jasonbourne52
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| Review : BAFO RA-RCA2-6F-V1 Premium RCA Audio Cable with vintage XAM / Sony Congratulations to the OP for finding some IC's that he likes at a bargain price! | |
| Power Cables - Stock vs. Budget Don't forget the screws that hold the wall socket! A vanadium/steel alloy sounds better than plain steel. | |
| Power Cables - Stock vs. Budget Don't forget the screws that hold the wall socket! A vanadium/steel alloy sounds better than plain steel. | |
| Power Cables - Stock vs. Budget | |
| What was the last CD you bought (Name, and year issued)? Century Child by Finnish prog rockers Nightwish. From 2003. Bought used from eBay seller Goodwill. Paid $8.17 (including shipping and tax). If you like symphonic prog rock this is a recommendation! | |
| Wondering... The above posters are enraptured by spending tens of thousands on audio gear. Extreme cases of confirmation bias! Beyond a basic level all electronics sound the same. If you want to hear a real difference change your transducers (phono cartridge, ... | |
| McIntosh C52 to C53 Upgrade Waste of money. Keep and use the C52. | |
| The science of why we like — and dislike — certain music Equipment preferences are due to subjective biases! Same as music! | |
| One stereo or two (stereo and mono) cartridges? Why spend so much? There are many excellent cartridges available for way less! No need for a mono cartridge. A stereo cartridge plus a phono stage/preamp with a mono switch is fine. Unless you are a 1% high roller spending $10K is a foolish idea! ... | |
| ML 30 or 37 Transports Digital transports are not like turntables. They all have to output the same bits to conform to the Redbook CD standard. This is a scientific fact. People that claim to hear differences are delusional. Error defects in CD's are easily handled by t... | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza Heck, I’d still be using the Cotters if they weren’t buried so deep in storage! They were the favorite recommendation of The Audio Critic - which all the subjectivists here hate! | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza There is no way to justify four-figure cables. That's like paying a thousand bucks for a pizza made in Brooklyn, NY and flown hot to LA first-class! To the wire fanatics it is a faith-based religion with zero scientific backing. | |
| Cable design is a lot like creating a pizza @jumia : Ever since Disc Washer brought out their Gold Ens IC's in 1976 wire has become a growing market! I had some Gold Ens. Sounded fine to me! I replaced them with Cotter/Verion Tri-Axials ($30/meter). Still have six pairs in storage. Now use ... | |
| Listening after your entire system was powered off cold for a week+ Yes, after Superstorm Sandy in November 2012 in Connecticut. We had no electricity for seven days. Upon turn-on my system sounded the same as it always has - excellent! So nice to be able to listen to music again! | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Audiocom in Old Greenwich, CT. 1976-78. AGI 511, Hafler 101 preamps, GAS Son of Ampzilla, Infinity Monitors 1A, DCM Time Windows, Ariston RDIIS TT/SME3009/JH Formula 4/KMAL arms/GAS Sleeping Beauty mc cartridge, Mitsubishi DA-F10 tuner. |