sokogear
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| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? I never said they were British owned, it’s a British subsidiary of Gold Peak, it appears. Product development and research are done in England since its inception. They have been under the same ownership since 1992. Publicly traded multi billion ... | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. Are you kidding me? | |
| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? KEF speakers are designed in The UK and their super expensive top of the line ones are made there. Others are made in China. Their company is not a Chinese company. They build incredibly high quality speakers and I am sure their factory in China h... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. Depends what you mean by complex. If you happen to have a large room that is open without walls close to the speakers and a listening position between the speakers, then yes. But that wouldn’t be complex.if you’re room is carpeted, and you have w... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. I was thinking of small rooms with limited options for speaker placement. I guess you I could try, but in tight spaces with bookcases, speakers in places of differing heights, some offices, Bedrooms, dorm rooms, etc. My first real stereo was in a ... | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. @viv - what table and cartridge/phono stage are you using the tru glider with? If you don’t mind telling, what was the total rig investment? | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. Of course the room impacts the sound quality most @mahgister. That’s a given. My cousin has a basic system in a converted warehouse with extremely high ceilings and a concrete floor. The room is completely open, slightly rectangular and must be 25... | |
| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? +1 P8 @yespsb. Phenomenal value, great arm, perfect dust cover, design. Put it on a wall shelf and it would be tough to beat at multiple times the cost. | |
| what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with. You didn't mention a budget. For $2K and under, Rega makes the best arms for the dollar. It's not even close. RB3000 ($2200), RB880 ($1200), even the BR330 at $600 will outperform ones that are several times the cost. They also have a super expens... | |
| A stupid question for which there's no sensible answer. +1 @clearthinker. If the source is bad you can't possibly get good sound. Most important for turntables. If you read the Linn white paper (of course they are biased, but correct), it just makes sense. Each step down the line can only distort the s... | |
| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? 1) SQ/value/budget - beware the law of diminishing returns - avoid upgradeitis2) Don't care about color of boxes or looks, but don't want my den to look like a physics lab and it has to fit in its space with the records3) British design + chinese ... | |
| My really dumb tube mistake(s) @sendthemall - Just keep the amp on all the time for SS. My phono stage doesn't have an on/off switch and a lot of preamps don't have one either. Doesn't use much power and always sounds great.,And oh yeah, no tube worries..... | |
| Mat for Rega P10 Rega is pretty clear that their design does not benefit from a record weight or clamp. It's based on low mass, so increasing is actually detrimental. For high weight tables it is probably beneficial.Also, I ended up with Herbie's mat (see above p... | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? I like that album Chris. I have it on a Japanese pressing. Not as good as Fleetwood Mac, but very good nonetheless. You must have a bad pressing. Gotta love Tom Petty and Don Henley guest appearances. | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal He plays whatever the hell he likes at solo concerts and couldn't care less what anybody thinks. I bet he thinks if right before he plays it. When he is with Crazy Horse it's more planned.I'ver seen him probably 8 or more times and each time is di... |