bgross
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| $15,000 Floor-Standing Speaker Selection and Advice Yeah, can't wholeheartedly recommend SF even though I own older ones and enjoy them. Customer Svc is not good and in my eyes, they've not been the same brand in years. I can however recommend Perlisten not because I own them but because I can't ye... | |
| Update for best SS amps for Harbeth 40,.2 anniversary spks Plinius Hiato integrated - heard one a few weeks ago with Perlisten R7t - didn't want to leave the shop. https://www.pliniusaudio.com/en/Plinius_Range/Integrated_Amplifiers/Hiato.html | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Paul Weller - "As You Lean Into The Light" off Heavy Soul Gentle rain Here it comes again Rattling 'round your window, threatening pain Coming on like a friend, but you know better than Yesterday that held you by a different hand Hail and stone... | |
| Speaker choice without need for deep bass These! https://holthill.com/collections/vintage-audio/products/equation-7-tower-speakers-hand-made-in-belgium-exquisite-sound | |
| Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You? Elvis Costello, "This Years Girl" See her picture in a thousand places ’Cause she’s this year’s girl You think you all own little pieces Of this year’s girl Forget your fancy manners Forget your English grammar ’Cause you don’t really give a damn... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) @retiredaudioguy @bbillings was back at the Boston store with the VPI and got the full history of its previous owner. Guess he was a real hi-end guy with some amazing pieces including an ARC Reference, Levinson & Von Schweikert etc most that ... | |
| What artists can you not get enough of? Anything by Paul Weller... The Jam, Style Council & solo PW albums. I just identify with his song writing and perspective. Oasis & BlackBerry Smioke (polar opposite) when I want to rock. Also a ton of John Mayall & Terry Reed lately - ... | |
| Favorite rock/pop male voices Paul Weller - Steve Marriott - Rod Stewart - Paul Rogers - Freddie Mercury - David Bowie - Roger Daltrey - Elvis - Bono - Terry Reid - Chris Cornell. Pretty solid list... | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Grateful Dead, yuk! | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) @hiscores - was at my local shop yesterday to pick up a Powernode for my outdoor deck system. They have this super loaded VPI, Scoutmaster Ref and demoed it for me. Please purchase it cause I don't have the $5K and I couldn't sleep all night think... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier Preowned Aesthetix, Calypso Signatute... has a balance control, true fully balanced compnent with every input/output available in XLR, lineatage only, looks amazing and has an easy Velcro-esque pop top for tube trials. Mine currently running with ... | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion Yeah, Accordo Goldberg are $15K... not in the OPs budget although the most visually striking speaker ever produced, in my eyes anyway | |
| Looking for a new DAC Have listened to so many... a lot of them just sound the same so I went to a tube DAC. 1st a Line Magnetic 502ca (which I still have) and a better Canor DAC 2.10. Both are excellent and once you swap out for better vintage 12au7 & 6922, they a... | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion Preowned all the way: KEF Reference 1, Totem Element Fire II, Focal Sopra 1, SF Guarneri Homage or even the Cremona Auditor M not in any particular order. Just my opinion... | |
| Tune of the Day Steve Strauss - "Old Crow" off Just Like Love Grace Carter - "Wicked Game" off Wicked Game Cat Power - "Like a Rolling Stone" off Live at Royal Albert Hall 3 great tracks for a lazy Sunday |