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| Leaving tube amps on. I would leave them on, assuming that I’m in close proximity to the amps and able to react quickly if a tube event occurred. I had an ARC amp that took 45 minutes to warm up and for the sound to bloom and I’ve had that experience with several of ... | |
| Effect of Internet Service Quality on Streaming? I stream over a T-Mobile unlimited data plan and it works just fine. There’s some startup latency but once the track commences there’s very rarely any interruption. Sound quality versus file playback from a network HD is quite close. I use a dCS ... | |
| Any recommendation for a CD changer? I have a functional Onkyo changer that I am willing to let go. But due to the sudden uptick in interest, it could be very expensive. Seriously, get them ripped to HD then make one of these https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tara-donovan-2474637... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 Synthesis or Jadis. All the Synthesis amps I’ve heard have been integrateds, but they do make a stereo amp and I believe monoblocks too. They have a definite house sound and it’s in the warm and tubey category yet with good detail and resolution.... | |
| REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY? I used to have people over to listen to the system when I was more active socially. Many times a person would come along with a single CD and ask to play a specific track. You could see they were making a judgement of the whole system based on one... | |
| Using A.I. to clean up noise from voice recordings Thanks for the link. I do a lot of work with different AI tools and hadn’t seen that one even though I have an Adobe subscription! | |
| Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System? Do we 1: Optimize to bring the very best out of the very best recordings, or 2: Optimize to bring the best out of the broadest range of recordings. Some will argue that these are not mutually exclusive, my experience over the last 40 years or s... | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? Electrostatic panels are real dust and fur magnets. When I sold my Logans to some poor unsuspecting twit on eBay I spent an hour grooming the panels before packing them into boxes. I pulled enough hair out of them to make a second, slightly smal... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama “Alexander has dropped the Mother Of All Bombs on this situation, displaying disrespect towards the reviewing industry, and regarding reviewers as trivial annoyances that can be easily brushed aside..” source: Tekton debacle As someone who writ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama The idea that a product, if it receives a poor review, should be sent back to the manufacturer and the negative review erased, is profoundly troubling. It raises the question: what kind of environment are we creating when we’re only exposed to end... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? @waltersalas I just sent a response to your message with a link to the PDF file but it looks like Audiogon's system has zapped the link and are reviewing the message I sent. Let me know if it comes through. I don't want to post the link to the fil... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama This seems very heavy handed on the part of the manufacturer, if it’s actually happening the way it’s being reported. Erin seems like a reasonable guy and I suspect he would have been amenable to a discussion about his testing method with the manu... | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? I have the A100 biasing information if anyone needs it (send a pm). I haven’t needed to change tubes yet so I haven’t needed to rebias, but it seems straightforward enough if you’ve a decent multimeter. Ditto on the positive comments regarding ... | |
| FAKE NEWS - NEGATIVE REVIEWS NOT ALLOWED!! I watched that YouTube because I fell for the “click-bait” title he used. Normally I avoid his videos because I don’t much care for the style of presentation and all the posturing about being the only person on YouTube to have access to the highes... | |
| Adona Equipment Racks I like my ADONA Reference Rack. It replaced a VPI TNT rack and two inexpensive Lovan Sovereign racks and I was 98.5% certain that I could hear a positive improvement in sound. It looks cool, is pretty versatile with its fully adjustable shelf posi... |