tonywinsc
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| Objective vs. Placebo relating to system changes When you get to the point that you do not hear a difference (or can't afford the next step), stop. Of course, that point will be different for different folks. I like music; but I view audio as a drug addiction. Every so often I must raise the bar... | |
| Is Benz Micro no longer in business? I love the sound of my Benz- perhaps because I do not recall ever hearing a Lyra. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. | |
| Cognitive Dissonance Theory – What Do You Think? I regret everything... | |
| Denon DL103 and SME IV arm I had one on my SME309 for a short time. Same thing- the cartridge needs a higher mass tonearm. I bought a headshell weight from the UK that added mass and allowed me to raise my tonearm up. I was nearly rubbing the edge of the record before that.... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited Hi Raul,Those cartridges' tracking abilities would be severely limited if the Cartridge/Tonearm system frequency were approaching 15Hz. Big difference going the other way because all of the musical energy on the record is higher than 10Hz. A syste... | |
| Telarc 1812 revisited My Benz Ref/SME tonearm combo has no issues tracking it. I remember buying the Telarc 1812 record back around 1980. I had an AT something ML, I believe, cartridge on my Kenwood TT back then. It tracked the record too. I saw it demo'ed once back in... | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power Hi Vhiner, I hope my reply didn't come across like that. Everyone has a hobby and interests. How much one commits of their resources to that hobby, be it 1% or 100%, is a personal decision. The only relavance cost has for a component is that it is... | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power It was a tongue in cheek comment. Would a person willing to spend 1000x the normal price for a fuse be the sort of person to spend $10k on a power conditioner- if they had the means?My point is, wealth doesn't automatically correlate to having an ... | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power Perhaps those obsessive enough to buy $50 fuses would buy $10k Power Conditioners if they had the means. | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power btw- I hit the double nickel this year. I'm trying to focus on retiring in the next half decade or so. Because of that, I am trying to live by the axiom, "be happy with what you got"- as in save, not spend. $10k power conditioners and $70k cars ar... | |
| looking for a speaker posts tighting "wrench"? It would be nice if speaker binding posts could withstand a minimum torque of 12N-m. Provided they are metal nuts- not plastic. That would help us users avoid damaging them by overtightening. I remember years ago spinning the binding post on a spe... | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power Vhiner, you made a good point. You don't perceive a difference between your old cheap cars and your friends $70k cars. You seem to be a practical person, not buying mid-priced cars just to have them and yet you see value in your $5k power conditio... | |
| Does anyone really need to spend 10k on power I had the opportunity to visit the 1989 CES in Chicago. It is one of the highpoints of my life. (If that sounds tragic, I also have been inside The Great Pyramid and that counts as just a little higher) Back then, the Hifi show was in the hotel ac... | |
| Last time you felt that "tingling" sensation? I counted 8 times yesterday I got goosebumps listening to music on my stereo. It was a great evening. I hadn't listened too much in a while due to the summer heat. Maybe that was some of it; but the system is definitely dialed in. I got 'em from b... | |
| Thiel CS6 "Most western music is written with the idea that the first octave begins at 16 Hz."Not really. |