tubegroover
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| Horrible early stereo mix I've always noticed that on Dinah Washington recordings going back to my childhood, Mom was a huge fan and I came on board because, well I had little choice at the time. Her voice is always far left and sounds separate from the rest of the mix. Fo... | |
| What reviews do you trust if any? Me? I look at it like this, most reviews are for entertainment and there are very very few reviewers I completely trust but there have been a few. Concensus of opinion is a more reliable measure of a component's meddle. I was SHOCKED:) by a few th... | |
| Anyone listened to LaHave Speakers Thanks you both for your impressions. I guess there is no substitute for listening but I have consistently been hearing very high praise for these monitors even compared to some quite expensive floorstanders. Cafacal could you provide a bit of inf... | |
| Breakout DAC for 2013? "New and improved" will NEVER compensate for a well designed and implemented output stage and power supply. For that you have to spend more otherwise the budget DAC's will be more of preference in a given system rather than standing out as univers... | |
| What brand did you leave Rega for? Way back in the day, more than 25 years ago I ALMOST bought a Rega table to replace a Denon tt UNTIL I listened to a SOTA Sapphire. Indeed there was a big difference and I purchased the SOTA. | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod Interesting comment Knghifi. You got ripped off on a proprietary mod, make the comment "Caveat Emptor" on that mod and proceed to start a thread asking about a proprietary mod? Why are you so curious about this guy's mod? Something you heard? I am... | |
| Cables more hype than value? "So we are audio nuts....who cares???"Maybe your wife and kids? Maybe more than you realize. Yeah, right who cares? But you gotta admit, if we are going to be honest, and we are honest, right? We are really a peculiar lot, even among ourselves. Ho... | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod Yeah Pete I like tubes but most important, whatever works best in a given system. I'm sure Rick Shultz's mod sounds wonderful as well. The real trick is getting components that work together as a musical whole. I have often discovered in this hobb... | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod Ivan, you are absolutely right, it is the real issue and would make me question the overall value. To be a bit more specific in my dealings with the referenced Nameless Modder, there was a REAL issue. I had a tube based DAC and was exploring modif... | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod Since you ask M297904 I'll tell you why. The fact that whether or not the modification is good or not isn't revealed by the practice of the business. It may or may not be a good modification. By ME naming the company I was referring to might imply... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Wolf, I love you man! You always make me smile with your posts. | |
| Ray Manzarek RIP Thanks for the heads up Mapman being a big Doors fan. I'll definitely check it out. | |
| Oppo BDP105 mod Yikes is right. Sounds like another company's mods, who shall remain nameless. If you open it up to see what's inside the warranty is void. I would avoid this type of modification unless you listen first, too many unknowns. As someone who purchase... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Well Wolf, "speed" is another of those audio terms that is hard to define other than to say you certainly recognize it when you hear it. Much of it to my ears is MOST readily recognized in large scale acoustic and choral music with wide and varyin... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Csontos I would venture that the Atma-sphere amps, which I have heard in several unfamiliar systems over the years and in my experience the Berning zh series amps are as fast and transparent as any ss amps I am familiar with. Check out Berning's w... |