yesiam_a_pirate
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| $15,000 Floor-Standing Speaker Selection and Advice Most people respond with the ones they chose. Understandably. For me a listening tour was necessary- and buying the ones I loved best at the best deal possible. I have Magnepan 3.7s, Bryston T-10 Actives, and love them both after much audition... | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles What a fun and interesting post! Thanks Erik. My mom (who is a woman of excellent character) may well be the worst cook in in the lower 48 and her meatloaf was so bad even the dog wouldn't eat it. Some decades later a little Southern Belle fri... | |
| ARC Select Worth Price? I had 2 iffy Sovtek 6550s in my ARC power amp. I replaced them with what I thought were well priced NOS Sovtek 6550 from Upscale. Now I am not an absolute expert on Sovtek tubes and their iterations throughout the eras but I do recognize obvious... | |
| Audio Research LS28SE vs McIntosh C53 IMO it boils down to personal preference. What does your ear tell you? ARC makes the finest preamps in the world in many studied pro's opinion. MAC has a warm, engaging "house sound" that has been carefully curated over decades. Which music y... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Kiss- they are laugh-out-loud-at-them horrible musicians. However, they were (are) VERY good businessmen- in the PT Barnum sense of the word. | |
| Bryston or Yamaha? The Bryston preamps are notoriously quiet and neutral. I'm a tube guy but also own a BR-20 which I love. Not until you get into the $22,000+ range in preamps do you hear better (by only a little bit) sound. | |
| Is this a new trend? @pkatsuleas I had to kick in a little cash to make it work | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I know it's only rock n' roll but I like it. I have no plans to quit the pursuit. It's fun and mind expanding. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening Nicely written and fun! 🤩 I lost my collection to a divorce- she pitched them all out. Now to scrounge up a loose 50k to add analogue to my system. | |
| Who has gone fully active? What speakers and preamp did you end up with? I added a set of Bryston T-10 active this January. What makes them "active" is the BAX-1 crossover and 6 channels of amplification. To be honest my mid and high are via an ARC amp and I used Bryston 7BSST monos (700 watts) for the bass drivers- ... | |
| Is this a new trend? I traded my Wilson Chronosonics in on a righteous set of 1993 Realistic Minimus 7s. My Slim Whitman records never sounded so good! | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research It's hard to argue with you here Smith. There is a little magic in the Ref 6. To my ear the 5SE sounds better- but I like French Vanilla and you may like Rum Raisin. Alternatively, a Ref 5 or 6 are most like a straight wire compared to many- ie... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research I have been a customer of Magnepan and ARC since 1978. I currently on a set of 3.7x Maggies. ( I LOVE THEM!! ) I currently drive my Maggies with both a set of Bryston 7BSST Monoblocks and an ARC VT130SE Amp. Here is my 45 years of experience w... | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) It looks like everybody is experiencing the same thing I am. About 25% of MSRP (except one dealer here who gets 50% of retail on 19 year old gear). To be fair dealers have financing, trade ins, etc. so maybe he did. My dealer gave me $3000 credi... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? I've had a hard time testing said cables. Plugging in, listening, swapping, repowering ad nauseum....... then my ability to discern gets mushy. "Recency bias" colors my perception. I asked the same question to ARC once. "Why don't you give me t... |