schubert

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The Audiophile's Wife no longer putting it out?
I guess I'm the only one who found "putting it out" as a thread title quite tacky at best. 
Do Active Speakers Belong In A High End System?
Reviews are just useless, some dude writes CD player X has harsh highs, you look at associated gear and see an item or two that are noted for same ets etc etcEvery system in it's room is a law unto itself, which is what makes this hobby both inter... 
Lightning
I was struck by lighting twice, lucky I was grounded both times. Second time I was laying commo wire in the army and had a retinal image burned in my brain of the lightning rod being no more than a meter from the ground about a hundred meters away... 
Do power cords make a difference?
A little, about the same as tires on a car. 
Review: Ohm Acoustics Walsh 3/3000 Speaker
Mapman, I've listened to LS50's quite a bit, IMHO they are most "un-KEF" like in that they are very forward as opposed to the trad KEF sound mid-hall sound they made them so great on Symphonic music.I personally would much rather use Ohms than them. 
Review: Ohm Acoustics Walsh 3/3000 Speaker
If you listen to rock, pop etc buy OHM.Classical Music or acoustic Jazz, KEF . 
To Ride and Not Go Deaf
Riding cycle is inherently dangerous, as the old saying goes its not if you crash its when you crash.Good hearing and riding don't mix, up to you. 
Rega R5 & Brio3, need pricing advice
Rega R5 is the older version of these, you can find the newer, more popular RS 5 for 1100 hundred or so, I wouldn't give much over $ 850 for R5's . YMMV 
Short review: Eastern Electric Avant
Audiogan, I just bought an Avant, if anything even better than you say,Makes my Bryston BP-6 and beloved Super Pas 3 sound like toys, and I mean that literally.However , those come with Sino tubes MUST go, I put in a quad of 50's military Tungsram... 
Best Amplifier at $3000 for PSB or VA
You might be surprised how much the new Van Alstine Synergy 450 will do, check the review on" Enjoy the Music".Caused me to buy one, the review is spot on ! Has the death grip bass of the Krell but more tuneful in that area.On my Kef 104/2's sound... 
Prima Luna vs jolida
Prima is much better made. 
Anyone still use iPod for music storage anymore?
Kardashians 
Kimber kable 8tc or 12tc warm?
Try TC4, just the ticket. 
Short review: Eastern Electric Avant
This is one of the best reviews I've see on here !thanks, Audiojan 
Preamp and DAC to drive KEF Reference 104/2?
I heard them driven by an Eastern Electric MiniMax with the EE DAC, sounded outstanding !Electroslacker is right on about the tweets.