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| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? @ mikelavigne. My God, your audio setup is incredible! Good for you. | |
| Cable advice I personally don't think it's that important to have all cables from the same manufacturer (a "loom"). In several of my rooms I have Synergistic Research, Acoustic Zen, Wireworld, Lavricables, Nordost. All of my systems sound great. All my power... | |
| Advise on buying electronics out of-the country I have purchased a few items from Canada. No problem except that on one of them I got nailed for customs. I tried to purchase some vintage Tannoy bookshelf speakers from Japan but the shipment requirements were too difficult to deal with. I neve... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Joni Mitchell Joan Baez Eva Cassidy Sarah McLaughlin | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. I’m 79 (but only look 78) and I’ve been interested in hi end audio since 1969. I have progressed in spurts, however, not as a steady pursuit but as I head into retirement I went and splurged big time (for me). I now have my “forever system” with ... | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home I've has two experiences - one bad and one good. When I purchased my Focal Electra 1027 speakers in 2007, the dealer where I auditioned them was a jerk. He wasn't ready when I drove 60 miles for our appointment. He ended the session after 45 min... | |
| What is your opinion of single driver speakers +1 for Tannoy speakers. | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd | |
| What am I missing? I’m just about to get into streaming (late bloomer). I own lots of CD’s and have pretty good equipment and they sound pretty good (except for poorly produced ones). The advantages I expect from streaming will be (i) increased access to a whole w... | |
| How Did Your First Audiophile Experience Impact Your Audio Journey? I was 27 years old in 1970. I had always listened to AM rock and roll stations and 8-Track in my 69 Chevy Malibu. One could hear the Beatles on AM radio. One night I tuned into the local Philadelphia FM “head” station and the Band was playing “... | |
| Zavfino OCC SILVER DART 1.5 power cable Let Jason Bourne speak his spiel every time the subject comes up. We all know what he is going to say about cables. He’s harmless. Let us all chip in and buy him a set of lamp cords for Christmas. | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero Years ago I was deciding between Focal speakers and B+W speakers of equivalent price. A dealer in Monterey CA had both plus the identical McIntosh integrated amp that I owned. Made an appointment and drove from San Jose to Monterey. When I got ... | |
| Do Costly XLR Cables Make A Difference? I would agree with Whipsaw. If you've got a good 2k cable, spending a lot more may only yield a very small improvement, if any is even noticeable. You can spend thousands more chasing rainbows. If you're going to make a leap, go much higher and b... | |
| Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track I thought 8-Track was OK for what it was at the time. I had a player in my 69’ Malibu and remember enjoying Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ”Proud Mary”. I also purchased a boom box which was dubbed “a triple threat” - 8-Track, cassette (before D... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? I used to have Kimber 8TC speaker cable which I thought was good. Then I replaced them with Nordost Blue heaven cables and the improvement was immediately noticeable. Then I had a chance to buy Nordost Tyr 2 cables at a great price. I cannot say t... |