chayro

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Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave
Interesting choices. Many see some of these people as part of the allegedly corrupt reviewing system. I personally do not believe the bulk of what people say about reviewers and, as I said above, I think reading reviews can be helpful in looking f... 
Marantz SA8004 is fundamentally musical
When audiophiles finally grow up, which is rare, they realize that the true measure of a component is whether they want to listen to a whole CD or record, or get up and screw around with the system. When you want to sit and listen, you know you ha... 
which $800 used phono to buy?????
I think the Linn Linto is fabulous at its used price of about $800. I was truly shocked at how much of a difference upgrading the phono stage made. True, it has no loading options, which will no doubt trouble many people, but it's still worthy of ... 
Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave
Could you name a few? 
Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave
I think a review can be a good starting point. When several reviewers think very highly of a product, it may be something worth looking into for yourself. I only wrote my comment that nobody listens to reviews due to the endless diatribes about ho... 
Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave
I was wrong. I should have written that nobody claims to listen to reviews. That's the mark of a true audiophile. 
Paging Stanwal-Any update on the Metrum Octave
I thought nobody listened to reviews. 
How long it takes to break in Running Spring Haley
Wow - I thought Audiofeil was kidding. 
Good tube preamp with Sony 5400
So Mcpherson - did the preamp cure your system issues? 
Good tube preamp with Sony 5400
I would dump the Sony and go with the Doge6 CD player. CDs sound better on the D6 than SACDs on the Sony. 
Worth Going to 'THE SHOW' IN NYC IN APRIL
Who knows, it may be your last chance to be insulted by Andy Singer. That's worth a couple of subway tokens. 
How long it takes to break in Running Spring Haley
I would take it out of the system for a few weeks and then reinsert it to let you hear everything with fresh ears. Whether or not a power conditioner will improve your system is very dependant on the quality of your incoming power and your compone... 
cables for Harbeth shl5
99.999% of all cables are pure bs, but these are not. OK, good enough for me. 6 guys can't be wrong. Where can these be purchased? 
New cartridge for MMF 5
I used to own an MMF5 with a Goldring MM and did not find it harsh. If you are finding it VERY bad, my guess is the problem is somewhere else, like playing rock music too loudly, meaning beyond the system's ability to handle it. But if the CD soun... 
Anyone HEARD the qol 'signal completion' device?
I don't think the posts are negative, as you put it. The device may well sound fabulous. Frankly, I think most systems could benefit from some subtle eq and phase manipulation, but audiophiles are uniformly against such things on principle. Except...