rspyder
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| Wow, $10k+ cables I love these posts. The contrarians who poo-poo the efficacy of expensive cables often appear in other posts questioning the merits of expensive audio products. They are either disgruntled with their lot in life (e.g. a spouse who wears the prov... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal Sorry to be this "real", but Neil is far from a recording perfectionist so I doubt there is any discernible difference between his "masters" and Tidal's offerings. It sound's like Neil's getting to be a bit of a curmudgeon in his old age.Ray | |
| Pass Labs x250.8 vs tube amps Hi there. I had the ARC Reference 10 pre and Ayre MX-R monos. They turned my audio room (16' x 18') into a hot yoga facility after about 3 hours of play. Also, I wasn't that pleased with the sound after a visit to the Munich Hi-End Show and hea... | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? I have 9 of the SR Cable Risers in my system, which has two 10' SR Atmosphere Level 4 speaker cables. I got them because I have carpet in my dedicated listening room and I was worried about static build up within the cable, particularly in the dr... | |
| Speaker recommendations 10 to 30k and no beryllium You definitely have to audition the ProAc K6. I have had mine for 4 years (bird's eye grey, high gloss and no bullet holes) and they are absolutely superb. I have the same size room as you. I'm a member of a local audio club and just about ever... | |
| Home demo. ProAc D48R and Spendor D9 Have you auditioned the K6? | |
| I need your suggestion for a Preamp. If you want to make those B&W's sing like a real person and sound like a real concert, then you should seriously consider the Octave HP 700. It smokes all three of your considerations.Ray | |
| Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research I'm familiar with all three. I owned ARC, including the Ref. 10 Preamp, and others in our local audio club have owned the other two. Personally, I'm not impressed with any of the three brands relative to other better brands. | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? You should give very serious regard to the Octave MRE 220 with the Super Black Boxes. They will easily best the Pass Labs | |
| Paypal issue beware. I have stopped using PayPal as a method of receiving funds from sales. I received payment by a "PayPal cheque" in my last transaction and it took PayPal 10 days to clear. I could have got a Cert. Cheque or Bank Draft through normal mail twice as... | |
| AMPLIFIER BLOCKS HRS | |
| Vinyl from Barnes & Noble That sucks. My son and I had countless experiences like that with Amazon. In fact, we don't buy new albums or albums advertised as new anymore from Amazon. Better to buy from actual record stores. Fortunately we have enough here.Ray | |
| Picking a Tube integrated amp I've heard both and the Octave with the SBB beats it handily. A friend just got the v40SE with the simple BB and its spectacular. I have the SBB and its worth the price difference. Have fun!Ray | |
| Please help me chose a tube preamp A good friend in our audio clutch recently got the Octave HP500SE. Wow!! Love it!!! They have the HP300SE if the HP is a bit outside of the budget. | |
| Switching to solid state amp? Hi. I switched to SS: Ayre MXR's, but after a couple of years was not satisfied with the outcome. I went back to tubes: Octave MRE 220 with Super Black Boxes. They are simply superb and have provided the absolute best of a tube and SS amp: fast... |