with training. | |
| What are we going to do about Tele 12AU7 prices Tesla used same tooling as Teles so there comes the resemblance.Tesla E83CC is a great tube anyway.But pricing of ECC802S, ECC82 has gone up. | |
| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard Beginning of digital era with a good exmple. But it is not the worse. DG has plenty. | |
| What are we going to do about Tele 12AU7 prices Try Tesla. | |
| Stacking Components Not the best idea but can do if space is a factor.I would put the heavier unit on top. | |
| Thorens TD 316 or Harman kardon T60 ? TD316 good combo with Grace G707, rather confirming @noromance findings. | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? Roxy & elsewhere, Hot rats, Guitar, Yellow shark (not great but respect as his last), Burnt Weeny, but he had great stuff in everything he made and left too early. | |
| Power cord choice? I like to see new ones in the power cables battlefield. Still what connects to the power supply of a component is the starting point and not the finishing line.You start from there and go all the way up to distribution panel. Simple. | |
| Sound variation from good to incredible? Physical and ear performance have variations, too big differences and you start to worry. | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? My hypothesis is that for ~%97 of us, the more a headphone costs the more we will enjoy the headphone.From my experience here in Agon 97% of us is way out of your reality.My ultimate hypothesis is that build quality and price are the two most impo... | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. Reactions like, this is a different recording, this is live, and eyes following the performance are good to see. No worries for sweet spot too. | |
| Manufacturers past their heyday The best example i can think of is Sony, sure they are still involved somehow, but their interests show that they have changed and are nowhere near they heydays. |