zyphryx
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| Focal Aria 948, Revel F208, Tekton Double Impact I was looking for tubes on Upscale Audio's site and see that they have the Focal Aria 948s on sale for $3500 but only in the dark walnut. The other finishes are $5000. Still if you don't mind the color that's 30% off. | |
| I've Just Learned What Amplfier Bias Is... @tyray As fas as I'm concerned you can't go wrong with Klaus. He hooked me up with a pair of his Khartago mono blocks with Kismet boards inside. Told him what I had for a preamp and what speakers I had and he took it from there.When the shipping c... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Guadalcanal Diary @ Myskyns Tavern in Charleston, SCThe Who @ UNCOingo Boingo @ SDSU | |
| What have you found to be a good classic Jazz online station? WFAE HD-2. Even had a little flamenco going for a while one evening | |
| [help] I'm too Boomer to stream. :-( I'm relieved to hear I'm not the only one in this boat. I just added my first streamer/DAC and while it was a frustrating experience at first (still kinda is) I encourage you to hold out if you can. I've been using an iPad to interface with the st... | |
| PSA: Be Careful Dealing With Uptone Audio Thanks for the heads up.@jaybe You sure came to the defense of Uptone vigorously. If what the OP says is true, then the only agenda I see is caution. If anyone's agenda is dubious I'd say it's yours. | |
| fair complaint about Audiogon, violating no guidelines, removed @cleeds That is reassuring to hear and if this was a one-off I'd treat it as an error or glitch however, I have seen this complaint raised by several participants before and while some can probably be written off as cranks or nonsense, it does see... | |
| fair complaint about Audiogon, violating no guidelines, removed Noticed that this morning. If there wasn't any kind of violation then the admins have some pretty serious explaining to do. Very sensitive group it appears. They deleted one of my responses on a different discussion, presumably because I mentioned... | |
| About the cheapest cable elevators (for those with empty pockets) I had left over rebar chairs from a job. I was looking at the diameter of the notch and thought it was about the size of my speaker cables. I'm not sure if I hear any difference but it has a nice look and seems to keep dust from accumulating. Home... | |
| Who else here is frugal? I've found that spending is easier than being frugal. It's much easier to hit "Add To Cart" or run the debit card and get the purchase over with but spending the time and effort to find the bargain can be way more rewarding. I still get the sound ... | |
| What do you say to your audiophile friends who say you just listen to your equipment more I listen to the music because of the way a piece can move me. The gear exposes all new layers I never fully appreciated until now. Whether it's an SG, French Horn, voice, or the decay of a cymbal, I'm hearing old favorites in a completely new way.... | |
| $27,500 for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? @glupson Better than the person on their right and left | |
| Can you put a Krell in an apartment? I'm not sure what the 15amp circuit will do to the sound quality but I have run plenty of construction machinery over 15amp circuits and they trip the breakers constantly. If we run it on a 20amp circuit we do not experience the problem. If you r... | |
| What looks good to you? (Pick speakers currently for sale to recommend) I saw a pair of PSB Imagine X2T on page 7, I believe. That's been a great budget speaker for me. I bought mine based on the great reviews and they don't disappoint. Plenty of bass and, the mids and highs are very clear without being bright. I list... | |
| after market power cords for power conditioner or amps etc I replaced the chords on my amps, preamp, & source with Nordost Red Dawns. It hurt but there was a noticeable improvement. I plug them into a Niagara 1200 for power conditioning. The Niagara definitely made the biggest difference for me. |