zd542
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| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? I hate to admit it, but I actually sold my car to but a CD player. Wasn't enough, of course, but it was a start. | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room Knghifi,"Don't trust your ears? All you Vandersteen owners GOT that?"I was actually thinking of a meaningful response to your post because you clearly didn't understand mine. Not to mention that the OP is trying to make a difficult decision. But t... | |
| Anyone try Synergistic Research PHT... "11-17-14: Philb7777'Listener bias is huge, once one has paid good money for a tweak.'Quote of the year Lewm!!"The only problem with that quote of the year is you don't have any evidence to back it up. Now, if you are looking for examples of the o... | |
| Cardas Golden Ref vs Magnan Signature vs MIT S1.3 Call The Cable Company. They'll send you all 3 cables for demo. Its the best way to buy cables. | |
| Wilson Alexia 20x15 Room I've had several models from both brands, but I do feel that Vandersteen is a better speaker. I can't really tell you what to do because you may not have the same taste's as me, but I can give you 1 piece of advice that may help. The one thing abo... | |
| This might just be the end of brick and mortar "11-16-14: TatersZd 542, I totally disagree with you. They have a guy that works there named Bess. He probably knows more about analog than any other dealer in the country. I would bet music direct sells more turntables than the top 5 audio dealer... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? Schubert is absolutely right. Yes, there can be an ocassional exception, but other wise he's right."+1 what Onhwy61 said. See, I can't imagine someone buying a $24k turntable; but wearing a $20 timex digital watch or driving a 20 year old Jeep. Sh... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? "11-17-14: TonywinscHi ZD, it's true; I really do liken fine watches to high end audio :). You make generalizations and say a watch's only function is to tell time. By that same logic, a CD player's only function is to play music and most people w... | |
| This might just be the end of brick and mortar "11-16-14: BifwynneSo how is it that companies like Audio Research, Wilson, Magico and the hundreds of other high-end manufacturers are able to push their product. Who are the first buyers of this class of gear? What are the supply and distributio... | |
| EAR 834P Problems "The issue was apparent also on both the MM and MC settings. Could it be a bad tube?"How much difference was there going back and forth from MC to MM? Even if there is no problem, the MC setting should sound really bad compared to the MM setting. ... | |
| EAR 834P Problems Make sure you have the EAR on the MM setting, not MC. Also, make sure you connect the EAR to a regular input on the Marantz, and not the phono input. | |
| Six Moons charges for reviews? "Since this was announced I've stopped going to their site."Where was this announced and how do you know that's really true? I just checked their website and looked at all their current product reviews. I didn't go over it with a fine tuned comb, ... | |
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? "11-16-14: TonywinscI liken high end audio to fine swiss watches. The technology has existed across many decades. The updates are mainly in style and materials with some breakthroughs in design here and there. The focus in high end audio is on wor... | |
| This might just be the end of brick and mortar "Taters, how you get "no questions asked" out of the return policy's actual language is beyond me."Some people hate B&M stores so much, they'll say anything.Back to the OP. Has anyone ever done business with MD? If you haven't, you'll find tha... | |
| Esoteric K-03 analog outputs to bi-amps You can only use 1 at a time. But even if you could, it wouldn't be good for biamping because the levels would be different. |