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| Your Favorite Room at AXPONA 2025? Best room I heard - PS Audio with the new PMG Signature gear. Most disappointing - Wilson Audio XVX: for a cool million for the system, I expected something exceptional. Didn't hear it. Enjoyed the WATT/Puppy system much more. Most surprising - ... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Save your money. Look at the Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML or the Goldring E4. Fabulous sound from both. Not fancy but they do the job really nicely. | |
| Anyone hear the new PS Audio PMG Signature 512 DAC at AXPONA or otherwise? I heard the system with the FR5 (stand-mount speakers). Couldn't get over the great sound quality. Had the chance to meet Paul McGowan and told him if I could afford it, I'd take that system home. | |
| Chinese DAC's Skip the Chinese products. Look into Geshelli Labs' units. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Vandersteen 2ce Signature III''s are very good - very natural sound. Need some space around them Focal Vestia No.3 - Outstanding sound for the price. | |
| A life sentence!!! My Apt Holman preamp. Best piece of gear I've ever owned. Phono stage cannot be surpassed. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Nice tables if you can afford them. As I'm not the heir to a fortune, my favorites are a bit more plebian: Technics (Just bought a new SL-100C which I match to a Goldring E4). Music Hall Stealth and Classic - Have used both and found them musica... | |
| Bose Chucks Mac No loss. I remember when McIntosh dealers seemed to have guaranteed regions. For instance, the only dealer in Dayton, OH was Custom Electronics. Cincinnati had one dealer; Columbus had one dealer; one in Cleveland and one in Toledo. No mail order;... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." It depends on where they use the manufacturer's talking points. As I said before, it's my opinion if they're used in a description of the product, I see no problem. If they use them in the actual review section without any justification or substan... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." @audition__audio: I have NEVER accepted cash or any kind of direct payment from a manufacturer or distributor and neither have my colleagues - we'd be fired unceremoniously by our publisher if we did. I once was asked how much it would cost for a... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." I haven't read Stereophile in years - the things they review are far, far beyond my budget and not reading it keeps me from succumbing to "audiophilia nervosa." And, I have no idea what their editing process is, so I can't knowingly comment. Final... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." audition_audio: I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "No if you leave the definition open of 'pay to play'." If you mean that by occasionally taking advantage of the "accommodation pricing" available to reviewers, that I'm accepting a bribe,... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." I don't deny I use manufacturer info in a description of the unit. But I attempt to verify or refute that within the actual review portion. In the case of speakers and electronics, the review unit is subjected to scientific tests by one or more of... | |
| "...and I don't take any advertiser money..." OK, I have to step in here as there are a lot of cynical misconceptions stated. I once sold audio gear, non-commissioned, but always looked to build repeat business. I was the #2 salesperson in the shop (behind the manager) because I knew what I w... | |
| At the top of the line is it really all that different? You think audio gear that costs $50k/unit is not insane? If you can afford it, fine, go ahead, but paying that much for a system's components is lunacy in my opinion. As my old man would have put it, "that guy has more dollars than sense." The r... |