zaikesman
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| Why are you listening to that? ? Normal people who just like to listen to music never have to ask themselves this question. Audiophilia is a conscious decision to focus, at least in large part, on the trees rather than on the forest. Once you start becoming preoccupied with the c... | |
| Equipment reviews, are they credible? Yeah, I think we're on the same page about this stuff, Turnaround. What you pointed out concerning a ratings system's being potentially biased towards favorable reviews of gear anyone rating the review personally happens to like, is why I proposed... | |
| Equipment reviews, are they credible? Cluesless: That would imply a having a working knowledge of how to use a computer. ;-)Turnaround, your point is very well taken, and I was thinking about some things along those lines after I posted above. I think the pertinent difference in this ... | |
| Equipment reviews, are they credible? Opinions are like....uhm, you know....I have less of a problem with peoples' biases, or even their agendas, then I do with the poor quality of effort and time taken which is being displayed in 90% of these so-called "reviews". A heck of a lot of t... | |
| Study finds your Amplifier reveal your personality I think I am qualified to take this one :-)CONRAD-JOHNSON (Tube):You are the most magnificent example of human perfection ever to be etched in DNA. Possessing infallible taste and discernment in all things musical, the world beats a rhythmic path ... | |
| VTL Service ?? I've gotten my response from Luke, and it is the same story. He doesn't want to speak by phone, or help me to fix the switches or get the fuse issue diagnosed without sending everything back to the factory. They will not consider selling parts or ... | |
| Review: Energy Loudspeakers Veritas 2.3 Speaker I have never heard these, but am always intrigued by any speaker that employs a dome midrange driver. I don't know if they provide a wider dispersion or what, but ever since my father bought his original Allison One's back in the '70's, speakers I... | |
| bad experiences buying on line You can get his username simply by entering his email address at the Member Lookup feature on this site. Don't sweat it about the phono section, something always comes along pretty soon around here. :-) | |
| VTL Service ?? Just picked a used pair of MB-185 Sig. mono's, and they both went dead simultaneously within 3 hours after working in the last owner's system with no problems for a year. Since last weekend, I've left 2 messages for Luke with no response. I've tal... | |
| Experiences, good and bad, with VTL I just picked myself up a pair of MB-185 Sig. mono's that are about four years old. I am the third owner, and was able to pick them up directly from the second owner, who had used them with no problems for a year. I put them in my system last week... | |
| bad experiences buying on line Don't even worry about that stuff until you have your money. If you get your money, even +$100, your feedback should describe your experience. Leaving positive feedback because of that would be like accepting a bribe. You deserve, if it is real, t... | |
| Upsampling the way to go? ? Jdubusc, what did you audition? | |
| Best band never to release a truly great album? Well, "Roger The Engineer" may not have been totally thought out beforehand, but it certainly wasn't a random compiling of odd tracks, either. A lot of it was basically written as it was being recorded, and together with the previously written tra... | |
| Upsampling put to "THE TEST": R U ready 2 take it? Sean, thanks for the thoughful response. First thing I would like to know from you is, are you set up to try and replicate this test at some point? If you have the needed ancillary gear, and your DAC has an upsampling defeat switch, I'd love to se... | |
| bad experiences buying on line It is only a legal agreement, I believe, if the item was listed at auction (you don't mention if that's the case). Regardless, if this story is true, tell him you want to contact the other guy to verify. If this person is on the up'n'up, they shou... |