mrtennis
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| New or used??? skip the cones and consider the mg 3.6 . they are attractive with their wood frame and grill cloth. | |
| Why are hi-end active monitors not more popular? there is some basic psychology that is being overlooked.people do not liked to be told what to do or have their options restricted. thus, someone may like a speaker but not the amp that comes with it. perhaps the designer supplies a ss amp and the... | |
| Any Eminent Technology LFT 8 owner in the Bay Area why not buy an apogee duetta and forget about the magnepan, et and single driver speaker ? cone colorations exist in single driver designs. | |
| Digital Playback Comparison again, we are faced with the eternal question: what does better mean ? if it means i prefer a to b, then a is better, there is no definitive answer as to whether an original sounds better than a copy.if better has a specific sonic denotation, then... | |
| NOS DACs? i am not a fan of burr brown dacs. but you evidently like them, so that is all that matters.i didn't find the assemblage dac to be forgiving of bad recordings.there are some interesting older dacs. they are expensive.for example, the original zand... | |
| Whatever happened to Straight Wire? the use of expensive wires is a very recent phenomenon. i have a pair of pear audio anjou interconnect cables. i believe this cable represents an innovative cable design. it is an all gold-wire cable.another metal that is interesting is platinum. | |
| Any ideas in speaker choices would be great keep your dq 10s. most of todays speakers bleed one's ears in comparison to the dq 10s. | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. current production high end equipment is not neutral. even if claims are made as to accuracy the claims are false. many so-called neutral and/or transparent compoents are not balanced. there is too much energy in the upper midrange/lower treble.wh... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. the sound of stereo systems is far removed and inferior to the sound of live music. it is that way now and was the same 30 years ago.audio is a subjective, aesthetic medium. while there may be standards of sound quality, they too are subjectively ... | |
| Which sub $2k CD player would you recommend? buy a wadia 2000, a cal aria or a cal audio tempest. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? my favorite amp is the conrad johnson mv 125. by the way what is the purpose of this thread ? | |
| What is best amp for Maggie 3.6R the conrad johnson mv 125. this is my favorite amp. | |
| Best Small Speaker System You've ever Heard has anyone heard of piega ?i just remembered that the piega monitors, with ribbon tweeter and ribbon midrange, is quite special. | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all i really do not have the facility to conduct a blind test, unless one of the intrepid audiogon members wishes to pay me a visit and conduct the experiment.i have specific sonic objectives. if the cable furthers those objectives, i will be favorabl... | |
| Need to warm things up a bit... gentlemen:read my review of the MAC on audiophilia.com . |