rtorchia
Responses from rtorchia
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier The OP was very gracious about my criticism of power cords so we can agree to disagree. But to the person who said I was arrogant I beg to differ. What can be more arrogant than to dismiss science in favor of pure subjectivity? I think the OP woul... | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier Because I don't believe in power cords the OP told me: @rtorchia You clearly do not know how to listen or listen to music and recordings that would never allow discrimination, have a system that can’t resolve the differences or have never tried... | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier Amazon basic power cord—it will sound no different than a $1,000 one. | |
| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? I have the opposite problem in my condo in Philadelphia. I’m surrounded by old deaf people but a fellow moved in upstairs whose child stomps around like a maniac and is prone to fits of screaming. So I blast him with my Genelec system that include... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? All this demonstrates is that you are a sensible person who doesn’t automatically assume that because he paid $500 for a power cord it sounds better. Congratulations on having such good sense. The power cord mania is pure nonsense. I bought fancy ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama I heard from some enthusiasts that Tekton speakers were good and followed the reviews on them. I found a small pair of prototype Tektons in a vintage audio store and liked them. I emailed the owner and asked what they were and he ignored query. T... | |
| My experience with The Music Room I have dealt with TMR numerous times and have always been very pleased with the result. I wouldn’t hesitate to buy through them again. Their condition ratings are excellent. | |
| Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder I have no idea why some of you spend so much money on such devices. I just put my power cords in a deluxe microwave oven for five minutes. You wouldn’t believe how much better they sound! Seriously, this is one of the most ridiculous threads o... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers Imagination is a powerful thing. | |
| Rogue Audio hard to resell, has it fallen out of favor ? The Sphinx got a bad review on a prominent site. Also, I had a number of Rogue components but moved on to pure Class D (Nord) which sounds fantastic. Who needs tube components, hybrids, massive preamps and amps anymore? But Rogue is a great compa... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? Amazon Basic—you can’t beat it. | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 Blind testing is a great idea because when one pays a fortune for a cable one expects some marvelous change in sound that doesn't exist. That's psychology, and these cable tweaks are a fetish. When I read some reviewer of a component saying he hea... | |
| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 I think you would be well served by reading Audio Science Review. These cables are pure snake oil and there is no objective scientific evidence that these exotic luxury cables sound different from a $50 cable. | |
| Blue Jeans Cable Iconoclast I think this was a smart business decision. Many people believe that cables make a significant sound improvement. Others simply have money to spend and want something expensive and esoteric. Now they can buy all this from BJC. There is no point in... | |
| Major EXOGAL Comet/Ion problems I believe that very late on Exogal made a superior remote that cost around $100 because the original one was bad. You should probably try to get one of those. I took part in a program to use the prototypes for these so they sent all participants ... |