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Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
Geoff Jair, I hate to burst your bubble, but if I had the time I could hunt down the exact quote. That is exactly what he said. When Monster cable came out, it was decidedly not cheap. I know: I'm old enough to remember when it came out, I bought ... 
Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable?
I've got news for all of you cable addicts. The founder of Monster Cable said he realized that audio nuts would pay a fortune for "high end audio cable" so he founded a company based on that premise, creating products to meet this demand. He says ... 
Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile
Another typo:Altec Lansing 
Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile
Typos:preampVPI HW MK IVMastering Lab 
Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile
Broadstone, I think that my system may may be older than yours, that I am the old geezer in this crowd: cartridge - Koetsu Onyx Platinumarm - Sumiko MMTtable - VOI HW MK IVpresmp - Beard P505, upgraded with Jansen foil caps amps - NY Audio Lab OTL... 
Why pay so much for super high end?
Coda: I stopped by a month later. He sold the speakers to some poor sucker. Why should it matter how someone spends their money? I answered that above: because someone spending $33K when they should be spending $3.3K distorts the market.   
Why pay so much for super high end?
I have a little personal anecdote that may be relevant to this discussion. Over the summer, I was walking past a quality boutique "hi-end audio" shop and saw through the window a suspiciously familiar-looking pair of speakers in the showroom. I wa... 
Can a small speaker sound really really good?
Hello all,I can't believe anyone would recommend "auditioning" anything on you tube. And, to the point if this discussion, I have never, in my 45 years of devotion to this hi-end audio addiction, heard a pair of small speakers that sounded authori...