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| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? geoffkait, in this forum you are correct.I’ve recently moved, and new friends and new guests who are not audio geeks come over and the first thing they see are the damn speakers and they go wtf because they are all sound surfing on buds these days... | |
| Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why? This is to be expected. The better quality transport is more revealing of the work that the engineer put into each unique recording. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sandy Denny: I’ve Always Kept a Unicorn.Sandy Denny: The North Star Grassmen and the Ravens The Pentangle: Cruel SisterThe Pentangle: Solomon’s SealFairport Convention: Leige and Leaf | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? I believe in the law of diminishing returns. I believe the law law may kick in as low as $3,500. I believe it kicks in for sure at $5,000. I believe that it seriously kicks in at $10,000Someone said that everyone’s ears are wired differently. I ag... | |
| Can one ever be "done" in this hobby? My motto is: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I upgrade when things fall apart, but rarely. Usually I just fix it. The amount of time I have had the following components:6 months - Semi-anechoic room - this is not something I set out to do. It’s a... | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? The best song, or piece of music, in my opinion, is the one that is a favorite of your guest. It is close to their heart. It has emotional resonance for them. They think they know it so well that they might say that it’s virtually tattooed into th... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Secret Sisters”You Don’t Own Me Anymore”LPhttps://magnoliarecord.store/products/the-secret-sisters-you-dont-own-me-anymore?variant=14238761058.... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Secret Sisters”You Don’t Own Me Anymore”LPhttps://magnoliarecord.store/products/the-secret-sisters-you-dont-own-me-anymore?variant=14238761058... | |
| Do 45 rpm 12" LPs really sound better than 33 rpm? Pursuant to chakster’s comments about 7” and 12” being different animals owing to culture etc there is this:The guy who mastered all the early Byrds singles would ask an LA DJ with the midnight to 6:00AM slot to play demos while he drove around th... | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! Altec, or as someone else said about another brand, Altec Altec Altec. Specifically, the Altec 604’s. I use the C and the D. They are 101db efficiency at 16 ohms. I’ve been using them for 40 years, but over the last 3 months with a Velodyne 15” su... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Today, it is:- Karen Dalton - In My Own Time- Giovanni Pergolesi - Stabat Mater- Richard & Mimi Farina - Memories- Sandy Denny - The North Star Grasdmen and the Ravens- Paul Robeson - Live at Carnegie Hall | |
| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD dynaquest4, you are correct. But he was popular: my point being that popularity does not necessarily align itself with quality. Promised utopia and not delivering: sounds like that someone who is currently draining the swamp... and replacing it wi... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? I’ve had a Sumiko MMT (manufactured by Jelco: the current Jelco is basically the revered MMT) for 33 years. Sounds great, and like the Ever-ready Bunny, it’s been going and going. | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... One other point:Once I settled on a cartridge, I stay with it. I’ve gotten decades of use out of the Benz and the Koetsu Rosewood Platinum. The Onyx is a relatively new addition. I have been sending them all to Van den Hul for retipping for 20 yea... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... I have been able to minimize risk by doing the following:A - do the homeworkB - listen in a showroom on a setup that approximates your own as best possible C - buy the showroom model. The minus: it’s used, but by salespeople who are supposed to kn... |