xenolith
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| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? B&W Matrix 801 Series 2...still have 'em, now with North Creek crossovers...lifer speakers :) | |
| Capacitor Just replaced the stock Gen 1 Sonicap 3.3 mF bypassed with Platinum Sonicap 0.01 mF coupling caps in Dodd Battery Powered preamp with V-Cap ODAM 1mF (100KOhm amp input impedance) bypassed with V-Cap CuTF 0.01mF caps. Wow! Giant killer preamp is ... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? Crank the Vanagon Song in my tricked out ’87 Vanagon Westfalia Camper through 400 watts of Fosgate and Soundstream powered Fabulous Tweeter Bros. and JL Audio speakers. | |
| List your breakthrough products that you’ve discovered on this audiophile Journey. In order of magnitude of breakthrough:1. Charlie Cocci Ultimate Monoblock (2 x 6BL7GT + 4 x KT77) amps (that's the guts in my Profile Picture)2. Silversmith Fidelium speaker cables3. Dodd Battery Powered Preamp4. Mid 1970s Voskhod 6N23P tubes | |
| Townshend Audio ones Through Well I certainly have a "Townshend Audio Comes Through" story. Ordered a set of Size 2 Seismic Bars with D Load Cells. It did take over 2 weeks before they shipped which was kind of a bummer, but these things happen. When they arrived, the firs... | |
| Best Bike to ride before a good listening session 1987 Gecko Y-File-It. | |
| Article: "Spin Me Round: Why Vinyl is Better Than Digital" More on the subject:https://www.musictech.net/features/opinion-analysis/why-vinyl-sounds-better/ | |
| 6922 recommendations for ARC PH7 Hint, hint...https://www.ebay.com/itm/224392672944?hash=item343ed876b0:g:gOYAAOSwKXhcVBWO | |
| 6922 recommendations for ARC PH7 Recommend that you follow the advise of petg60. I followed that exact advice that he provided to me in this thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/1975-new-reflektor-6n23p-swgp-or-siemens-amperex-telefunken-c...The Voskhods absolutely emb... | |
| By far, my most significant system upgrade! Fidelium speaker cables are the most significant system upgrade of our system too. This is over 30 years of building the system. mrs. xenolith thinks so too.So does another Audiogoner who contacted me about these cables and who, out of courtesy,... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Tanks for info surfmuz. Fascinating; does ring a distant bell... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? No, what's Bone Records? | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Yea surfmuz, super lucky. Had a big Pink Floyd phase...probably have 50 albums...some bootlegs...there's a term you don’t hear much anymore. The one I wish I’d kept was Music From The Body, (Waters and Geesin) Capitol, green and yellow label. Got ... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? Never owned a CD player. Well, other than the ones that came with the cars. Bought about 20 CDs in my life to play in our cars. For the home stereo, have only ever had vinyl for playback. Well, and the boob toob. Own about 1200 albums, about ... | |
| The Absurdity of it All If music that enters your ears causes an emotional response in you, then your hearing is good enough. |