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| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps I think it depends on your definition of "romantic" and other factors, such as personality types, venue, and where the specific "romantic" element is positioned on the classic sine wave of the evening's total love-making cycle. I'll give tubes a ... | |
| What Gear Has Disappointed You? First generation CD players. | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? @7452jf i damaged my hearing. 1/4 mile at a time. | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? @sns +1 | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? Many years ago, after what must have been an effective demo, a customer said "yes" to purchasing at $1,500 pair of speakers. At the sales counter, he said: "You know these are going to cost me $3,000." After a puzzled look from me, he followed wit... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? If you break it down to cost per note, the true cost of our systems is really quite reasonable. | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? Was hoping to have a little fun with this topic. Got a lot more than I asked for. Thanks for the posts. | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I once had a customer that put a $5k system in layaway. Each payday he would pay a little more on it. When the balance got down to about $2k he was there to pick it up, accompanied by the lady of the house. I was instructed to let HIM do all th... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? @grislybutter Okay, fair question. I’m sticking my neck way out there and assume that there are audiophiles who have considerably more than $10k invested in their cables. I used that element as an example of a potential "shock factor" among the ... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? @erik_squires I like your "logic" here. And, my old cars that are worth considerably more than what I paid for them have cost me nothing. | |
| What selections do you play when showing off your system to others? I agree that we should invite them to bring their own stuff and/or select their own play queque. It's the only way the music will get up close and personal to them. But. I have to shamelessly admit that I take their keys away so they can't leave... | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? There’s something partibularly satisfying about making the "right" decisions that have stood the test of time. Each time we purchase something new, we also have to face the reality that it could have been a poor decision. Over time those decisions... | |
| System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live Many years ago as an audio dealer peddling "descent stuff" , I attended a concert featuring the Polish national champion string quartet -- to "recalibrate" my ears. It didn't take long to come to the realization that our equipment was embarrassin... | |
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| Large Advents (1974) woofer pops with deep bass. @vcheney Whatever elements that define the level of attachment you have to the Advents are valid ones, in my view. Only you can place a value on them. You probably have an "unhealthy" woofer there. I like @dekay process for troubleshooting th... |