richopp
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| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? And spoil the SURPRISE?????You must be joking,of course...Cheers! | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? I asked Stereo Fixers in Boca Raton and Music Technology in VA to "fix" the channel imbalance in my Luxman CL-32 pre-amp. They BOTH charged me a ton of money and "couldn't fix the problem."When I had my shop, if we could NOT fix something, we cha... | |
| Are cables really worth their high price because of their geometry? No. | |
| Why are there so many wooden speakers? @kenjit As I have posted until people are tired of reading it, speakers in a box--ANY BOX--distort music during playback.This is why people who love music love Magneplaner speakers. They reproduce what you drive them with. If your gear is subst... | |
| Klipsch Service, is like calling the Federal Government.....What a joke Dude, they make HORNS.HORNS belong on the top of a pole at a high-school sports stadium, not in your listening room.Move on, please! | |
| speakers for a large room Listen to Duke; you have the best brand, you just need a bit of an upgrade and some room tweaking.Trust us!Cheers! | |
| Speaker upgrade around 100k retail I kind of guess it depends if you want to hear the music or just listen to expensive boxes or horns (!!!) that distort the playback.Take a pair of the most expensive Magneplaners home for a week and then decide. You may not like them, but you owe... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? You may be interested in this topic over on the Gretsch guitar forum.Consensus:Total BS to professional musicians who PLAY and RECORD the music we all listen to. Best comment: Expensive cables MAY sound a bit "brighter" if you like that, but mos... | |
| Your vote for greatest (covers) album Wow! OK, London Calling = Elvis' first album coverRamons Acid = Greatfull Dead = Big Brother + JanisFaithful = White AlbumMany others show the artist(s) standing or sitting down.Not sure what the "artistic" elements of that are, but to each his o... | |
| Who says cables don't make a difference? I need to interview more electrons, I guess.So far, the ones I have spoken to like to glide on the top of whatever conductor is available, but who knows? At $12,000, even an electron may sell out.No, unbroken cables of the appropriate gauge are c... | |
| Anyone remember the lateral tracking Bang and Olufsen record player from the 80’s?? We sold a number of them back in the day. The biggest rub, from audiophiles. was the unchangeable cartridge. BUT, as B&O USA corporate (in Chicago) always maintained, the company was NOT interested in SOTA stuff, just quality through design.... | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? Upon further thinking, probably add the Sequerra Tuner to the Transcriptor TT in my post.Cheers! | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments No talent from whomever hands out the musical talent gene--and either you have it or you do not, period. I played several instruments starting in about 2nd grade, but was never that good at any of them. Fast forward to college, and guitar and dru... | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... NO, but talk to the people at Magnepan. They actually make speakers that sound like whatever is driving them, good or bad.Amazing! | |
| What are the sexiest components ever made? It doesn't really work at all, but the TRANSCRIPTOR Turntable is as sexy as audio gets, I think. We kept one on the shelf just to look at back in the day: https://mniec.wordpress.com/2014/05/09/transcriptors-hydraulic-reference-vintage-turntable... |