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| "High end" store snobbery One thing about this that comes to mind is that if they're the only audio dealer in town you don't have to worry about competition. They have less reason to treat people well if they don't want to. One reason they might be loath to take trade ins ... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? The issue may be that the LP is being sold as a premium product that is worth a high price. If the market has softened I would think the manufacturers have a lot of room to cut the price, pocketing their profits from the flush times and picking up... | |
| What CDs to buy Two phenomenal illustrations of what digital mastering can do to pull sound out of 78 records you'd never imagine possible are Robert Johnson: The Centennial Collection and the American Epic collection engineered by Nicolas Bergh. If I'm not mista... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! I generally prefer CD and mainly buy vinyl when it's the only format where I can find something, but a good vinyl recording can indeed be stunning. I think the main reason to make vinyl your primary source is a distaste for the digital sound. The ... | |
| The difference between an Audiophile and a Stereophile? Stereophile is a registered trademark. Audiophile is is the word people actually use for what was once called a hi-fi nut. | |
| Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track 8-track was superseded by a superior format and the audio industry's attitude about it was "let us never speak of it again." I actually owned a PlayTape cassette machine at one time, and boy did that format get dropped down the Memory Hole quick. | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl I think the issue is that some people have an aversion to the digital sound. If you do not care for the digital sound analog is both objectively and subjectively better. There is no question that on good equipment a good analog recording sounds ve... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- It would be desirable to have a comparison with the previous iteration of each piece of equipment reviewed, but that would mean you'd have to own the earlier iteration of every piece of equipment you review. I think any reviewer who does have acce... | |
| Has something gone wrong @ Stereophile? When you elect recurring billing I believe you have the option to cancel rebills afterward. The question I always have about audio publications is how much freedom they have to bear bad news when they are dependent on advertising from audio compan... | |
| The character of analog and digital How much does the difference between 50s/early 60s and later discs have to do with the quality of the material, do you suppose? There was a dramatic increase in the number of records pressed in the late 60s and onwards, and that probably led to co... | |
| The character of analog and digital It suddenly occurs to me - suppose analog preference is simply an aversion to the digital sound, and nothing more? Going on and on about how analog is superior this way and that way would merely be a mirror image of your aversion to digital record... | |
| The character of analog and digital Since I can listen to hours of digital music in a day, these people who can't stand more than five minutes of it, supposing they exist, have nothing to do with me. That aside, far be it from me to argue with some else's religion. | |
| Who is Gonna Buy A New Jeep Grand Wagoneer For the MacIntosh Stereo? You don't buy the Jeep Grand Wagoneer for the McIntosh stereo, you elect to pay for the McIntosh stereo option for your Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Supposing that there was one. | |
| Used gear prices and the state of the hobby. A growing economy with full employment where inflation is reducing peoples’ real income level is not the same thing as an economic collapse. Restaurant prices are going up like gasoline but people are eating out in droves. What you really ought to... | |
| Herbie’s Spike Decoupling Gliders: my…experience As someone who has used Herbie's gliders on the far less cumbersome B&W 704s solo, I can confirm that this a two-person job. Doing it on your own is a doorway to madness. |