twoleftears
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| Bryston 4b loud buzz Call Bryston HQ in Canada and ask for Mike. He'll steer you right. | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... At those prices, the Border Patrol did really well! | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions @wolf_garcia +1Enough already. | |
| Naim and Elac Adante, Wow In the modern world, it seems that in various spheres people have discovered that an opinionated and sometimes obnoxious stream of constant noise about whatever it is that they're hawking (ideas, or products) gets them noticed. Apparently, the au... | |
| What's your investment threshold? Surely there's an underlying issue--or sense--of proportionality at work in much of this. Perhaps--perhaps--plugging a 5K power cable into a 2.5K integrated would make it sing like never before, but then why not just buy a 6K integrated in the fi... | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera @browndt Absolutely! There are numerous manufacturers that for one reason or another are not members of "the club". They good ones soldier on, on the strength of their product, word of mouth, etc., without a boost from S-phile or AS. | |
| Old or new gear Have a look at Audio by Van Alstine's offerings. He does an updated Dynaco as well as various other highly recommendable models. | |
| Publication bias and confounders in product reviews - TAS, Stereophile, Audiogon, etcetera The point is that frequency of coverage, or indeed coverage at all, in the mainstream mags is no indication of anything really. Certainly not of a component's quality or popularity. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @jcazador Does that include this?http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=14872 If not, please give it a listen.And a second plug for John Field. | |
| The ups and downs of tube vs. SS... I started off SS. Then I discovered Cary 300B. Loved the presentation, but it needed at least 1/2 hour warm-up, couldn't be left on constantly, so spontaneous listening sessions were sidelined. Short of time, like @jtweed, I switched back to SS... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? Short answer: because there are so many of them out there.If you're seriously interested, talk to Johnny Rutan and get his highly informed advice on which version/iteration to get, and any tweaks he recommends. | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... I believe the Mohican lists for 5K. As they seem to be broadly comparable products, I believe the 1.5K premium puts the Hegel at something of a disadvantage, marketing-wise, to the Bryston. | |
| Dedicated Red Book CD player vs. "Universal" type players.... @1graber2 The Mohican got very good reviews in one (or two?) of the mainstream mags, but so far I haven't come across a real live person (OK, r.l.p. on an internet forum) who owns it and wrote about it. As a long-time, satisfied owner of a BCD-1,... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados If you enjoy Chopin and Liszt piano concertos (as I do), check out John Field. There are a couple of recordings, both good. Also, get his Nocturnes. I like John O'Conor's recordings on Telarc. Enough to buy also, back in the day, the set of Be... | |
| Comparing Bel Canto and Schiit DACs Didn't they divide off into Bel Canto and Wavelength? |