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| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I’ve been an audiophile since Nixon was president. Like most audiophiles, I’ve upgraded various pieces from time to time. I’ve always prioritized audio over other expenses, like cars. I’ve never owned or operated an SUV or other premium vehicle, b... | |
| Beautiful Music That Reduce You To Tears Sorry that y'all aren't hip to Wesla Whitfield. Even worse that you can't catch her live anymore either. I really did shed tears when she passed a couple years ago. I really did fall in love with her voice. This is someone who never gets in th... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Here's a great recording from 1958 of Victor Feldman, Scott LaFaro and Stan Levy doing "Bebop". Totally rips. From "The Arrival of Victor Feldman." | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room You can do the full Linkwitz LX521 project, with active crossover and amplification for as little as $4000 depending on what amp choice you make. I wouldn’t totally cheap out on the amp though. Probably would go with class D modules and build one,... | |
| Mc 240 vs. Prima Luna If you've got that kind of money to spend, pitch out the Mac and get a pair of the 120 watt M-125 monoblock tube amps from VTA. Buy as a kit ($2380) or fully assembled and tested ($3180). | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps I run VTA SP-13 preamp which runs an Aikido line stage. It was intended to drive a high input impedance tube amp. A Dynaco ST-70 had an imput impedance of 330k ohms. But I run my preamp into a solid-state active crossover, which has an input i... | |
| Great song to test bass Download Donny's Harley... | |
| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase The issue isn't your CD player. It's in the DAC inside your CD player. Take the optical output into a good DAC and you're done. Balanced connectors are meaningliness unless you're running long lines. But if you're totally intent on spending ... | |
| Why do my bass drivers shake violently listening to vinyl This is what sub-sonic filters are for. | |
| Need Impressions of SoundKaos Vox I saw this loudspeaker at the audio show 2 years ago, so I can’t tell you more than I liked it and felt it was one of the better loudspeakers at the show in terms of tonal balance. It was small and very expensive for what it was, but then being a ... | |
| How many watts?? The volume knob is just a gain attenuator in the preamp section of your amp and has NOTHING to do with understanding how much power your amp is actually putting out. You can't think that it's 1/4 turned, so you're using 20 watts. Your amp wou... | |
| Looking for new speakers for large audio room Just add in some major subs and cross 'em over at 60 hz or so. You'll get plenty of thump. If you really want to get it right, go with a miniDSP DDRC24 active digital crossover with DSP EQ. Measure out the room. You'll drop a LOT less than $... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago If you've got $3k to spend, get into some Theil loudspeakers. True hi-end for their day. | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. Analog tape, whether open reel or cassette, is Old Tech in search of a need. Put your cassette tape deck next to your FM tuner, buggy whip and dial telephone.Tape of any sort is just a storage system. Where are you getting your music from? Comm... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) Forget all that stuff. Pitch it all out and get a set of the Dutch & Dutch 8c. Not only are these loudspeakers amplified, they have built-in DAC and DSP EQ. All you need are them and a digital source like a laptop, an iPad or even just yo... |