golden8ears
Responses from golden8ears
| Do you ever do this before you listen? What the dealer should do before a demo is to pour you a nice drink, give a few minutes for the effect, and then play the music.... | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? Agreed with @shadorne. Harbeth comes to mind with their classic design that haven’t changed much but updated with kept up with new development in technology.... | |
| Cannot find perfect sound @enliten - I agree with what you are saying. After reading all 80+ responses, my conclusion is that the OP pretty much has made up his mind that he will never find a pair of “perfect” speakers, and seems to have a rebuttal for every suggestion! ... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound Huy did not mention what kind of music he listens to most often. My experience is that a certain set up will sound best for certain type of music. I have yet to experience a system that sounds natural for all types of music. Some people believe... | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? This type of question will evoke 95 different answers per 100 responses....I just bought a used Peachtree Nova for cheap because the guy upgraded. He felt it was perfect for him at the time, but forever? Umm, no. | |
| Speakers "Disappearing" Precise placement of speakers down to 1/4” only works if your own ears are totally symmetrical. Most of us have ears and eyes where one side is slightly favored by your brain and that’s why you have the balance control. Also, I have compared two... | |
| Inherited 21 piece of vintage McIntosh and need help building a system The folks on audiokarma.org will be very happy to help you sort things out, especially in the McIntosh forum.... | |
| Looking for vintage system suggestions (maranta, klipsch, etc...) To answer your question about where - if you join audiokarma, for paid members, there's the Bartertown area of the site where a lot of restored vintage gear are offered up. Many of those were restored by respected techs and are being changed hand... | |
| Most Beautiful Receiver / Integrated - Ever was... ? The old Rotel silver faced gear:http://www.hifi-studio.de/hifi-klassiker/rotel/Rotel_RA-1312_RT-1024/RA-1312_RT-1024.htmThe Setton silver faced receivers and integrated:http://www.hifi-studio.de/hifi-klassiker/Setton/Setton_RS220/RS220.htm | |
| rising audio equipment prices: It's supposed ply and demand. There's more demand now compared to the recession in 2008. And as a few have mentioned , the rich is getting richer and they don't know what to do with their money. So, they go excessive on food, cars, houses, audi... | |
| 901 series 2 speakers Since you are retired and wanting to keep you 901 Series II, I would suggest recapping your equalizer if you haven't done so already. Also, I have found my Series II to work better with an older receiver vs modern separates. And since you have o... | |
| Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably? I'm also using a Carver TFM-35, and Audio Research SP9.... |