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| Helping friends and relatives buy an audio system... Being into esoteric audio gear is much like the world of sports cars...some feel a Ferrari or Porsche may be a sports car while others feel a Camaro or Mustang is a sports car....and some feel going out to eat is the best locally owned supper clu... | |
| My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?. millercarbon made me think of how many of the audio units I loved the looks of were tuners.....I hadn't done that mental A+B=C in my head. | |
| My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?. hilde45 I have been lucky/unlucky enough to own and drive some exotics, including Italian cars. The local, private repair shop I used would jokingly talk of how many "units" it was going to cost to repair that car...with each "unit" being one... | |
| My "audiophile" weakness(es)...ie: how the item looks, and you?. Thanks for the responses so far. It is good to know others see design/cosmetics/looks to be a factor....perhaps not the main factor, but a factor none the less. I still find the "Thunder-Lizard 2000e" speakers to be without peer,...if you are not... | |
| Thinking about the good old days... I have been doing "high-end" audio since 1969, both personally and professionally.....now retired. Starting with Dynaco to many others most of you could identify with on my journey.I knew I was hooked for life when I took a pair of the original A... | |
| Some have called it "the ultimate component", your listening room? Your listening room can be as different (sonically) as the different performing arts centers of the world. The ones in Kobenhavn, vs. the ones in L.A. and NYC are all different.....and, of course, your seat placement and the impact that has........ | |
| A couple of headphone needs, Thanks to all. My two main sources for music are my own CD/SACD collection and two very good college/public radio stations.....mainly listen to classic Jazz from the 40s through the 70s and female vocals. | |
| A couple of headphone needs, Thanks. I would want to spend less than 300 each. | |
| Magnepan 1.7 i - Amp suggestions I had several different amplification units with the Maggie 1.6, 3.6, and 20. The ARC, Bryston, and several other separates were all good with their variations. A surprising unit with these was the early Magnum Dynalab 208 receiver....it was ver... | |
| Helping friends and relatives buy an audio system... facten That was extremely gracious and kind hearted of you. Thank you for being an Audiophile and a human being.In my heyday I had a business in Madison, Wi. and was part of a program that had jobs for people recovering from mental illness...usual... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Everything in the high end is boutique. What is sold at Wal-Mart, the local TV/hardware store and the rest of the chains is what most people use to play "their music". Where most people get their boombox type of thing is also the place you can ... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Roxy54, thank you for deciding what is true for other people. How very enlightened. | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Magnepan. In their day, Thiel | |
| 1st Album you Ever Owned? keegiam OP122 posts You may be on to something, I listened many nights to great rock, Jazz and watched MTM and Bob Newhart with my best friend.......his name was Dave. | |
| Some have called it "the ultimate component", your listening room? miller...I always look forward to your wisdom and ability to convey it. ...but, perhaps, I am blowing that out of proportion.... |