bpoletti
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| Do Audiophiles Hear Real Differences, or Are They Justifying Expensive Purchases? About 30 years ago, Keith Herron held a closed listening session for two of his prototype preamps. All the same components in the audio chain except for the two preamps. The test was conducted under blind conditions with people whose "ears" Keit... | |
| Wilsons new flagship Don't get me wrong. Wilson has produced some remarkable speakers. My ears detect some qualities that I would prefer they fixed, but they are still top systems. Their prices make them rather exclusive. | |
| Things you did not know about what is inside your speakers and the Huge markups Imperfect speaker finishes, small areas of cabinet damage, drivers that don’t pass QC specs, warranty driver or crossover replacement / upgrades, dealer incentives, inventorying large quantities of parts.... Not to mention R&D time and expen... | |
| Wilsons new flagship The target market buyers for upper range Wilson speakers are as interested in owning Wilson’s best speakers as they are about the sonic qualities of the speakers. To that market segment, cost means little. It’s not an indictment of Wilson or t... | |
| When to give up CDs and TT? Give up CDs and Vinyl when your hearing loss is beyond hope or when the doctors declare you dead. | |
| What about all those Chinese DACs? Some sound good others don't. Some can be modded (by those who know what they're doing) to create a very nice DAC. I have two Chinese DACs that were modded by a manufacturer in VERY limited quantities for friends. They are quite nice but not ... | |
| "A Remarkable Amplifier—A Class B Amplifier for Audiophiles" The old Dynakit Stereo 70 and Mark III were A/B amps. A user could purchase the amps as simple kits and produce a very good sounding amp. Building one was relatively easy | |
| Stylus cleaners Magic Erasure can leave fibers in the stylus where it connects to the cantilever. Some "wet" cleaners may attack the bond between the cantilever and stylus (I don't want to experiment). Like sksos1, I use Bluestick (BlutTak or similar) pressed f... | |
| Maybe Leaving SET for Solid State because I want bass Go nearfield on the main speakers and let them naturally roll off on the bass. Add a solid state crossover, amp and subwoofer to reinforce the lower range. Personally, I don't like the "tube sound" and consider it distortion. I also don't lik... | |
| Boron vs aluminum for cantilever on DL301 Mk2 retip? The question is whether you want to hear the effects of aluminum or whether you want the transparency of boron. Changing a Lyra Clavis da Capo cantilever to boron from the Cerralloy cantilever made a world of positive difference. Cerralloy is ... | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @mylogic I think of it a little more like an exorcism although I do like your musical reference. | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @thecarpathian I've reported him with a request to ban him. He seems to be the stereotype reason why social has a bad reputation. If Audiogon moderators are smart, they would give him one chance to fix his comments or be relegated to the nea... | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @faustuss What a hateful comment. You know nothing abut me or my system, and that the way I want it. Music is the ONLY reason for a system. If that's too hard to understand, then your horizons are limited. | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? The music. Nothing else matters. | |
| If Warmth Is a Distortion, Why Do So Many Audiophiles Still Defend It? Warmth and "tube sound" is a much as a distortion as dry and "solid state sound." Any deviation from absolutely flat is a distortion. |