retiredfarmer
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| Why should audiophile deniers be allowed on an audiophile forum? I generally find that people who constantly say there is no difference is not so much that they cannot hear the difference as they don't want to spend any money. Yet they want to believe that there system is better than yours because that makes th... | |
| Is a separate phono pre really necessary? Think I did something wrong so I will try again! I had a Krell KPA and when I got my Ayre k1xe the built in phono stage was much better to my ears. A few years later a friend gave me an audio research reference phono stage. Which In my opin... | |
| First impressions of the Isoacoustic Gaia 1’s @henry53 a couple of questions are the springs between the speakers and the blocks or between the blocks and the floor? Also what type of wood did you use? Regards | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? Well this is the only modern amp that I like better than what I have. https://dandagostino.com/products/relentless-amplifier | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? New is not necessarily better. Remember that it is promoted that way by the audio media to help perpetuate the hobby. That's a fact all hobbies go through fads and it gets promoted that you need this not what we told you ten years ago. Get rid of... | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers What about harbeth 40. | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle @mitch2 Starting at the front end. And a balanced system is the way if anything is ahead of the rest best if it is at the front. Speakers cannot reproduce signals they don't receive. | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle @mitch2 Lol your line up of improvement s is so mid Fi! | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle @mitch2 Yes you are correct it is a huge difference in resolution, frequency extremes, detail. And you are right as big as an equipment upgrade. Myself I bought my first one because it was on a good sale and it was a jaw dropping change I the... | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects Well na NACA five is by far the best vat priced speaker wire I have every heard. I also had a set of Tara labs off the roll speaker wire. I found Kimber 8tc on the brightside. Same with 4pr. Audioquest midnight lacked resolution lots of body in no... | |
| Audiophile Grade Wall Receptacle recordbore I like the way you think! Try one and let's your ears decide! I went at it one at a time never even thought about if anyone had a return policy! Great way to experiment! And you are very right with a return policy you really only have a... | |
| How do I spend $5000? A CD player or DAC for my De A few things to remember that the manufacturers advertise in the magazine s and that is what they make money on not the price you pay for the magazine. The mags also or not perpetuate the hobby. Don't think the newest is necessarily the best use y... | |
| Upgrade path question with $2k to spend Don't get hung up on the ratings game that is not part of the HiFi world. You are listening for sound quality not looking at numbers on the sales brochure. If you must look at numbers look at what it weighs per amp channel after looking specs up l... | |
| Best speaker Cable matching Wilson Audio Sasha I would also look at the transparent lime but would want to be at the ultra line minimum better to look at the reference or higher. It has been along time since I listened to audioquest I never liked there silver wire from years ago but things imp... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers Well when the harbeth 7 were in your to big list would you consider the smaller model? Also you might want to look at the neat speaker line. I would start at the motive line not the iota. You can go up from there as well. If I am correct you have... |