larryrs
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| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! But not germane to the allegation that he relied only on measurements. There are many in the audiophile community who don't listen to live music. | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! I'm not absolutely sure how many entendres allowable, but to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, "the argument that Julian Hirsch relied solely on objective measurements is sound, nothing but sound." | |
| All the old issues of Stereo Review are online!! I grew up with and subscribed to Stereo Review, High Fidelity, and Audio magazines, and avidly read Stereophile, TAS, IAR, Sensible Sound publications, etc. when they arrived on the scene. I have, for years, heard and read many vilifications of J... | |
| Tight bass sub recommendations I would recommend that you take a listen to the newest iteration of the MartinLogan Dynamo subs. I am using a pair of the Dynamo 1100X's with my Magneplanar 3.7i's and they integrate very well. They have the advantage of Anthem Room Correction b... | |
| Strange turntable/speaker issue The U-Turn Pluto is a very good, inexpensive phono preamp that has a subsonic filter. For what it’s worth, Michael Fremer published 2 files played back with the Pluto and the Schiit Mani and listeners preferred the Pluto by more than a 2-1 margin.... | |
| BUY Bryston!!!!! +1 on Bryston. In my experience absolutely top notch service and interactions - always.LarryRS | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? johnnyb53,Very nice stuff for the time and certainly by my standards then! My first stereo was a nondescript Panasonic component system, component in the sense that it had four parts, a receiver, a pair of speakers, and a mini-turntable that had ... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? "1972-1976: Garrard SL95B and Shure M9ED"M91ED? | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? UPDATEDIn chronological order:1971-75 AR XA*75-77 Philips GA21277-82 Connoisseur BD-1 with Grace G707 tonearm*82-present Dual CS5000*2015 Pro-Ject Carbon DCBryston BLP-1current (* still own an AR XA and BD-1 as well as the CS5000)Vinyl Nirvana-mod... | |
| Dual 1019 repair-refurbish recommendations Bill Neumann at Fix My Dual does a great job on the 1219. http://www.fixmydual.com | |
| High end Dual High-end Dual tables of the time were the CS5000, CS7000 and the Golden One - all variants on the same design. None had suspension pods although all were suspension designs. I own a CS5000 and 3 other Duals at the moment. For the time the conte... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Vuyo Sotashe. Saw him in concert with the Jazz at the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis last week. Incredible vocalist. http://www.vuyosotashe.com | |
| Why so few speakers with Passive Radiators? wolf_garcia4,471 posts12-06-2018 2:49pmI have never made a port noise complaint.Absolutely beautifully stated. I would certainly want to to hear them before I forked over my hard-earned (Richard) Benjamin(s). | |
| Which magnepan Congratulations. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do mine. | |
| Am I using the right speaker cables? "Known as the Allison effect (after Roy Allison - a protege of Raymond Villchurs)." I assume this was a reference to Edgar Villchur, founder of Acoustic Research. Generally regarded as the inventor of the acoustic suspension speaker.LarryRS |