richopp
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| RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . . Hope your health improves.My take is that there are a new group of people that I like to call, "the perpetually apoplectic" among us these days.I am not going to say where I think this originated or by whom, but when people are upset, they sometim... | |
| How long do good speakers last? Box speakers???Who knows?My Magneplaner Tympani I-C speakers have been with me since I owned my shop in 1976. They are as good if not better than ever.With box speakers, you have cones and other stuff that degrades. With Maggies, you have the gl... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard I guess "Blowin’ in the Wind" comes to mind, but I have not given it much thought. "Poncho and Lefty" (Emmy Lou version) also comes to mind, as does "Give Peace a Chance" but now I am getting political, so...Cheers! | |
| Then there were 2 ARCWhy settle if you don't have to?Hope you are auditioning Magnepan speakers IN YOUR ROOM before you make a final speaker decision with your ARC amp and, hopefully, matching ARC pre-amp.Prepare to be amazed!Cheers! | |
| Reel to reel , is it real the hype! Professional recording studios used 2" 24-track tape at 15-30 ips in the day on Ampex, Studer, Tascam, or Otari as I understand it, but that may be slightly incorrect.A fellow local shop owner recorded many live concerts using a Stellavox and pla... | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k All box speakers distort the reproduced sound.If you have good electronics, audition Magneplaners IN YOUR ROOM with a dealer who knows how to set them up.You may not like them, but there are no speakers that provide less change to the sound at the... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Like Mark Levinson, Mc stuff is very well made with some of the best parts available. Mc was started a lot like Audio Research, with someone asking a friend to come up with a component for their personal system.We found that Mc was nice looking, ... | |
| Tube Amps, Magnapans and Impedance @OP Nice to read your reaction to Maggies. I have been posting for years, based on my shop-owning experiences, that they were the ones to buy if accuracy of reproduction was the goal.No, not every room will work with them, and you do need some q... | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? @millercarbon Another perpetually and permanently apoplectic poster among us.Lighten-up, Francis. | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? @teo_audio et alOf course the OP premise was silly, but he asked a question, so give an answer or move on.You all remind me of people who can't simply take an idea and run with it rather than spending your time tearing it down and ridiculing the p... | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? Same thing I sold back in the mid-1970's - 1990's:Audio Research and MagnepanThat's about all you need for the major components if you are actually interested in accurate reproduction.Cheers | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. When I had my shop, we used to put a record on and a tape we recorded on a Nak and switch back an forth on an Audio Research/Magneplaner system.The ONLY difference we heard was a "hollow" sound (best word I can use to describe it--same word we use... | |
| Aged components / service!? Depends. I can recommend, without reservations, South Florida Speaker Repair (yes, they repair everything, not only speakers) in Lake Worth, FL: 4136 10th Ave N, Lake Worth, FL 33461Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5PMPhone: (561) 968-2360Especially good on... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Well, evidently the perpetually apoplectic need another outlet for their vitriol that they cannot shed on politics and the pandemic.So many of their fellow Americans have died that their audience is shrinking, so why not here?Cheers! | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Magneplaners, of course.Love to see the large Advent's mentioned. Mr. Kloss was a pretty smart guy--I mean, he invented the acoustic suspension speaker...where would be be today without that? Unfortunately, those speakers have been passed by in ... |