tomic601

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Your memory of Audio Marketing, esp. B.S.
“ Team sizzle, all hat no cattle, so no steak for you !” 
Your memory of Audio Marketing, esp. B.S.
“ Look them straight in the eye and tell them it’s gotta be Marantz “ 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
At the end of the day, or night it’s gotta be fun and having you enjoying the music and the journey- my hope is for that !!! 
Any Yep Roc Records Fans ?
Yep, they Rock !Jesse Sykes 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
? For the OP: do you have ability to download and play files ?  IF you do, A way to sharpen comparison and critical listening skills is the 2L Recordings downloads workbench - lots of files in different formats but w identical microphone/ signal c... 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
What a wonderful experiment with the three sets of cables :-) Will be interesting to hear of the results.the science of people preferring louder is quite well understood. All the ego in the world doesn’t erase that. The vocabulary word for that is... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
What amp did the dealer use ?????? 
A Soundsmith Re-tip Believer
@nandric and I were separated at birth as identical twins, sadly I got the fat gene... but the acute hearingi have so far had Peter and team do three rebuilds, all turned out as cost effective  
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
Also IF flat frequency response in room was the only measure of bass quality why are there a plethora of bass guitars, standup bass, etc out there....?this from a bass player of LiL reknown.... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
OP you are new and don’t yet understand that the answer is 4 or more subs in a forest of box’s and wires placed quasi randomly about your room.bass is a wide topic and for most music listeners spans from 30 HZ to the power range of 200-250 HZ. You... 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
On single variable changes with cables it is best to gently demate/mate the baseline connects, allow some settle in time listen then make switch to the variable cable. One reason why I like Audioquest DBS system is that the battery is always formi... 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
OP I will also commend you both on your journey and introspection- those tend to lead to self improvement:-) 
What's your process for comparing new gear, cables, etc.?
OP strict level matching is essential. Lots of good tools to help with this that IMO should be part of the arsenal. Test tones, SPL meter, DMM, and an RTA with a calibrated microphone ( I use the Studio Six set of tools which run on an IPad ) As y... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
James good to have ya back 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van - Astral Weeks