ruraltraumasurgeon
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| Is Carl Bernstein an Audiophile? Politics? Why don't we start to argue about religion?Richard Nixon was a Quaker, and according to Henri Mancini while touring the White House, "Nixon pulled an LP from the shelf [in his small private listening room] and handed it to me. It was Ric... | |
| Preamp choices:Short list I like my new Luxman CL1000 and I only play SACDs and CDs. Also, I like the ARC Reference 10 preamplifier, but then, I am an old tube guy. | |
| Interesting development Look at the demographic that spends lots of money on vinyl records. I grew up with vinyl and I experienced all of its problems, so I am a young member of the baby boomer generation that likes CDs and downloaded digital music. Although my son is no... | |
| For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone.... Bozak? | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? Ken Kessler wrote a piece in a recent HiFi+ about the demographics of those of us who prefer spinning CDs and SACDs. We are baby boomers who like physical media and will continue to buy higher quality reissues of CDs that we already own (think of ... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? BEST1. Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1969, (Woosley Hall, Yale) - also saw him on many different occasions including Woodstock, 1969;2. Cream (Woosley Hall, Yale-heard them twice in New Haven, CT)3. Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McClaughlin) 1970, Wesleya... | |
| What's the best and/or favorite piece of equipment you've owned? And do you still own it? Still have ARC GS150 amplifier (which I love), McIntosh C22 (recent issue), custom speakers made by Rudy Bozak for my father, and I do not know their age. | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? From the OP-Nordost cables are directional, at least they have an arrow on the end that the booklet says should be towards the speaker.oldhvymec - Will you sell me a pair of your cables? (sans boxes).Also, physicians do not receive the $$$, it is ... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? From the aging OP:I finally decided to make my own speaker cables from Mogami wire as per the YouTube video- they sound the best of everything I have used, except that I lack enough bass (probably the ARC tube amplifier? I do not know). I did not ... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? Impressions from the OP:1. The Transparent Audio RSC8 reference speaker cable does sound good with the ARC tube amplifier ---> the Wilson Sasha speakers combination. This realization came after several days of listening; 2. The Wilson speakers ... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? oldhvymec and many others-I had an engineer from DTE (local power company) check my house, and an engineer from my son's department at the University of Michigan (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering (EECS!)) come out and indepe... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? Thanks for the continuing feedback. I realize now that the quality of the power to my house may be a problem - we live in a rural setting, with 300 yards of a buried power line to the house (adjacent to a state forest, although I doubt the animals... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? oldhvymech and others-My friend loaned me the Nordost Valhalla 1 and 2, and Frey 2 speaker cords. Since the Nordost power cables, QSource and Qpoint had performed so well in my system, I tried these speaker cables. Apparently they were not a good ... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? oldhvymec-The Mcintosh C22 is a new version of an old model: https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/preamplifiers/C22Online, others have been critical of the combination of this McIntosh preamp with an ARC power amplifier. It may be that a solid-st... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? Quite an interesting discussion. A few things on my end:1. My current speaker cables are labeled "Transparent high performance 10-2 10 AWG (upgradeable)." I was going to try some used Transparent REF RSC8 (MM2) ("high z", apparently designed for h... |