yesiam_a_pirate
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| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System Similarly to your story I once lost 5 1 oz US Liberty gold coins shipped USPS. The package arrived 45 or so days later mangled and torn but the gold was in tact and in my hot hand! I was never so relieved to get something in the mail! | |
| Auditioned Wilson Sabrina X vs B&W 803D4 and Shocked I suspect that the amp is the problem. Mac's "house sound" isn't a good match with the highly resolving Willies. It could also be speaker placement. Wilsons seem to come alive it the perfect placement- more so than others I've auditioned. | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" The lyrics were taken from Isaiah 9:6. A messianic prophesy written 700 years before Christ's birth. “The government will be upon on His shoulders” affirms His lordship uber alles. This is a prophesy of the Millennium. It speaks of and anticipat... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? I agree with curiousjim that the PS Audio BHK300 is a hard amp to beat for what you are asking for. | |
| Replacing Bryston 4BST for Aerial 10Ts Bryston amps dont seem to have a “house sound” like say a McIntosh. I have 2 7bSSTs that drive my woofers and when my ARC was out for te-tubing and biasing they ran the whole show. To my ear they were detailed and fast. Things like cymbol an... | |
| Why I Sold My Aurender N200 Congratulations on raising a high functioning daughter. When we are older and needy our well-raised children pay dividends. After buying, borrowing, trying a lot of digital front end pieces my conclusion is this: My ear keeps changing. What sou... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? Audio Research’s WZ Johnson believed that the transformers were the make of break component in the quest for audio excellence. | |
| Doozy of an amp question I've herd the Mc but not the Sim. Your price point is some where around 17-22K based on the retail of these amps? You have a Ref 10- arguably the best preamp ARC made on of the best every built by anyone. Your sound signature will come from th... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh I’m all streaming now but seriously considering the painful cost of adding vinyl. They cant take that away from me easily. However my x wife did in fact easily take all my vinyl- so there’s that. I popped in a CD recently- man do those sound... | |
| PSAudio Directstream DAC M-1 (refurb) vs Denafrips Venus II. Quick decision needed! I had a DirectStream Mk 1. It sounded good to me but I didn't like it's streamer card. It crashed all the time. I bought an AirLens and that was a lovely upgrade. PS Audio had a trade-in deal which gave me the DirectStream II for $3500. THAT was ... | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... I recall Paul McGowan saying that the universe of real HiFi buyers is about 20-25,000 in the US and shrinking. Let's face it the younger generations have little regard for quality and even less regard for bespoke HiFi gear. They are in debt up ... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh It's too soon to tell. One thing is certain: cutting costs is on the top of the list. It always is in these modern roll ups. If cutting costs becomes "cheapen the product" Mac is doomed to Marantz's fate. Alternatively; If there are economic eff... | |
| Reliability - what’s your experience been? The equipment I love the most- ARC is also the most problematic and finicky. I discovered that preventative maintenance stops the fireworks. W Zane Johnson had the notion that his customers were all techies. Read the owners manual from his owners... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Assuming this is a friend and not an acquaintance I'd likely ask open-ended questions like what component do you like best? How does this sound to you compared to the one you replaced it with? What got you to buy this or that, etc, If his he... | |
| Amp for the new Watt Puppy speakers I heard a pair of WP8s im August. I was amazed. To my ear they sounded better than the Alexx V which I also auditioned. The WPs were driven by a Mac tube amp (I know, I know but that was how the dealer presented them). The Alexx Vs were driven b... |