retiredfarmer
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| Audiophile circuit breakers ? Let's think about this logically for a moment. Hi-fi tweaks all cost money and people who call them snake oil etc have never tried any of them because they cost money. So because of that it leafs to a couple of conclusions either they are to c... | |
| Old guy needs recommendation request for old CD players / DAC I had that exact cal player years ago. I would say it was my first true hi-fi cd player. They were built like tanks and the fellow I sold it to still has it and uses it regularly. For what you can get for it I would keep it. Likely lucky to s... | |
| HT & Stereo System Fuel Shortage Coming According to Grid Operators https://theconversation.com/sick-of-dangerous-city-traffic-remove-left-turns-161397 | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? From my personal experience any new amp will be challenged to keep up with a well serviced pair of 33h mono blocks. | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? I purchased a siltech cable burn in box approximately a year ago. I personally believe that has been the best purchase in hi-fi I have made as far as sound quality goes. Scary how much better a cable sounds after it has been left on the mac... | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music You have a big room so the kilpsch speakers might work they need lots of room spend some time listening before you purchase those trust your professional ears! I generally shy away from horn loaded speakers. | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @lalitk couldn't figure it out but put the Levenson monoblocks one as my picture by my handle on here. Regards | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @ghdprentice hit the wrong thing and have to start again. The front end has the sonic frontier transport and DAC three with reflector 6922s wired with furutech 55 powercord s and there top of the line plugs and IEC ends. A furutech evolution bala... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @lalitk yes likely a very true statement I find that setup is the difference between good and great and part of the endless pursuit! In the main system I getting close to having the cd playback the way I want it. Building a different wall mount f... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @charles1dad well my list of the best cd playback systems I have heard are as follows. A Linn cd12, DSC Elgar Purcell pair(yes not particularly fair as it upsamples), sonic frontier transport and DAC three, Wadia 270/27 separates, Naim CDS, Mark ... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media I have been personally blessed to have owned and still own some of the very finest cd playback systems ever made. And I have never heard a streamer on a display that I was taken aback with or one that I could say kept up with the cd systems I had ... | |
| Cable recommandations You might look at see of the wire In the furutech line. I have never tried there speaker car or Interconnect bulk wire I have tried an evolution 11 balanced interconnect. That was nice. I have used a bunch of there power products liked every one o... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? Dumlavy sc iv couple hundred pounds each and six feet tall. | |
| SACD repair? There in lies the problem with SACD I was going to buy one from my dealer he told me not to as they all had limited lifespans it didn't matter how high price on one you got they all were short lived and then you had a cd player it is the SACD part... | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? Personally I like dedicated lines into the sound room and furutech receptacles and power cords all these I find far better than any power conditioner I bought or tried. Regards |