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| What is the best place to buy tubes? The Tubestore always delivered for me, then again I don't go and retest the tubes and rematch them. Seems you have a problem with trust. | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? I was more than unlucky with my Maggie 3.6 experience: bought used right here, down most of the time, sold for a song to an engineer who had the technical skills to rebuild them. More power to him. Vandersteen 5s are some of the best speakers I ha... | |
| Need Speakers at least 4 feet high Buy headphones and hide in your room listening to music until she capitulates. | |
| sony xa9000es problems Doubt that the problem stems from your Sony player if it only crops up with the Rotel. | |
| What is FAST? Fast should mean quick transient response, but nothing can be taken out of context: you can't, as audiophiles do, find a fave word and run with it. Fast could mean an amp with a high slew rate, then someone will point out that some amps with a low... | |
| What is FAST? Why would "fast" be synonymous with "transparent"? | |
| Are modern speakers better than old speakers? Most, if not all, are. | |
| How to determine wear on a stylus? The stores that had a prominently displayed microsope did not necessarily know what to look for. In this second coming of vinyl I would argue that the only safe way is to keep track of the hours played and change it when a reasonable number is rea... | |
| The AR turntable Can't get much better for the kind of money you mention. | |
| What Volume do you listen at? Years ago, I made a post here about volume level, the main thrust of which was that for any given piece of music there is only one volume level that is correct. I, obviously, didn't invent anything here as this comes from a recording engineer of s... | |
| Why no acoustically-managed flow for Recordings? Are you attempting to tout standardization to audiophiles? You have a lot to learn about this crowd! | |
| ARC PH5-Tube info. and suggestions I have used the PH 5 for many months. The tubes that ARC uses are the best available for the job that can be gotten, either by the manufacturer or the end user, that will consistently meet known criteria. I have Bugle Boys and Orange Globes and ha... | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Harry Bealfonte knows when he sings:"Believe me when I say, woman is smarter in every way" | |
| What do you do when you listen to music? Unfortunately, I have gotten into the nasty habit of being on the computer so that I never can tell what the stereo image is. I used to sit and read, mostly magazines, before. The best experience, though, is when the music is it and simply sweeps ... | |
| My favorite Steely Dan song has to be... Too many good ones to rate like that, just sit back and enjoy the music. Enjoyed the engaging chat with you. Later. |