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| Cartridges: Complete Scam? "Which is better, a Pass or an Onkyo?"The Pass is better. Not, it's better if its paired with Pass pre-amp. Not, depends on your definition of use-value.That MoFi system at Capital Audiofest sounded really good. That was a $2k table + cartridge co... | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS First of all, taking a week off because of Thanksgiving is absurd. Also, this is taking too long regardless of holidays. | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? According to this comparison exercise that compared sub-$1000 cartridges being played on a $1,500 VPI Traveller, the reference setup thrown in there as an ultra high-end control (almost $200k) came in SECOND to a Audio-Technica. And then there wer... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? If someone asked you: "Would I see a major improvement in sound if I upgraded from my Elac bookshelves to a pair of Magico Q3s?" You would answer, absolutely yes you would.Not: "You have to pair them with ultra high end amps and sources."Not: "Som... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? Saying “an expensive cartridge sounds great in an expensive system” isn’t answering the question, it’s simply punting it into the realm where the premise can’t be easily tested. In fact I do go to audio shows, most recently Capital Audiofest which... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? Not asking anyone to agree with me — in fact I’m inviting disagreement. "Nah those guys are full of it there’s a big difference when you move up the line," could be one response. But instead I’m getting roundabout confirmations. Only one responder... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? Wow guys...wow. Allow me to sum up your replies:randy-11: "It’s a scam"stevecham: "It’s a scam"knownothing: "Not a scam"Inna: "It’s a scam"nandric: "It’s a scam"jmcgrogan2: "It’s a scam"jperry: "It’s a scam"geoffkait: "It’s a scam" | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl I heard that the PHONO STAGE is the heart of the vinyl system, and if there’s one place you shouldn’t scrimp it’s there. | |
| Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? But they don’t look like much, but have very high prices. | |
| Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? SR is a scam, but I’m not calling Basis that, just curious about the value proposition.Is the 1400 worth it, it would I be much happier with the next level up? How much is Basis’ perscision engineering worth compared to other, perhaps less, exacti... | |
| Best looking reel to reel The one in the Skogard room at AXPONA was super attractive. | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl I worry a lot about getting into vinyl at too low a quality point. I visited CAF over the weekend and the show was dominated by vinyl systems -- some of them were outstanding. The MoFi setup with the TADs was particularly amazing at "only" $2k for... | |
| Thinking of replacing my Bat spaceheater with class D, real world thoughts please The key factor is that class D is physically, mathematically inferior to class A-A/B.That's not to say you can't accept the inferiority for the sake of something you value over absolute sound quality. | |
| 845 tubes. New not old stock Anyone try the Shuguang black bottles?There are exactly 2 factories in the world that make 845s: Shuguang and KR. | |
| Class D is just Dandy! When I was trying to the latest class D experiment, Nord was on my short list. I ended up going with D-Sonic because the latest Pascal modules are supposed have technology that lowers switching noise to levels lower than previously possible and th... |