sokogear
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| Solid State Phono Stages Ron Sutherland is a great guy, and all he does is design phono stages. I would challenge the thought of having a long cord between the phono stage and the preamp though. You want cables to be as short as possible. If you don't need balanced/XLR, t... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? It is simpler than all of these long winded posts. There is more money out there chasing the same goods. If demand even stays the same, the prices will go up. | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. @stuartk - I didn't know about him until he recently passed away and they were playing his music on Sirius. I thought I knew the great jazz guitarists - Wes Montgomery and his disciples (Earl Klugh, George Benson), & Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Pat Martino (RIP) was a great under the radar guitarist and from South Philly! . Was a child prodigy and had to reteach himself after a stroke. When George Benson heard him play in NYC he said he had to leave town because he was much better than h... | |
| Interesting comment on Bose Speakers..... Bose makes (I should say made) nice speakers.....in their Wave clock radio which I have. Too bad they don't make them any more. IMHO when an audio manufacturer licenses their name to car companies for their audio systems, that is their announcem... | |
| God doesn't need to know what time it is. Like @mahgister I don't get "collecting" . I have lots of records, but I listen to just about all of them and those I don't I sell if they are worth anything. One record I rarely play is worth at least 25 times what I paid for it, but when I do I ... | |
| Best double live vinyl? Can’t believe nobody has mentioned George Benson’s Weekend in LA. True 1-4, 2-3 records and well recorded. Yessongs was a triple so cant be 1-4/2-3 obviously. Frampton is fantastic-saw him live a couple years ago in the first row center and got th... | |
| Looking for a tube phono pre Why are you unhappy with the Sutherland? Too clean, detailed and accurate? Maybe improving the cartridge will do more for you. | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap I had a Furman p15 - you can get one used for the best value. Upgraded to a Puritan 136 last year - I don't think it did much more because I am lucky that my power is delivered though underground wires and is clean and the stereo is on a dedicate... | |
| Check this system out! Too bad he can't afford a turntable...some recordings sound better on vinyl than SACD or especially streamed. Convenience is more important to him to have music playing in different rooms all over the place. Looks cool though. | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k Exposed belts look ridiculous. Rega P8 is the coolest looking modern TT design without looking like it belongs in a physics lab. Perfect minimalist design. Obviously not the choice if you are going for a furniture look. Not a fan of the white cera... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @sns -we’re talking about individual component cost, not treatments or tweaks. That is why some of the more questionable tweaks are more popular with those with expensive systems. The incremental cost of these items are an extremely low % of their... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @emailists - I never said spending double on a speaker would only lead to a small improvement in sound. I was refuting the law of accelerating returns that said you would get more improvement spending $5K more on a $50K component than on a $5K one... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns This is the most ridiculous discussion/theory I've seen in a long time. The law of diminishing returns is a proven theory of economics time and time again. Anyone who thinks an upgrade from a $5K amp to a $10K amp improves SQ LESS than an upgrade ... | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? Never signed up for Facebook. Waste of time. I dont know what Trump has to do with Facebook. Some on it like him and some hate him. I wouldn’t let those statements by D’Agostino influence me on whether or not to buy his gear. If I LISTENED TO IT a... |