hilde45
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| speaker upgrade fever Fritz Carbon 7 SE Mk. II delivers well beyond their price point, in my opinion. | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Nice blog post on SETs recently, here. A few excerpts. It’s not a long post and worth a read: "The SET’s very existence calls into question fundamental beliefs and assumptions we routinely make about technical performance, sound quality, and the... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? @hilde45 how do you explain the grandmother that doesn't necessarily use science, only experience and intuition to cook a glorious tasting meal. A recipe is a scientific thing and so is apprenticeship (in person with another person); so is dail... | |
| Where do I go from here? Just want to second @knotscott's advice about used equipment. I like both Audiogon and US Audio Mart (USAM). I like to set up a bookmark with my zip code and 100 miles as a distance as filters for searching, along with the piece of gear I'm intere... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Just don’t tell me I’m not hearing what I’m hearing. Are you saying no one can help you to pay attention to new things and help you get better at hearing? Ever go birding and have someone show you how to look for birds? I did -- and I learned t... | |
| Merry go round I agree on some points but differ on others. Music and Sound: I don’t listen only for sound quality but I enjoy changing the qualities of the sound, just as I enjoy changing pictures on the wall occasionally or eating different kinds of food. Som... | |
| Where do I go from here? The audio quality I have right now is the best I have ever had in my life, and I am loving it! Full stop. Work on the room. Don’t change the system. This is absolutely right. Even if you do decide to upgrade equipment, the room is 50% of the... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Some are more interested more in the music than the science of it all. Damn a measurement does it sound good to my ear. Is all I need to know. False opposition for me. I’m interested in the science of it because I listen to music. There can be ... | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? This issue doesn't put me on the defensive or make me angry. It's pretty simple, actually. Sometimes someone tells me I cannot hear something, and I ask if there's another ways to listen. Often, there is. Hearing, like the other senses and taste... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @atmasphere Found a video related to your comment. Just adding in in case it’s of interest. TITLE: Dynaco ST-70 Original vs. VTA Bench & Listening Test Comparisons - Stereo 70 Tube Amp VTA vs. Original | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement When it comes to mind decluttering units, do you favor SS or tube and how can one be sure when one’s mind is decluttered... l mean, what are the proper measurements? ;o) I'm not sure what your sentence means, Stuart. Perhaps... de-clutter it? | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement The only clutter that needs to be kept in check really... is the clutter of the mind. That's what we're actually talking about. You nailed it. It still requires discussion, though. | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? Just to let the thread know, the advice here from @atmasphere and others caused me to go find a newly built Dynaco ST-35. It should ship soon. I bought on Ebay. Here's the description: "This beautiful, newly built amp is now for sale. I have used... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement markmoskow -- great suggestions! Thanks. audphile1 thanks for your suggestions and experience. ”High performance sound bar”? Yeah, like one that doesn’t suck, is even decent. The performance is measured by the job it has to do. TV, Movies. So... | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement What is a de-clutter power cord looks like? It looks like not having more power cords than components with which to use them. I like the ideas here! I'm also thinking of going from 5.1 to 2.1 for HT. As with @ghdprentice I want to get rid of... |