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| Musical Heaven, NOT Audio or Speaker heaven … I TOTALLY agree with Tbg.I once owned a $ 20,000 pair of Verity Audio Parsifals, thinking also '' this is it, I'M done...''After 2 years I sold them, having found many flaws with them. I had slipped in a confort zone. On subsequent shopping rounds... | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Hello,I will only respond to the first part of your paragraph, when you say...'' I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff ''Here is my answer: RUN, RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN AND DON'T LOOK BACK !!!!If you INSIST on spending 5K, here's a suggestion... | |
| MOON I-5 versus KRELL KAV 400XI I owned the Moon I-5 on two occasions, 3 years apart. My first unit was somewhat dry, with good yet artificial bass, while the upper frequencies were a tad bright. I was a sucker for the design of the thing though, very nice.Second I-5 was purchas... | |
| Can I expect to pay full retail for a new system? Eldarado, Sim Audio should be discounted no problem. First of all this gear is way overpriced. Secondly, the margins and company policy regarding dealers, well,.....maybe I will stop here as I am biased. This manufacturer took me to the cleaners o... | |
| Can I expect to pay full retail for a new system? Full price, NEVER. On speakers, for example, what a dealer will PAY the manufacturer at $ 1,000.00, will sell to you at $ 2,000.00.Keep this in mind, especially when the salesguy will tell you, '' Well, Sir, we hardly make any money on these (give... | |
| ''Manuf. warranty '' with non-authorized vendor ? Liars? Are you referring to American Theater by any chance Porziob? I almost made the mistake of purchasing new Polk Audio speakers from them. You know the saying...''if it's too good to be true, it probably is,'' Found out from the manufacturer (... | |
| Cayin TA30 -- Anyone Ever Run in SE Triode? I used to own this great amp, with extended bias option, all these tubes can be tried and more. The Svetlana 6L6 was a very nice tube with this amp. The TA-30 is a tube roller's dream come true.Paul at TAD once sent me a list with all the tube pos... | |
| Am I a burning out audiophile???? You need to mental-floss your brain. How? Sell everything that is insanely expensive. Go a month without ANY music to erase recent memory of ''sound'' and start with fresh mind and ears again.Get a nice, inexpensive integrated (like a Cayin TA-30 ... | |
| Sonic Frontiers preamp in standby mode I once owned this preamp for 4 years. Bought it new. I remember phoning Len at Sonic Frontiers when they were still in business, one of the head tech guys.Nice fella. Asked him this very same question.His answer was quite clear ''leave it in stanb... | |
| who surprised and who disappointed From my ''vintage'' years!Big let down:Elton John 1984 (got the bootleg tape to prove it!)Big surprise:The Eagles (Hotel California) Toronto 1976Men at Work Quebec 1982Paul McCartney (Wings over America) 1976The Police 1977 at a small college pub ... | |
| vintage tuners I had been in the 'vintage'' tuners for the past 10 years. Owned many ''classics'' (the usual prospects from Kenwood, Sansui and the like, from $ 75.00 to over $ 600.00 ).Lately, I came across this little unassuming tuner from Cayin, the 220i, and... | |
| Cayin 265Ai integrated...anyone have one? Anything Cayin, go ahead, they are absurdly good for the money. It's a no brainer. | |
| Cayin A 88-T integrated:The new King of the Hill? Boa2, I am interested in a solid state amplifier, I would in fact think that the CAV 50 is not an upgrade on the Cayin, on the contrary. | |
| Cayin A 88-T integrated:The new King of the Hill? Dlwask, I understand that if you have ''Been there done that'' and so have I, by the way. You probably already know then, know that most tube amps that sound better after a 10-15 min warm-up, sound better still after around an hour or so...and thi... | |
| Who makes speakers with relaxed high freq.? Polk LSi 15, no joke. Save yourself some money and buy music. My recommendation would be the amazing Polk Audio LSi 15 speakers with the incredibly refined Ring Radiator tweeter. Read up on them here and elsewhere. OK so you have to live with a Po... |