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| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore People who believe complex issues have simple solutions, bye bye critical thinking skills. Far too many cd's and vinyl stored all over the house, unused, what to do with them, complete hoarder. | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? Based on my experience over decades I'd suggest somewhere in vicinity of $100-150K retail. Costs add up quickly even with the small stuff like cabling, dedicated AC lines, room treatments. Purchasing used can bring the costs down from the retail c... | |
| Does a good power conditioner reduce need for power supply upgrade? Components internal power supplies always matter a great deal, to believe power conditioning somehow negates the need for quality power supplies is fool's gold. Power conditioning and component power supplies serve entirely unique purposes. | |
| Preamp with separate volume control for each channel? Coincident Statement, active pre, 300B DHT, dual transformer based volume control. I'd get the Music Ref repaired. | |
| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? Early on in my audiophile journey in discover/learning phase, seeking out the knowledgeable and hearing as many systems as possible, exciting times, full of desire for all the things I didn't have, Then went into acquiring phase, thus, began the m... | |
| Advice for shipping from Canada to US? I've had customs issues with USPS shipments from both Canada, Europe and Australia. USPS lost rare Technics SP10 power supply, ended up having to search and purchase another power supply, then lo and behold they somehow discover the original power... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship @noelpastor Midwest Audio out of I believe Indiana also dealer for Musetec. I'd find it hard to believe reviewers praising $1-2K Chinese dacs would find fault with Musetec's, sound quality, perhaps some would claim they heard no difference vs ... | |
| Takatsuki 300B $255 !! Competition amongst boxes is intense, question is why they selling, what happened to the tubes? Since sound quality brought up, recently purchased WE to compare with Psvane Acme, after having an issue with one of the WE (lost vacuum) up and ru... | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? WCBN, University of Michigan student run station. They play virtually every genre of music, dj's mostly have one or two hour slots, very diverse lot! | |
| Turntable Mats for Technics Grand Class, "G" Series I also use Boston Audio graphite mat on my SP10 MkII, I purchased mine from Sakura. | |
| Advice for shipping from Canada to US? I have some Canadian audio equipment, these particular manufacturers use UPS. I also make other smaller purchases from other Canadian entities, Fedex Express also good. By all means don't use USPS, Fedex Ground or Home services, these are run by c... | |
| First impressions of new MH-DA006, Musetec flagship As @melm mentioned modular aspect of build important for ease of repair, same as my Laiv Harmony, DIY for some. The lack of pro reviews is the one thing I absolutely don't get about Musetec. Laiv flooded youtube and other reviewers with demo ... | |
| Forward Sounding Speaker Crossover Components - Suggestions? @akacree DHT pre's pretty rare, my Coincident Statement pre uses 101D, present 101D tubes not very reliable, Coincident went to 300B in new Statement. Vinnie Rossi has very nice 300B based pre, Bottlehead has 300B pre at much more affordable price... | |
| Forward Sounding Speaker Crossover Components - Suggestions? I like performers in room presentation, modded a number of speakers and crossovers over more than a decade. First off, electronics, pre's, amps, sources are greatly responsible for sound staging, so that good place to start. As for crossover mods,... | |
| For Tube Folks... Never had a single failure with Svetlana, SED, SED Black Sabre EL34 in decades running in CJ, Cary, Latino Dynaco, Prima Luna amps, tese all 90's production tubes. Always heard quality went down in later years. Ran some GE 6550's in Cary amp,... |