sugarbrie
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| My CES/T.H.E. Show impressions The glitter palaces on The Strip are an "adult Disneyland".When you go downtown to Fremont Street, with the single exception of the Golden Nuggett (which is very fine), I find the rest of downtown very very sad. | |
| Is There any Truly "High End" Integrated Amp? YBA Passion - solid state - MSRP $4,650+Blue Circle NSCS - solid state - MSRP $2,495+Blue Circle FtTH - tube hybrid - MSRP $4,795+Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista - tube- MSRP $6,000Yeah, at these prices including the ones listed by others, they really ... | |
| Future of this hobby? The "young" don't care about sound quality. True and true when I was young. I did not care then either. I care now. What I expect is the current young will also care about sound quality when they're no longer young. And they'll be saying about the... | |
| Future of this hobby? For those who see it fading away, then explain CES in Vegas.Years ago it use to be only a quiet get together at one small hotel. Now, not only is Alexis Park overflowing with companies sharing rooms to fit it all in; but now next door at the St. T... | |
| Future of this hobby? The advent of the transistor did not kill the hobby. Tubes still rule the top.The Sony Walkman and Discman did not kill this hobby.The CD/DVD is not kill vinyl. Neither did analog tape, which is about dead itself. This has always been a 35 year an... | |
| Tracking force for Denon S1? I believe it is 1.3g | |
| CD Player with best bass?? I would hope any CD player I would buy would faithfully reproduce what had been recorded on the CD. I do not want it to add or subtract anything from the sound.This is true of any source gear I would purchase.If I wanted more bass I would be looki... | |
| Blue Circle DAC BC501 There is a review in process by "Enjoy The Music" at www.enjoythemusic.comIt has not been posted yet.You could also post a question at the Blue Circle forum on their website. Obviously, the forum is full of BC fans, so it is likely to almost all p... | |
| Best preamp is no preamp: always true? My preamp is the heart of my system. I cannot imagine not having it. It creates the overall sound signature for my system that I like. I would have a sonic mess without that control over the sound.Remember that if a CD player has a volume control,... | |
| Best Red Book CD Player for under $120 An alternative is... if you have a DVD player, you could use it as the player and get a used MSB Link DAC.The first generation Link DAC goes for $100 to $120.There is no difference from it and the newest Link III in basic stock form. The differenc... | |
| Best Red Book CD Player for under $120 Rotel RCD-855. You may find some other older Rotel's for $120 if you're lucky. Cambridge Audio CD4, CD4SE, D300, D300SE (most likely the CD4 for $120 or less).More likely to find these on eBay than here. A CD4SE sold for $150 this week there. If y... | |
| How Long Cables From Turntable to Preamp? They need to be long enough to reach ! Sorry, could not resist. | |
| The Debate's Not Over Yani versus John Tesh....???? :-) | |
| Conrad johnson solid versus tube preamps Yes they mostly are similar. I am more familiar with the older models. The PF1 & PF2 solid state are tube-like, being more to the clean/quiet side, which you would suspect I guess.The top of the line solid state like the old PFR are actually c... | |
| Accepting International Payments Just Got Harder.. Banks probably could do a lot of things people mention to be able to immediately cash the few international money orders they get. However the high cost to do so would mean they'll charge you a very large fee to cash it immediately. Would you pay ... |