dorkwad

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Your greatest high end audio purchase!!!
I was in the right place at the right time being only 2 hours away from a very special pair of VMPS RM40 BCSE speakers w/ bookmatched rosewood veneers and was THE pair of speakers Marty DeWulf of Bound For Sound had for a few years as his referenc... 
Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs
@itsjim  I agree with you on Journey to Love--also very good sound.  I was at Paul Heath Audio on N. Clark St. in Chicago and brought that album with about 1977.  One of the Bull's players (Johnson--6'11") came in and wanted to know who that albu... 
Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs
@paulietunes  You're welcome!  
Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs
Deep Purple--Made in Japan Supertramp--Crime of the Century Michael Franks--Passion Fruit Loggins & Messina--Full Sail Emerson, Lake & Palmer Eva Cassidy--Live At Blues Alley Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones--Girl At Her Volcano P... 
Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs
Loggins & Messina--Native Son War--Why Can't We Be Friends Checkfield--Distant Thunder Blood, Sweat & Tears II   All the music is good too.  
Best Options For A Tubed Preamp - $2500 Or Less, Preferably Used To Maximize Value
Audible Illusions 3A or 3B.  If you need phono,  The AI's have a great phono section.  You can also get it w/o phono.  I owned a AI 2D from 1991-2007, great sound, zero problems.  Had to replace tubes once or maybe twice.  Use AI's tubes if you wa... 
2024 Audio System Wish List
@roxy54, I hope someone puts a great deal like I got two times over from the same guy. On my double racks I have 6 Sistrum platforms and 6 of the rods and it cost me about $2300 total. The same fellow contacted me when he had 2 more and I bought ... 
2024 Audio System Wish List
I'll be VERY happy if my phono preamp gets repaired and works as it used to--if it gets some upgrade to make it sound even better, that would be frosting on the cake.  My system, room, room treatments, along with being pretty thoroughly tweaked ou... 
2024 Audio System Wish List
@roxy54  I've had double low Sistrum racks from Live Vibe for about 5 years and Sistrums under some speakers.  Love the look and especially the sound.  I have RTS couplers clamping each component to it's platform--great sound upgrade and it elimi... 
Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100?
If you are open to buying used cables, Darwin or Amadi make very good sounding interconnects sounding better than many times their price. The original Darwin Silver ICs are still a very good IC. They don’t look like much, but their sound is excell... 
LIST ALL YHE SPEAKERS YOU HAVE OWNED THEN TILL NOW!
Allison Ones Paradigm 7SE Vortex Screens Emerald Physics CS-2 VMPS 626R later w/VMPS 215/VSS driver VMPS RM-40 VMPS RM-30 Selah Tempesta VMPS RM-40 BCSE Green Mountain Audio Continuum HX/3 VMPS RM-40 BCSE Vapor Audio Joule Black SP Tec... 
Speaker Cable Recommendation
Tekton's would also love Fideliums for speaker cables.  
Speaker Cable Recommendation
magnuman, Also had Green Mountain Audio Continuum 3/HX speakers that slightly lacked the somewhat live quality with less detail than my RM40's that would have sounded considerably better with the Fideliums.  Magnepans would not like them much.  T... 
Speaker Cable Recommendation
magnuman, IF you have speakers that are a little bass heavy or just average in detail retrieval, there is no question the Fideliums would be a big step up in SQ.  I currently have a pair of SP Technology Revelation Mk-V speakers that would just l... 
Speaker Cable Recommendation
Clarity Cables Organic are very full sounding with fine detail.  All other cables will sound thin in comparison.  They could be bought new for close to the $1000.  I tried Silversmith Fideliums among about 10 other speaker cables in my system.  I ...