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| What's your favorite lyric from a song? @bdp24 Probably preaching to mostly the choir, but what is so amazing about Dylan is that he has reincarnated himself and/or his musical style/voice at least 4-5 times, every decade, and being successful with each one, particularly the success fol... | |
| Burt Reynolds has passed away That’s right yo, Maybe Burt didn’t play an instrument, but he “played” with more Grade A women/actresses/models than anyone on this forum. :)I mean, Cannonball Run .. you can’t diss that movie: And here is just the “short list” of actors In Cannon... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? “If transistors came first, and then decades later tubes were invented, would we have any tube amps we would call high end?“Erik, to thoroughly answer your question, I would have to say ...No. B/c Class D would crush them both. :) | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? I’m kind of late in the convo here, but ... the original “experiment” by Mr Walker was more of a sham, not a true experiment that controls for all/most variables as we do it in the real world. He found 2 different amps, ONE SS and ONE tube, but r... | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 8 -Tube Rolling Recommendations @houstonjazzfan Upscale Audio has any tubes you need for the PL. Kevin owns Upscale, and he is part owner of PL.Go to the website and read up on the tubes. Kevin also makes videos explaining the sonic attributes of his tubes. And videos on the PL ... | |
| SOTA vs VPI (or stick with my Rega?) Well, one man’s PRAT is another man’s ... PRAT What I mean is that the type of PRAT that the Rega has is different than the type of PRAT from a VPI, IMO. I think of Rega’s sonic signature as being tied to a more traditional British sound, such as ... | |
| FM antennas.............Does ANBODY still make them? +1 Magnum Dynalab. check out eBay, try searches such as “vintage dipole” check Craigslist, same search terms | |
| VPI Prime or Scout or ??? OPthis is a no-lose situation for you if you buy used from a reliable dealer. Recs: Call VPI directly and tell them you are a fellow NJ-ersian waning to try vinyl and ask for any demo’s of the Prime or Scout. I called them some years ago, and th... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @uberwaltz i agree, the tech specs presented have been informative. For me, The random nature of personal testamonials and anecdotes have been just as important to expand my own breadth of knowledge. e.g., @mapman — the BC Ref 1000m’s (and per a p... | |
| If not an Oppo 205 then what? ... Electrocampianet ..Oppo, a Chinese Co with a pic of the Golden Gate Bridge on their front page ... I don’t get it. And now stopping all production out of the blue. Weird | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 Do u have to have a rack mounted system? IME, 24/192 is as good or better than DSD ADC, depending on the other components used, their quality, and synergy. For vinyl ADC conversion, why not use the Pure Music/Pure Vinyl software? It is excellent. ... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @abasia good question, and one I have asked earlier when I was thinking the same thing ...to to avoid some unnecessary quibbles, we probably should have established some parameters for Class D in terms of quality r/t:1. Price of the class d amp, ... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @phomchick what I mean is that the active speakers with D amperage are barely getting sold compared to non active speakers, because they still severely lag behind non active speakers in sales and use. (Except younger folks who find commercial all... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @phomchickall good points. But I would argue 2 things, that although built in DACs with Built-in DAC with built-in amps-in-speakers May very well @be the future”. But that will be more of a commercial product in the future than an audiophile produ... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D @mdeblanc Your Cherries replaced a J2? That says something. And you are “just” using the Desktop 60v amp Version. I have an Ultra Cherry coming to me soon. For those who may not know, The Ultra is a hybrid SS/CLASS D amp with an 1800w toroidal tra... |