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| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards It was 1968/69 and I was a freshman engineering student. I used some of my student loan money to buy a top of the line Fisher receiver, Wharfdale speakers with 12 inch woofers, and a Dual turntable with a Shure V15-Type 2 cartridge. I thought it s... | |
| Why no “Break in” period? If you don't believe your ears, maybe it's easier to believe your eyes. I've owned several PS Audio Power Plants over the years and I always break them in using my TV since I hate the break-in process and watch more TV than listen to music. The ... | |
| Your favourite music movie? Barry Lyndon- Stanley Kubrick, 1975. It even won an Oscar for best sound track.It's where I first heard Schubert's Piano Trio Op. 100Lots of other great suggestions in this thread, some of which are new to me and I'll have to check them out. | |
| PSAudio in trouble? I totally agree with Kettle 7830 and wrote Paul McGowan an email praising him for his decision to bring production, and jobs, back the US. There are bound to be spot shortages of a particular product during this transition in manufacturing, but my... | |
| Sound Exposure and Potential Hearing Loss As someone who has had tinnitus since attending a 1982 Bruce Springsteen concert (10th row center), I totally agree with Nonoise's comments. Our hearing is actually quite delicate. If these fools that are vibrating the windows of their Escalade or... | |
| Hi- Res download newbie You didn't say whether you have a PW Transport, PW DAC or both. If you have both, I highly recommend getting the Bridge for the DAC and playing your FLAC files directly (the Transport isn't used). This setup has the advantage of not being sensitiv... | |
| Can all headphones handle HIGH Volume levels? I've had tinnitus since going to a rock concert in 1982. My excitement over the great seats (12th row center floor) soon gave way to depression as my ears felt plugged for 3 or 4 days afterwards. When the plugged feeling finally subsided, I had ti... | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? better than a low quality system, and as long as you can appreciate that difference, you can enjoy being an audiophile.I have a buddy that is 55 and had hearing loss due to being exposed to a loud noise in a confined space. He has to wear a hearin... | |
| Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus? solution. I got mine from 10th row center seats at a Bruce Springstein concert about 1982. What I thought was going to be the time of my life turned into me not being able to hear for 3 or 4 days. The speakers were SO loud that my ears felt plugge... | |
| Is Monster cable getting better? your Monster. I own all three and now just use the Monster as a back-up in case I ever want to hook up an extra component.I bought mine at a big box store too, and thought it was decent until I bought the PS Audio copper/silver HDMI cable for my s... | |
| How's this for speaker break in? I had a pair of Solilquy 6.5's and they also took a long time to break in. If I remember correctly, the Soliloquy owner's manual said they'd needed 300 hours to sound their best and my experience bore this out.Hit "repeat"' and go to work. By the ... | |
| What kind of outlet wall plate do yo use? I saw the thread on AA a long time ago and decided to give a SS wall plate a try. For $1 investment I didn't feel it was much of a risk since I'd already spent $100 on a Jena Labs cryo treated socket.I thought the non-magnetic SS plate varied betw... | |
| Wadia still in business? I'm still waiting for a reply to an email from 7 weeks ago. Oh, and from a phone call and email in 2003. Whether they're still in business or not, I can't say. But they are doing a good impersonation of a company that wants to go out of business.T... | |
| Jazz Crossovers to the Pop Charts/Timeless Classic I'll answer your question a little differently. The last jazz artist to have a #1 record on the pop charts was Louis Armstrong. Though the song, Hello Dolly, wasn't jazz. The year was something around 1964, if my memory serves me correctly. Chuck ... | |
| Mods for a PS Audio HCA-2? I'm currently having another round of mods performed by Reference Audio Mods on my HCA-2 and will report back soon if possible. I've moved into smaller quarters and my listening room is so compromised I'm not sure I can make valid observations, bu... |