schubert

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Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists
andrew9405, I see you got an A in Logic 101 and 102 !Map, there are a lot of those studies around , Swiss one  is skewed towards money.The best ones , the ones that consider EVERY aspect of human life  rank the USA somewhere in the mid-20's which ... 
Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording?
roseofsa, nothing "guility" about that .Anyone with any taste at all would hear the Four Freshman and Tormeare both 1st class . 
Please recommend preamp
shawnlh, do you have any idea what tubes the CSP3  likes ? 
Fed up with people making noise at classical shows
Well Lucifer, I am totally immersed in the music and usually sit in the first row so it is possible I missed a cough or two , still never heard one. . The only places I've even been that had audiences as good as the Twin Cities are Budapest , Toky... 
Best mellow sounding 12ax7 for Thor TA-1000 preamp
St. Paul is nicer . 
Would like your tube amp recommendation
I never heard them but some claim the Mye stands do that . 
Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists
jafreeman, in the most macro terms I can think of offhand, Americans will tolerate massive corruption , poverty conditions not seen in other developed countries , elections stolen for all to see, endless wars and virtually anything else with a shr... 
Why do people that are Into rap and hip-hop even want a high-end audio system
It is not snobbish to deem one thing better than another.A  Michelin 4 star restaurant is  better than McDonald's .What might be considered an open mind at 18, may well be an empty one at 68 . 
Do you think audiophiles are the most gullible hobbyists
There are more suckers in the USA than others places for a simple reason. We are so brainwashed from cradle to grave  that reality just does not register with us . 
Audio - Post Divorce
With women its often a case of finding a better deal .  Beware of the 50/50 gal , that's a business deal not a marriage . 
Would like your tube amp recommendation
Most think Maggies are just fine with whatever power they are using.I did until I lived next door to an EE professor who demonstrated to methe difference between my 200 watts a side at 4 ohms and his 600 a side .IMO 300 @ 4 is a bare minimum . 
Fed up with people making noise at classical shows
Perhaps its a function of where you live. In the last year I’ve been to over30 concerts at the 1100 seat Ordway Concert Hall in St Paul which may well have the best acoustics in the USA ,and is the home of the wonderful St. Paul Chamber Orchestra ... 
Jazz for aficionados
It's hard to follow all the nonsense but as far as I can see the root cause of the differences being expressed are in fundamental value systems set in concrete before the brain was fully developed.To whit, frogman attended an institution of higher... 
Jazz for aficionados
rok, your efforts to think "outside the box" are admirable , the sad truth though is you are the box . 
Jazz for aficionados
O-10   I listen to jazz as well , maybe 6 hours a week.I don't know about musical taste always being a product of the culture you're in ,though that is usually the case .I never heard a note of classicalmusic till I was almost 30, in truth I never...