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| Can You Hear Me Now On a slightly different vein, how many folks are aware of Arthur B. Lintgen, MD, who could reliably identify recordings by examining the grooves on an LP. The powers of perception that some folks have is simply amazing. I clearly don't have any ... | |
| Can You Hear Me Now This is the best thread topic I have had the joy of reading for a long time, like going back to grad school. A huge shout out to Teo and Mahgister for their erudition, and especially the tutorial about the Dunning-Kruger Effect, something I long ... | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? Great list. Nobody mentioned Don Sachs, who I have done business with over 12 years and have his latest amp and preamp. Wonderful fella. Clayton Shaw too, for sure, nobody nicer in the business. I love his speakers! | |
| Amps In Wall Or Conditioner? I have had the Niagra 1200 for a couple of weeks now and am super impressed with it. A quieter background and a more expansive soundstage. I would say the improvement in the sound of my system adding the AQ unit was quite similar to putting Iso-... | |
| Schiit PSYT audio cables +1 Remarkable ad copy, brilliant tongue-in-cheek text, pressing most audiophile "buttons". Given the utility of their gear, I am sure their cables will be just fine for many buyers of their gear. I sure need reasons to laugh more and more th... | |
| Schiit PSYT audio cables Understood, thanks. There is a sweet spot between the offerings of Schiit's cables and those by SR and Crystal Cable that might be fine for most audiophiles. The happy middle ground. At any rate, their ad copy for the cables is hilarious. | |
| Bob Caver 275 Power Amp I sure agree with Oldhymec in my amazement of mentioning Emotiva and Carver in the same sentence... unless Emotiva has higher-end gear that I am unaware of. I had a multi-channel Emotiva driving my Linkwitz LXmini's, the same amp that Dr. Linkwit... | |
| So where should the tubes be? This is an easy question to answer: in the preamp. Then the amp, but first the preamp. I think a tube preamp with a SS preamp is wonderful, but since I have both a Don Sachs' tube preamp and tube amp, during the hot summers in the Central Valle... | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? Cube Audio and DeVore speakers. | |
| A somewhat but not entirely rhetorical question: Selling is a sign of weakness. | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp PLguy,Great analogy. But for my running and golf shoe, I am 100% wearing loafers. Truth be told, I have not heard anything but exemplary reports from Crimson owners. That should come as no surprise as Bob Carver is a living legend in the audio ... | |
| My new VTV Audio Class D amp arrived today I sold the McCormack a while ago and it did have a more muscular sound, I'd say, whereas the VTV is just amazingly neutral with a huge soundstage and not a bit of harshness. I don't sense that the VTV is more powerful than the McCormack and perha... | |
| Recommendation for carpet spikes for Dynaudio Stand 20 speaker stands MC,I got the Nobspings and put them under my Sachs' tube amp a bit ago, in place of my foam core corregated rubber pads. I am apt say that the bass seems a bit more emphatic and the sound somewhat more vivid. Great tweak, I think, but I could no... | |
| Recommendation for carpet spikes for Dynaudio Stand 20 speaker stands Thanks. I kicked the question to Dynaudio for their factory replacement spikes. There is a rather limited depth of the screw holes in the stands and aftermarket spikes might be a PIA. | |
| Recommendation for carpet spikes for Dynaudio Stand 20 speaker stands MC,Thanks for the recommendation but with the location of the speakers, where I walk by them 100X a day in my LV, these would be far too unstable as they sit on thick carpet. Ergonomically, I need low spikes. I will try them for other components... |