whart
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| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? I have a 250 lb turntable assembly that required a Minus K in an old wooden (restored) period Victorian. It was essential to eliminate footfalls. I don't think this could have been done on the cheap. I had a structural engineer look at it before I... | |
| Headstone I'm planning on a full Viking send off with the burning pyre on a boat launched to the sound of Steppenwolf. Of course, my corpse will be wearing a horned helmet. I keep getting these solicitations from a local crematorium. Like "buy now," "it's... | |
| LP Vinyl: Quality, Pressing, Label, Weight, Where to Buy ??? I buy from a range of vendors all over the world. Much of what I enjoy is interesting jazz from the period right after the ’60s. There developed more spoken word (Gil Scott-Heron), soul jazz (The Visitors- a/k/a the Grubbs outta Philly) and so-cal... | |
| Is DSP room correction worth it with a high end analog system? I have a fairly "purist" analog system from front end-tubes-tubes-tubes (SET) to horns. No X-0ver on mid horns, fed by Lamm ML2, along with woofers, not subs, run from an integrated plate amp. I run a parallel system at 55hz down (24 db/oct. roll... | |
| High end turntables I think high end turntable comparisons are hard to come by, unless you have a very accommodating, connected dealer or access to someone who owns several high end turntables. I compared a Kuzma Reference Triplanar arm with new Lyra Titan i to a Kuz... | |
| Allnic h-3000 power supply issue Frankly, I should have suggested you check the fuse. As to power cords, try several and see what you like. There is something to be said for "same cable" throughout a system, though that means you could miss by a mile too. I found very little ben... | |
| How much of High End Audio is Horn Speakers? @mozartfan mozartfan, I disagree with your statement that: "we have to define ’horn’. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ easy Avant Garde" I have owned Avantgarde Duos since around 2007, like them very much, have done a few things to improve them and I don't agree... | |
| Allnic h-3000 power supply issue What did your tube data research disclose on voltage and current? How old is the unit (thus, having recourse to the distributor)? I’ve rolled, among others, a metal base Mullard (really a Philips Miniwatt but a GZ 34, not a 32), a fat base 34 and ... | |
| Architectural Digest finally shows audio gear! Though people from all walks of life seem to be able to appreciate industrial design, whether it is a turntable or stove, that doesn’t necessarily translate into a residential design setting-- in fact, in my experience in high end residential, the... | |
| How much of High End Audio is Horn Speakers? And what would "the amount of money spent on horns vs other speakers" tell you, @coachpoconnor? Let's say you are in the distinct minority. Does that diminish the enjoyment of what you have? | |
| How much of High End Audio is Horn Speakers? You’ve asked several different questions, @coachpoconnor> (Were you really a coach?) Your title asks about what share horns comprise of the high-end, and I doubt there are any definite sales figures for market segment (and how much does your d... | |
| Devore or Audio Note or other sensitive speakers: wanting to listen in Denver You are always welcome to visit here, in Austin, with a little advance notice. I will tell you that the amp-speaker combination makes a huge difference. I've been running Avantgarde Duos since around 2006-7, and they sound better than ever due t... | |
| Good or Best Surge Protector I have not used the latest crop of power conditioners but in the time period I was playing with them you could hear their effect; I don’t know if, given the state of dirty power in a particular locality, it is worth the trade-off. I’m currently u... | |
| So where do you fall in the spectrum.? Gear or Music? Why does the question have to be framed as an "or"? We can have both. Just listening to the gear is not the point, it is a vehicle. As to relative sonic merits, I'm most interested in how "regular" records sound, not "audiophile spectaculars... | |
| Would you sell for cash? One way might be to: Do the transaction during the business day at a bank-- yours if possible, and see if the bank will verify the legitimacy of the currency being used before you hand over the amp. (You can have that done discretely by having th... |