alextychkin
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| Cables for Conrad Johnson and Proac D25 system Beerdraft,No, I haven't upgraded those, but probably should look into it. Budget for biwire speaker cables is up to $1K used. | |
| Is anyone out there Biamping their Proacs? Regarding the Proac match with tube amps, that's not necessarily true.Stuart Tyler, the owner of Proac, uses Sugden Masterclass series to listen to his speakers at the Proac Factory. I'd buy a pre-owned Sugden Masterclass int-amp( around $3,5k) an... | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours People who pay a fraction of retail for a used item and expect a piece better than new.Sold a used subwoofer to an anal customer at close to one third of the retail price with clearly stated, conservatively rated 8/10 condition. After receiving it... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Been driving Saabs most of my life, both here and in Europe. Too bad GM is driving the brand into the ground | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours By far, the most annoying thing is when sellers don't list the age of the gear they are selling. Especially, when they grade speakers 9/10, and then you come to find out they are 5-6 years old. | |
| The Best of the Best Well sort of - CD players Optitron.FYI, I own around 1200 ambient,drone, electro-acoustic, techno-tribal, Berlin School etc. CD's.I am speaking from my experience. But suit yourself, though. | |
| The Best of the Best Well sort of - CD players Here's the problem: if one listens to electronic/ambient/non-acoustic/computer generated music, a top-of-the-line CDP will not do you any good....it's mostly, money wasted on this type of music. Very expensive CDP's will give you an improvement in... | |
| What speaker cables to buy I've had very good results with a couple of "British" value brands: Ecosse(stiff as hell) and QED. | |
| Thiel/Crutchfield Crutchfield by far has some of the best customer service practices, including extremely liberal, no questions asked return policy and ultra-fast shipping. If anything, I am happy to see them sell Thiels, and sure hope they expand into other audiop... | |
| Dissapointed buyer, item malfunctions experience? In conclusion: the Musical Fidelity CD Player that I bought was repaired @ Signal Path in Charlotte in less than 2 days, shipped to me almost immediately, and now functions perfectly. My cost, as a buyer was zero. Problem resolved. Both the buyer ... | |
| Dissapointed buyer, item malfunctions experience? I not bright enough either to understand what SC53 is trying to say, except that what I get is that s/he is laying the foundation to get out of resolving the problem, if something is potentially damaged in transit. And the argument that will be us... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music For those who love meditative ambient music: anything by the legendary Alio Die | |
| Which 'Shipping carrier provides the best overall While in college, I worked loading UPS trucks in a major hub terminal in the summer. Let's just use an analogy : if you ever knew what's inside of those hotdogs, you'd never eat them, or even touch them. | |
| Dissapointed buyer, item malfunctions experience? I happen to be the unit's buyer. When buying a used piece of equipment, as someone stated, one assumes the risks involved in the process. Obviously, one doesn't look forward to the hassle of repairing the unit, playing the phone-tag with the tech ... | |
| Vacuum tubed tone control??? I've had the same dilemma, but, unfortunately, couldn't find a solution. Too lazy to fool around with cabling/tubes to serve as tone-controls. So,a Mac pre- is what I am going to get. |