trelja

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Axpona 2018
A lot of excellent reports here, thank you all!My friend encouraged me to attend the past several years, with the claim it's becoming one of the best shows around.  I can tell from everything said in this thread that he's definitely right  
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@erik_squires "In my day job about half of what I do is this, translating between software developers, reliability engineers and business people so that the teams are fully engaged and unblocked."Tom Smykowski would feel proud  
Y No YG ?
My friends who were Veloce partnered with them at shows, and provided the preamplifier and power amplifiers, both to stellar reviews.  They felt honored to have YG choose them, and thought the loudspeakers sounded exceptional.I've personally heard... 
Schiit not that Good?
@jetter Hello, and thank you for asking.Actually, I really love my Dynaco ST70. I’ve owned and own a lot of amps over the years, and most of them have another zero in their price tags, including my Jadis amplifiers. Over the years, I learned that ... 
Schiit not that Good?
@mulveling actually, I wanted to apologize to you...You made an excellent point on discussing gear in an open and honest manner, and I agree with your sentiments completely.  I see it's always season to criticize a handful of brands like Adcom, AR... 
Schiit not that Good?
What a surprise @madavid0, would initiate this thread.Past efforts by the Norman Vincent Peale of Audiogon:Anticables: Scam?Rega and Proac: Bad?Class D = Trash?Synergistic Research: SCAMCD players = dead?Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff?Cartri... 
Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers
@vinny55 you bring up an excellent point on the Scott amplifiers.We’ve seen example after example over the years of well-meaning techs going through a vintage component, and replacing the carbon composition resistors with modern, stable, reliable,... 
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I never believed I could reach this point, but given how many threads get ruined by a handful of people, I would consider some sort of ability to prevent them from further participation in a thread once they pass a certain threshold.  Maybe someth... 
Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers
Even though I had a good bit of loudspeaker building experience with my own / friends’ projects as well as my involvement with Fried, until I began building amplifiers, I didn’t understand the importance resistors play in the sonic presentation.At... 
DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more....
@jayctoy sounds like you're really enjoying yourself!Would like to hear your impressions of how the Gumby sounded in the show system.After things calm down from the show, maybe we can all share our impressions on the DENAFRIPS - sonics, price, and... 
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@minorl well said, indeed  
Your Side by Side Experience With Best Vintage vs Newer Expensive Hi Tech Speakers
@michaelgreenaudio I want to thank you personally for your contributions to this hobby.Years ago, component and ancillary changes in my second system yielded much less than the expected impact. After a while and many attempts to rectify the situat... 
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@jayctoy thank you for initiating this thread.As someone who's been on this forum since it began almost 20 years ago, I've noticed a lot of the recent conversation to have degraded significantly.  Call out whatever thread you will as an example, i... 
New or Old CD Player?
@twoleftears WOW, indeed!On the other hand, you do get a few upgrades for the additional $4000 Hegel charge for this player: a more sculpted faceplate with the three buttons on each side combined into one, a different digital out connection, and t... 
New or Old CD Player?
@imgoodwithtools CONGRATULATIONS on the ARC player!  I listened to one, and it certainly sounded like a serious contender.Hope you love it, and it provides you with the joy we all hope for