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| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? "An ordinary man has no means of deliverance."Au contraire, mon frère. You already mentioned the "used" route. Remember when "upgrade" didn't mean "flavor of the month" but the gradual building of a system over time? For some of us of an age, I st... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? CZ- you lost me on that one, but next time the dinner check comes, I'll let you calculate what I owe. :) | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Don't take the "percentages" as literal, folks. I don't, and perhaps I didn't make that clear enough in my earlier post. | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? Geoff- you'll get no argument from me. In fact, the endless quest is just that. bill hart | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? The money issue is a little bit of a red herring. I’ve been to people’s homes with expensive gear in place, but very poor set-up, and no thought to maximizing what the person has--I’m not talking about expensive tweaks, but basic stuff, like layou... | |
| Need Help: What In My Home Electric System Killed the Sound? I thought the issue with smart meters was that they emit all kinds of crap--some consider it to be a health risk, right? And if affects your health, what will it do to your system? :) I’ll put my tin foil hat on if I’m wrong and head back to the b... | |
| Need Help: What In My Home Electric System Killed the Sound? This is from left field, but now that the broken light socket was fixed, did you have that light on when you listened to your system? Try shutting it off. I have dedicated lines and can still hear some nasties from various fixtures elsewhere in th... | |
| Best type of Sub to consider? Kenny: I'll share my thoughts, though I don't know your main speaker (which, I gather is a modified Lowther-type driver augmented with woofers and depends on corner reinforcement):1. If I had to choose between a coherent speaker that was optimized... | |
| Who remembers the Dahlquist DQ-10's? Phil- great post. Thank you for that, and for the memories they evoke. You knew Marc F, no doubt? I spoke to Tasso a couple years ago- he wasn't well. A great contributor to one of the great eras of the industry. bill hart | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? asp- indeed. | |
| Etiquette for a listening session? I don't expect every one in the world "outside" of our thing to get it, but a surprising number do--they could care less about the gear, but love to hear music presented in a way that is lively and visceral. For those who aren't interested, I don'... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? I did own a Lamborghini (a 6.0 Diablo in Rosso Vik over snow corn with exposed carbon fibre wing) and can tell you:1. The kind of women that wanted you to take them away were not very appealing to me (I'm married, so it is a moot point anyway);2. ... | |
| Help returning an Allnic H1500 SE II phono stage What were the tubes used in this model originally purposed for? My recollection was that the E810F in the H3000 was meant for telephony switching, and was not originally intended for audio, which is why it's an offbeat tube- not expensive, but not... | |
| Help returning an Allnic H1500 SE II phono stage I have the H3000- your best bet, depending on where in the world you are located, is to contact the authorized factory/distributors. Albert Porter is US (maybe all of North America). I bought the oddball tubes for the H3000 on Ebay as well and hav... | |
| What's going on with the audio market? I just wish Idiocracy had been a better movie. The concept was fantastic, wasn't it? (present company--me--not excluded). Sometimes, I feel like we're all getting dumber.... Respectfully, |