ricred1
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| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! My personal opinion and nothing more....Magico and Wilson Audio are very, very good with marketing their speakers. As a previous owner of several Wilson Audio speakers there was a feeling of pride of ownership. Elites may not own Martin Logan Neol... | |
| Audioquest Hurricane HC vs Shunyata Alpha NR Powercord I have in the same system, but not at the same time. You can read my comments in several Audiogon posts. In my system I prefer Audioquest Hurricane over Shunyata Alpha and Sigma NR powercords. Cables are system dependent and regardless of what I h... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Viber6,According to you, "In high-end audio, the equipment is largely overpriced with mediocre performance for the money." Please define "overpriced". Rhetorical question... who determines value? I've been in this hobby for over 30 years. I've li... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! viber6,I get your passion for what you prefer. I don't get why you don't seem to understand that there are no absolutes in audio. There is no right or wrong, only preferences. e.g. I went and listened to Martin Logan CLX speakers recently. My wife... | |
| Power Cords G.,I've learned to ignore some Audiogon members. I submit you have to be a real fool to continue to read something you find so boring it makes you sleepy.I'm glad you find the latest Cardas to your liking. I'm very happy where I am and have no des... | |
| could somebody help me out on the benefits of expensive phono and speaker cables? In my opinion the only way to know if it's worth it is to have a home audition. No one can tell you what something is worth. I submit you should try room treatment or a power cord first. | |
| I like my system flat, no tone controls, no eq..........what is your preference, and why. I'll pass on tone controls. I play music and every song can sound different...some will be bright, while others may not. I assume each song sounds different because of the way it was recorded and I wouldn't want to make adjustments every-time I li... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! viber6,Of course it's a matter of compatibility...in my opinion that's what this hobby is all about. We are trying to assemble a system based on all of the variables that we prefer. It isn't just about how one component sounds, be it warm or brigh... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,"I actually remember hearing this same ref10 with a boulder 2060 and some expensive rockports speakers and the ref10 sounded awful with that combo." This is where we disagree...you can’t isolate the preamp. I submit it’s more appropriate to say... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I submit it's a reminder that we're putting a "system" together. We need to find components that work well together to get the sound we prefer. | |
| Power Cords freesole,My dealer told me today, "he doesn't have a ship date for the source power cord." I'll be sure to post my thoughts, but remember there are no absolutes in audio, only preferences. I've become a strong advocate of listening with your owns ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! There really isn't much difference between a reviewer and anyone else. Both are just providing their opinions. One could argue that they trust the opinions of the "average" person over reviewers. | |
| What will a preamp do for me? George, Count me in the crowd that likes to color the sound. I've had the PS Audio Directstream, Bricasti M1, Jeff Rowland Aeris, and Chord Dave. I tried all of them directly into my amp and preferred the sound with a preamp in every single case. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! bill,The Absolare was driving Raidho speakers. In the past week I've listened to Martin Logan CLXs, Raidhos, and Dynaudio speakers and several amps. I have no interest in changing anything I have. I'll continue to listen to different components as... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I believe everything is about system matching, but the best amplifier I've ever heard by far is the Absolare 845 mono-amps. They have a very detailed, rich, and natural sound quality unlike anything I've ever heard. At 52W I just don't think they ... |