twoleftears
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| Matching Gear matter to you? Surely the important thing here is output and input impedances, and this is going to come into play most acutely between the preamp and amp. Although a great many do, not *all* preamps and amps work well together, causing premature rolloff (p.r.,... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." Obviously if you buy used there won't be anything like as significant a loss in value as buying new. I agree that CD players don't become collectors' pieces (and hence appreciate in value) except for the very first original Sony, for its curiosit... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? Let's not forget the Sonus Faber Stradivari and Cremona Elipsa.@prof Both those speaker lines seem to produce a richer/fuller-than-usual sonic presentation, where instruments have more size and sense of body.You put into better words exactly the i... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados For a change from the 17C, I’ve started an Elgar survey. Kind of fascinating to go back and see what CDs I bought years and years ago, when I was guided primarily by the successive editions of the Penguin Stereo Guide and reviews in Gramophone (be... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers The best way to get "end game" speakers is to go out and buy some speakers you cannot really afford, and then promptly retire. That way you won't be able to afford to replace them even if you wanted to. | |
| cables for GUITARISTS from audio companys Just read about Audio Envy and how the Captain got his start in cable production. Then contact them... | |
| New school Or old School DAC Or Cd player? It all depends on your plans. If you're going to rip your CDs to digital files, and/or do a lot of streaming, then DAC. If you have a large collection of CDs and simply plan to continue playing them, then a player makes a lot of sense (among oth... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? Here’s a quote from Peter Comeau, the guy who designed the recent Lintons."Th[e] larger ported box, with its subsequent increased baffle size, helps solve a major problem in modern speakers, namely, the baffle step.I grew up with large speakers wi... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? And Devore’s inspiration for the "O" series came directly from the Audio Note N...I would conjecture that the same feature is a good part of the reason for the recent success of the Wharfedale Lintons... | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? Yes! Consider the Harbeth 40.2, Spendor Classic 100, Graham 5/8.If you're interested in speaker design, Graham are now coming out with a new version of the 5/5 which is quite funky.https://www.stereophile.com/content/graham-audio-launches-ls-55-m... | |
| Barbie's Very Real, High End Speaker Problem... Have you ever looked inside a speaker?? Most of what you're buying is EMPTY SPACE!! | |
| ...amazed by 15+ year old interconnect... @insearchofprat You may be looking at the new price of the Mk 3 version (or whatever version they’re up to). Decades ago, used, they were quite approachable. They’re the model with the white woven silk covering. If I do experiment with anything el... | |
| Belles upgrade?? It's mainly in the power supply. Two separate and independent ones in monos generally perform better. | |
| ...amazed by 15+ year old interconnect... I've tried a number of interconnects over the years, but I keep coming back to my Acrolink 8N-A2080 [Mk 1] cables, bought over 20 years ago when they were already used. | |
| Legacy Audio Focus versus Vienna Acoustics Liszt I've auditioned the Liszts extensively. I consider them extremely good speakers. They are indeed still on a personal shortlist. They are very balanced and yes, very musical (there's that word again).I heard Legacy under less than optimal condit... |