richopp
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| Is It Possible? Quads have/had their place in audio history. I mean, no other than Mark Levinson hisself (sorry, Honest Charlie) chose them to be in his famous HQD system back in the day. https://www.stereophile.com/content/mark-levinson-hqd-loudspeaker-systemht... | |
| Which magnepan My opinion is to try all that qualify in your budget/equipment match and take them home and listen for a week-end. That should point you in the right direction. Typically, the larger the Maggie, the more power amp(s) you need to get the SPL up t... | |
| Listening Height Adjustment -- Is This Why Two People Don't Hear the Same? Ha-Ha. This is pretty funny these days now that various speaker manufacturers have decided to make many speakers 6' tall. I WONDER where they got that idea (Magnepan) and what influenced their driver placement (Magnepan) and why they work on "im... | |
| Which Nakamichi to choose? While they certainly SOUNDED wonderful when compared to vinyl back in the day--a "hollow" sound was the most notable difference when compared A-B to vinyl--my personal experience when selling Nakamichi was that 100% of them came back broken within... | |
| Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid? If you are asking for a "reference point" for music listening, I would suggest a few small classical concerts--quartets?--at the local college and so forth. If you like jazz or modern rock, etc., go to a few smaller venues and listen. No way they... | |
| Listening to equipment at home before you buy This is so different from the brick-and-mortar days when I had my shop. We actually almost demanded that the customer take the item home and listen to it before buying, especially for high-dollar items. I might mention that some manufacturers bac... | |
| Luxman Integrated? I have been using two Lux CL-32 pre-amps since the 1970's. One just failed and I am going to pay to get it fixed. NOT the best pre-amp in the world, but seems to be OK for my casual listening. AND, they have lasted over 40 years each until now,... | |
| Is Speaker design evolution stagnant A bit of history, if you don't mind:In the mid-1970's one could purchase a combo-effort on the part of two of the premier manufacturers. Magnepan's inventor Jim Winey and Audio Research's inventor Bill Johnson got together--whether Wendell had an... | |
| Blocking the propaganda So, I make this comment again and again for all who wish to read it:As a former dealer, I can tell you that we picked products based on their sound and quality as well as manufacturer support in the way of handling customer complaints, fixing brok... | |
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| Best audio companies and dealers All retail and manufacturer (and other...) attitudes come from the TOP. If the TOP person/people are wise about their business, they will display a customer-focused philosophy even if the customer is less than polite or reasonable (up to a point,... | |
| How do I find an audio advisor who does home consultations? When I had my store I think we spent more time LEARNING than we did selling. Back then--early 1970's--manufacturers were bending over backwards to provide education to dealers that was not only "their" product-based. I found that having a profes... | |
| My Experience with Dave from Audio Doctor NJ So nice to read about these dedicated audio professionals. When I had my store I think we spent more time LEARNING than we did selling. Back then--early 1970's--manufacturers were bending over backwards to provide education to dealers that was n... | |
| Liquid Amps Jim B...now there's a name from the golden days of audio. A true pioneer who loved what he did and those of us who sold his inventions:http://www.tnt-audio.com/intervis/bongiorno_e.htmlHis products were always VERY INTERESTING and sounded as good... | |
| Valve phono stage Looks like it is on sale, too:https://www.upscaleaudio.com/products/aesthetix-rhea |