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| Dark Horse DAC Today's $2000 wonder will be next year's $1200 white elephant. | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? I once picked up a used Bryston .5B preamp for $300. Because it was 18 years old, it was still under warranty. So when it developed a problem in the phono section, I shipped it off to Bryston. Just a few weeks later, they fixed it at no char... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? Troll. Asking if anything under $100k can beat out some Wilson thingy. Troll | |
| going from tube preamp to solid state There's an enormous difference between various brands of tubes. I have no experience with the 6SN7. My preamp runs the 6CG7, which is the electrical equivalent. But there are big differences between various manufacturers. Try doing some tube r... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? Umm... because most new music lacks things like melodic invention, harmonic movement, dynamic contrast... There are no dynamics when the sound level goes from too loud to too gddamn loud. When was the last time you heard a pop singer sing "I b... | |
| Name 3 songs where audio quality and song quality completely align Here ya go. Bebop (Victor Feldman vibes, Scott LaFaro bass, Stan Levy drums 1958) I Thought About You (Wesla Whitfield vocal) La Vallee des Cloches (composed AND performed by Maurice Ravel 1922) This last recording is special because it was or... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| "High end" store snobbery Hi-end audio is a rotten business and one most have failed at. They have to act like snobs because they are charging far more than the performance of their gear really warrants. This is normal in the industry. Beyond that, they can't take anyth... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? @hilde45 Any competent tech can service these things. In particular, Bryston has the world's best support for their gear with a 20 year transferable warranty. Mind you, an 80's vintage Bryston will be out of warranty, but they'll be able to serv... | |
| Streaming Dac $5000-8000 Today's $8000 Wonder DAC will be the 2025 $2500 White Elephant DAC. | |
| How long do speakers last? As others have said here, the big question is the bass driver surrounds. Are they foam or rubber? The foam surrounds can be counted on to hold up for 10 years and often longer. But not that much longer. | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? What will get you at least 80% of the way there are any number of 80's vintage solid state preamps. Apt-Holman Bryston Hafler DH110 Nakamichi Just to name a few. All of which can be had for well under $1000 and here you were going ... | |
| streaming and audiophile stereo @tonywinga When I say "bits is bits," I mean that while the information is in the digital domain, it is the same regardless of the platform it is on. So whether the digital data is on a laptop PC, Raspberry Pi or exotic streamer, it's still just... | |
| streaming and audiophile stereo @ghasley I run an HP laptop I got off of Craigslist for $200. I swapped in a 1TB SSD, which cost me another $100. I run Ubuntu Linux on it with JRiver for Linux, which cost me about $30. I run a Peachtree DAC iT. I had some friends over for a sho... | |
| Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great? I have a little system in a back room with some home brew loudspeakers with a 5" Vifa bass driver and a 1" soft dome Peerless tweeter. Damn things sound GOOD. I got the drivers from Madisound. The Vifa was being remaindered and I paid $15 each ... |