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| Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception watts, it's kinda weak to raise the issue and not name names so that everyone knows. FWIW, I agree with your sentiment and regularly get annoyed here with many dealers & manufacturers posting here without disclosure. If their products are legi... | |
| DO I SELL OR DO I KEEP How often do you expect to take the take time to sit in the sweet spot and listen to music? How often do you listen to music without doing anything except listening to the music? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? @c_s Your comments echo my experiences after moving to a Schiit Gungnir Multibit DAC. I also found that moving from a MacMini as music server to a dedicated audio streamer/renderer (in my case Sonore microRendu) adds another big improvement. Digit... | |
| Do female audiophiles exist @mewsickbuff Welcome and please stick around. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Kate Bush The kick inside a masterpiece. Kate is great. For me, Lionheart is always the LP that goes on first when I get that itch. The original vinyl releases all sound decent.When she started releasing new albums over the last few years I was so looking forward to them, but nothing sin... | |
| VPI TNT Turntables @phoenixengr Although your comments are appreciated by some including me, they will be far better appreciated if you identify yourself in every post by signing as a party with a commercial interest. It comes off pretty lame to read a string of po... | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the room, stupid". If you love your speakers, working on room acoustics & setup will give you the most dramatic improvement. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Music Lovers Speaker vs. Audiophile Speaker @Lowrider57 and I are thinking along the same lines. When most posters say "musical speaker" they mean a design that aspires to reproduce the fabric of the musical whole while the "audiophile speaker" tends to allow one to focus attention on empha... | |
| When spending less than $5,000 how much of a guide is price? Reference 3A has a very long standing reputation for fine monitors in particular. Their Veena & Grand Veena floorstanders also are beloved by many. Seen some used ones here regularly probably because they can be a little light on the bottom en... | |
| Austrailian rock and roll Courtney Barnett is the best new artist out of Australia that I've heard in years. She's kinda exploding within alt/college radio and similar channels. Her 2 most recent albums are both worth checking out. The last one made many best of '15 lists.... | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp I've had good success driving Nola Viper Ref IIIs with Lamm hybrid amps. Synergy is tremendous. Heat is not as bad as when I had BAT VK150SEs, but if you leave them on, they will drive up the electric bill! If you want to see the system, it's post... | |
| VPI TNT Turntables The TNT series included versions numbered 1 through 6. I own the TNT6HR. "HR" hot rod, means that the tonearm assembly is directly mounted to the plinth without a typical armboard. The various TNTs included many evolutionary improvements and not a... | |
| Speakers VERY close to wall - Cork board useful? NHT, but haven't heard from them in years. Still around? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Do female audiophiles exist Rushton's wife is the only one I have the pleasure to know. Elizabeth is so good, I'd say she counts as two. Cheers,Spencer | |
| DAC that will play 196/256 files through optical input That is a shame. You do know that the Vault only handles sample rates up to 192, right? So even if you find an answer to your original question, you'd have to upgrade from the Vault to take advantage of those higher sample rates. Also aren't the o... |