trelja
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| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @atmasphere "As per usual, George omits the rest of Nelson's words **after** the quote he usually trots out. I've included more of that text above, seems to me not for the first time on this thread."Looks like @csmgolf (Cris) found the perfect ... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... @dlcockrum thank you for your perspective, Dave. I do appreciate hearing feedback so I can consider and adjust.I have no axe to grind, nor is this a situation of sour grapes. Those things are certainly NOT my intention. As this thread details, I’v... | |
| Talk but not walk? I find it funny when @geoffkait accuses people he routinely refers to as "pseudo skeptics" of name calling | |
| What's happened to the used high end market recently?? Sales are tough....:0( @grannyring phenomenal post! | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Referring back to our auditions with the DENAFRIPS products at Vinh’s, I just wanted to summarize a few things:The DENAFRIPS products, from the Ares all the way up to the Terminator are excellent sounding DACs. I believe at less than $700, the Are... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @almarg superlative perspective, and as always, sage advice.Thank you, Al | |
| Art Dudley Calls B.S. but without naming names - PLEASE DO! @mrdecibel thank you for your memories of the 1996 Stereophile Show. Have no idea why I didn’t head up, but I certainly wish I was there. I did get my first Jadis within 2 years of that.I’ll guess your friend is Victor Goldstein? Supposedly, a fab... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @almarg Thank you for your perspective, Al.As always, you raise an excellent and most salient point in regard to rectifiers.As I considered what you said, I HAVE noticed the differences between types ("normal diodes" vs HexFred, 5AR4 vs 5U4 vs 5R4... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @csmgolf "Clearly the answer is no, he @georgehifi is not man enough."You're right, Cris. He answered the question clearly. All he needed to say was that I was mistaken. Seems as easy as falling off a log, and yet...Did you notice how he got so... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @georgehifi "BTW: are you a "fuser"? I think I may have seen you be pro fuses in posts and what "magic" they can do ."Before we get started on that tangent, you continue to skirt responsibility for your Stereophile mistake. Again, simple question,... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? @georgehifi "Here is a person you should kneel to as he is one who makes active preamps for a reason which I’ve outlined, yet he is man enough to tell what it is about passives that’s the real deal."Kudos to Nelson for being man enough.Speaking of... | |
| Beware the audio guru @cleeds, thank you for initiating this thread. I agree with so very much of your sentiment.Personally, I found the creepy stalker and his $25K challenge both ridiculous and disgusting, and lamented the several here who engaged him as giving a for... | |
| Stan ( “stanwal” ) my he forever RIP Thank you for letting us know. Sad news, indeed. May he rest in peace | |
| NAME SOME RARE AUDIO ITEMS THAT DID NOT TAKE OFF BUT SHOULD HAVE & WHY.HERE'S MY LIST @lewm thank you for relaying your experience with the IMFs. I smiled when reading you reacquired your incredible homegrown pair.Bud (Irving M.) Fried was one of the true pioneers in audio, and a lion of this industry. Doubtless you know, but after... | |
| Talk but not walk? I don’t see how we can put Michael Green into the same category as Roger Paul.As a result of the aforementioned thread where Roger went back and forth with several folks here, claiming to have created an amplifier exponentially better and differen... |