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| Why for the life of me I can’t stay awake when listening to Music? The same thing happens to me. It really doen't matter on the music style. Usually I dose off for a few songs. I think it's because my mental mood changes and I release the stress and relax. After a few songs I come back and then just continue ... | |
| Concert Ticket Prices - Not a Rant - Just an Observation I have given up on large venues. I can afford the prices but can't afford the sound that isn't that great when my system sounds so much better. I go to smaller theater venues and the symphony. We also have a mucic theater company that puts on g... | |
| Looking to buy Luxman 509Z @alke1234 I bought a show demo from Albert at Precision Audio & Video in Chicago. It was in mint condition with a warranty. It was a very good price and he is a dealer on Audiogon. | |
| ACCUPHASE d-570S VS. LUXMAN D-07X SACD PLAYERS @kjl1056 I have found that AI to be generally helpful with audio questions. If you are going down the Esoteric route an audio buddy of mine did some comparisons between the Luxman and Esoteric offerings at the upper levels and preferred the Esote... | |
| Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end? I was at a high end shoot out with different digital sources on top end Wilson speakers and CH precision electronics and Shunyata cables that may have cost more than my entire system. The verdict was Cd sounded the best, ripped files were second ... | |
| Do You Ever Get Glare/Raspy Sound on High Pitched Female Vocal Lines? There is no raspy type of distortion on my system played through my Esoteric K-01XD se CD/SACD player with Vienna Acoustics Liszt speakers (soft dome tweeters) and a Luxman 509Z integrated amplifer. My thought is that it may be the speakers, but ... | |
| Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end? My CD system sounds better than my analog system. The points to consider with analog are. Is it a new (digital) or analog record pressing. The variables of analog are the turntable, arm, cartridge, set up, and phono stage. Then you have the no... | |
| Buying a Luxman L505z from Japan If you ever want to get rid of it or trade up, the resell value will be peanuts, plus the warranty and repair issues. Find a U.S. dealer that has a demo or show unit with a full U.S. warranty. Precision Audio in Video is who I dealt with. | |
| Suggestions on disposing of a collection of jazz vinyl Thanks everyone for all yur suggestions. I know we can find a sweet spot in doing some sorting and grouping at some point. My firiends wife is going to need some time before she goes forward. | |
| Suggestions on disposing of a collection of jazz vinyl @bdp24 I am in Seattle. | |
| Floor spikes for speakers? I went through the whole deal with spikes, no spikes, platforms etc.. On a traditional wood suspension floor, isolation is the way to go. There are always new and different isolation devices. Mine are Townshend podiums. For me it’s an essentia... | |
| Looking for SACD player @coppy777 I have owned a bunch of CD/SACD players and my current end game is the Esoteric K-01XD se. I know that is out of the price range. I can only comment on the Sony and Marantz players as modified by ModWright. I belive the current Esoter... | |
| Speaker Help Please: Floorstanders around $1Ok to fill very large space with no sub I think many are approaching this incorrectly. Your buddy needs to determine the sound profile that he wants first. A lot of opinions are all over the map in that regard and there is no right answer. Some of these will not not fill the base nee... | |
| WAITING FOR THE LATEST PURCHASE TO ARRIVE- ELECTROCOMPANIET EMP-1/S SACD-CD PLAYER Just trust your ears. The particular dac chip is not as important as the intetegration. You need discrete electronis from the chip to the analog output stage ase well as clean power supplies for the best sound. | |
| An SACD Lesson Learned and the Marantz SA 1 I listen to CD and SACD's almost all the time and have had a journey with different players over time. They include Meridian, Sony, Cary, Kyocera, Modwright Sonys (2) Modwright Marantz, Esoteric K-03XD and my current end game player the Exoteric ... |