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| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? what a lovely civil and helping thread…warms my heart….maybe just maybe there are great caring humans here after all…. Cast a wandering ear as far and wide as you want to…. i have crossed oceans to hear gear that interested me. It like music is ... | |
| Lyra Kleos arrives after eight months. . Worth the wait? First impressions lyra are imo worth the wait. My Delos will go back to Japan soon. 50-100 hours seems about right. Your and others observations about suitability for a type of music is an audiophile curse for neutral components…. We all suffer this to some degree... | |
| Advice on a tube tester @armstrod lot of wisdom in your post :-))))) | |
| Advice on a tube tester B & K suits my needs and passed cal….but for the good stuuf i trust Andy at Vintage tube services…and RAM….. rip Roger…you are missed. | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? Leonard Cohen also had something to say….. about… “ various positions “… i think if you look at control room speakers, or the cited singular multi cell speaker without context of what and where the engineer / artist / producer might be in the pr... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? Bob smoking ops Seger sang it best : “ horizontal bop “….. are there other alternatives ? Perhaps hundreds…. a book may have been written…. | |
| Silver Speaker Cables @charles1dad you are a true gentleman ;-) tip of my hat to you. On cables to the OP - you have been given a lot of informed advice with some low risk listening experience options….. The Kimber you are using is excellent affordable wire and works... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? pick your expert carefully…. some change gear like clothes….new amp, preamp, turntable, cartridge / ancillary, super tweeters….. list goes on………. and yet lack introspection about JUST how hypocritical they sound…and behave | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bill - Go man :-) You own the night ! | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? Funny thing that happened when trucking company delivered my speakers. They should have per instructions sent a small liftgate truck as we live on a very windy narrow dead end street. Driver had to park 100 yards away up a hill. He asked what was ... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? i just say….not enough…. | |
| Get out and listen! excellent discussion ;-) get out but also get in…..quite nothing like a small chamber outfit or piano in your listening room…. Benaroya is excellent but do also try the recital hall. Best to all. Just South of Seattle part of the year - always ... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine great band with a significant depth of excellent work. Tom is an avid player of them..over on the turntable thread…. Ohio is a great place to be from….. i was… on format convergence….not new…some of us with a significant investment of energy in ... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? you might take a look at the Vandersteen high pass. There are 3 models in relatively small form factor boxes. As you go up the line cap quality improves. All have battery bias to keep the caps formed. I use a Teflon model w my Treo / sub 3 system... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @charles1dad Fantastic and good on for 12 years with same DAC, next year will be just ten for me. I too am interested in your thoughts after listening. Erik - I run a bevy of Russian PIO in a heavily modified MC240 for 4 years, zero issues…. |