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| Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker!! only $300,000.oo Never especially understood the Wilson following - at least the current line. Fabulous bass on many I get that, but nothing at all special about their silk dome. If you want a silk dome that badly, YG does some genuinely interesting things with t... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? There are verifiable statistics to guide us. In Jan. 2021 vinyl album sales were 27% of all record sales. It's only gone up since. We're all audiophiles on this forum so we don't care about the invented "Album-equivalent unit" term marketers use t... | |
| The Absurdity of it All This is THE answer (seriously): Physical hearing parameters of a person that a machine can measure - tell you next to nothing of importance. It's discernment which is all. The ability to ascertain nuance that younger minds & personalities hav... | |
| Dream Speakers = landed. Now I need to feed them! Whatever you choose to power them optimizing the internals of the speakers will increase the apparent sound quality by as much a 50%. Putting in the best polypropylene capacitors (top Wimas are recommended) & Vishay resistors will do wonders. ... | |
| moving from house to an apartment.. goodbye 802D's IF you need to downsize - then downsize. That’s what the 805s are for. They are not lacking in bass but a sub would duplicate your 802 experience. Maybe the platforms underneath the 802 will get the job done. Maybe not. If the latter or you don’t ... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Dan D’Agostino's son Bret certainly agreed with your premise & his co. Bully Sound still has their site up even after his demise so presumably they're some kind of going concern >https://bscaudio.com/Pages/aboutHistory.php | |
| Is It Time To Sell My Vinyl Rig? This answer is from another question on a similar subject > I knew someone who owned a wooden powerboat i.e. >https://www.classicwoodenboatplans.com/shop/barrelback-custom-19He said either you get it or you don’t. Of course, fiberglass boat... | |
| VINYL SUCKS! I knew someone who owned a wooden powerboat i.e. >https://www.classicwoodenboatplans.com/shop/barrelback-custom-19He said either you get it or you don’t. Of course, fiberglass boats are infinitely more practical & convenient. All it takes i... | |
| members and their systems There is a true story of a famous reform (the least traditional type) rabbi who gave a sermon in Toronto, Canada in the '70s. He recounted he read a story in the press somewhere of a middle-class lady being interviewed about her sexual habits vis ... | |
| Paying with a cashiers check? Need advice! The worst thing that could happen is if you went through this & got what you paid for as promised. You would then at some point think you could do it again on AG and/or in life in some other way. What you're doing here (& this is an excel... | |
| Would you Upgrade? As a Focal first generation BE owner, I’d have to say it’s something of a sideways move. The Focal Beryllium tweeter is arguably more exciting & dynamic perhaps with a lower distortion midrange but not really enough of either to especially war... | |
| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so If you’re looking for a bit of power, you might want to reconsider the Ayre Ax-5 Twenty generally considered to be one of the highest quality integrated on the market & better value at its retail of 15k (It’s so good that they keep raising the... | |
| Grounding with a Earth box? The Nordost grounding box makes a huge difference, really & I mean VERY noticeably cleaning up the sound (the extent of which surprised me, I didn’t go in open-minded) - but they make no claims to stuffing it full of minerals etc. Used can be ... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range According to Stereophile's measurements its's fabulously efficient - 94.5 sensitivity BUT: "it needs to be used with an amplifier that can deliver high current into low impedances. Not only are there two minima in the bass of less than 2 ohms, an... | |
| Overrated/Underrated Unbelievably (the right word) underrated (& this may make no sense until you’ve heard them in this way) is the 1970’s JBL 2500 bookshelf speaker (used & often available for 50 to 75 dollars) - PROVIDED you put in a kick-ass capacitor in th... |