wehamilton
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| With Wadia, pre-amp or no pre-amp Jla, I've recently done extensive tests with my Wadia 301 against my buddy's Wadia 860-X. Also, we both previously owned 850's before buying our current Wadias. My 301 took a very long time to break in. We did the first comparison test at about 40... | |
| With Wadia, pre-amp or no pre-amp I own a Wadia 301 and used to own an 850. I've run them with and without preamps and concluded that CD direct will give more detail and subtle textures, but you will lose a little soundstage. Whether the soundstage of the Wadias is more accurate o... | |
| Words From the Wise 1. We all hear a little differently. If you're building a system for your ears, don't let someone else's ears make your decision for you. That doesn't mean you can't have an expert pointing out things you may not be trained to listen for (like air... | |
| Serious scare over hearing loss I've suffered from tinnitus since I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in 1982. The high price I paid for the 10th row center seats was nothing compared to the price I've paid from the ringing in my ears that has lasted for 22 years. For about th... | |
| Music to die to Turn out the lights and listen to Paul Simon's "Quiet," it's the last track off the "You're the One" album and you'll have your answer. It's not necessarily a favorite, and certainly not widely known, but if it's a soundtrack for your departure th... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I recently jumped off the merry-go-round due to a business setback so the experience is fresh in my mind. I went from a new Class A system to Class B components played through some borrowed 15 year old speakers from a friend (I was happy to have a... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? People used to being hyper-stimulated don't like to sit in front of a stereo and just listen to music. I've had the same experience others have described- friends come over and listen to two songs on my system and say "Wow, I've never heard music ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? There's no question the electronics industry is always looking for the next big thing. And when they find it, all the manufacturers seem to move in lock-step to saturate the segment with product as they push their mature product lines to the back ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? There's no question the electronics industry is always looking for the next big thing. And when they find it, all the manufacturers seem to move in lock-step to saturate the segment with product as they push their mature product lines to the back ... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Home theatre better matches the "zeitgeist" of the times than high end audio. Previous posters have hit on a lot of the factors defining the current situation, let me put it a different way. For a number of years, going back at least to the mid-90... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Limabean, my hat's off to you and your shipmates. Installing an audiophile system onboard a nuke is a 5.0 degree of difficulty- talk about tricky room acoustics! Hell, my hat's off to you guys everyday, anyway just for being there. At least now yo... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? We share the "perfectionist" mindset and aren't ever going to be satisfied, that's why this is an equipment driven hobby. It also implies that we aren't afraid of equipment/technology, that we can hear and appreciate the differences in recordings,... | |
| Vocalists/Musicians Wasting Their Talent Thanks, Adamanteus. Harry "Sweets" Edison was quoted as saying "I'd rather be a mediocre originator than a perfect imitator." Problem is, today we seem to have mediocre imitators, and it shows. I agree serious musicians are still around (many are ... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? I use Transparent Audio Ultra XL balanced interconnects and they are very much affected by the burn-in process. T/A says 100 hrs. which I now believe. My friend had a well used cable (same as above) and it sounded so good in my system I spent the ... | |
| The best CD Player for the money You didn't specify a price range, but I'm guessing by the nature of the question you're in the Class B price range. I recently did a little downsizing and sold my Wadia 850 and purchased the Arcam FMJ CD23. After spending a day A/B testing using m... |