sonicbeauty
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| Boulder has full page ad in Du-pont registry It is about the Luxury market, not the audio market, and their motivation is unlike the high-end market.Ironically, it may also work with the ''Stereophile'' market, meaning not the Luxury buyer but the audiophile with means.Honda entered the F1 y... | |
| Memories........What made you catch the Audio Bug? Ok, so my thread is 9 years young now, how about giving it another spin?My initial story hasn't changed, but would enjoy reading more from fellow 'Agoners ! (and thanks to Audiogon for keeping those older threads alive) | |
| Ayon - where is it REALLY manufactured ? Hi Keith, I did own an Orion integrated, original model.I think that Ayon offers fabulous sound for the money, and if it is partly (or wholly) manufactured in China, I'm ok with that as long as I am informed before spending my hard-earned cash.How... | |
| Ayon - where is it REALLY manufactured ? About Xindak, I did own an integrated a few years ago. It was ok but not great. Sounded like most other chinese integrateds out there, not very detailed. It is of course nowhere near as refined as an Ayon product as the low price would suggest. I ... | |
| Ayon - where is it REALLY manufactured ? Interesting. Look at the back of the units.Hegel ALSO do not state ''Made in Norway"" just like Ayon does not print ''Made in Austria''This is legally, a clear indication that those companies cannot claim full manufacturing in their European count... | |
| Whats your current Reference CD at the moment? I have a few ''reference CD's for studio sound recordings.But for live concert sound, I have two.1. Neil Young at Massey Hall, exquisite.2. Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall - truly incredible. | |
| Johnny Clegg Saw him twice in concert years ago.A refreshing act and sound to say the least! | |
| Need Help finding Speakers Budget 20,000 US Here's my take on your quest in spending 20K.1. Buy a pair of Sonus Faber - used but mint, for 5K or less. 2. Buy a few bottles of wine - the good stuff. All speakers sound GREAT after 3 glasses anyway - even a Bose Soundwave system.3. Buy 2 round... | |
| Has the Oppo carried the AV industry? I find this thread most entertaining and of course ridiculous. Oppo's success has been a consumer-driven success, unlike, let's say, a product like Magico speakers that have seen countless ''reviews'' in the Absolute Sound. You would think that Ab... | |
| What reviews do you trust if any? I take most reviews as product information, entertainment, but absolute ZERO, NIL, NADA, NIET credibility as to their conclusions and listening comments.It is all so subjective anyways you look at it.How many PAGES have appeared on Magico products... | |
| i hear sim audio amps are unreliable Well...I have a well documented horror story about my hate-affair with the ''Moon Trilogy'' - meaning the Product (a Moon I-5 integrated amp) - the Dealer (name withheld - it has been awhile, but I do regret not flaming the J*rk) - and the Company... | |
| Adding Tone Controls? Man, is this an entertaining thread or what!Lot's of frustrated closed-minded individual stuck in the snobbish audio-prison!Who cares of one's solution for attaining enjoyment from his sound system. Cables, tone controls, equalizers, secret magica... | |
| At What Age Does An Audiophile Buy His Last Amp? Simple: You stop upgrading when you stop having fun doing so. Or when other priorities set in and no longer can afford the toys. Nothing to do with age really. | |
| Listener fatigue: what does it really mean? Let me be perfectly frank and repeat what I have previously written numerous times before:Whether your are listening to an ear-bleeding boom-box or a mega-dollar high-end system, they all sound pretty good after 3 glasses of wine - and listener fa... | |
| Which Coax Cable Do You Prefer Using? Digital cables are probably the items where a small increment in improvement will cost the most money.The Audioquest Eagle Eye digital with the dBS (battery) system is obscenely expensive in my view, but not a bad purchase if you can find it used.... |