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| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? soix I heard the Josephs at the Seattle show recently and they sounded VERY nice. I'll look up the others...thanks. P | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? tomcarr Congrats on the B&Ws and getting a good deal! To be fair though, they are in the same (new) price bracket as the Vandy Quatro CTs, and I would buy those in a heartbeat and never look back. They are special. Cheers. | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? If you’re reading this, a certain person whose handle begins with T, don’t think I am a heretic or defector or don’t appreciate your advice and generosity. I do! I get analysis paralysis or over-analyze and second/third/fourth guess myself. It’s a... | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- soix THANKS for your perspective as a reviewer. I didn’t mean for anyone to think I’m making a broad accusation about the integrity of high-end audio reviewers— I certainly am not. Just as I took camera reviews in consumer magazines like Popular ... | |
| For Vandersteen owners & lovers: Which other brands do you like? gdnrbob You should post this on the Vandersteen forum I would never do that...that is Richard V’s house. He has been generous with me in offering information (even calling me once) as have others on that site. One member just had me to his hom... | |
| Vandersteen Forum Hey tomic601, re: God, i hope my wife doesn’t read this thread, i’m not even close to point five $ M Well get busy, man! 😂 Another 7+7 rig for SoCal! | |
| What should be mandatory in every professional published review- I am probably idealistic, but I would like to know a reviewer’s ties and obligation to any company whose products are they reviewing, along with the publication’s. "Pay to play", payola, freebies, etc have long plagued magazines that review gear, ... | |
| opticalRendu network streamer – a review I have used the MicroRendu for a few years and it is excellent. I will probably upgrade to the Ultra or Optical Rendu. They pair very well with the SGC Sonictransporter Roon server. I considered servers from Nucleus, Aurender, Wyred4Sound, and oth... | |
| Tube preamp options Richard Vandersteen comment on the upcoming preamp https://forum.vandersteen.com/topic/979-new-vandersteen-preamp/#comment-8819 | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? crustycoot re: I always thought that stereo was an invention of Alan Blumlein One of my favorite recordings is Ry Cooder’s "A Meeting by the River", with V.M. Bhatt. It was produced/recorded by Kavi Alexander of Water Lily Acoustics. He used t... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? "That's why I prefer it. I'm dated tech." LOL ... me too! Thanks for the chuckle. 😅 | |
| Recommendation for Headphones under $250 calgarian5355 Mass, or Massdrop, is an outfit that makes deals with manufacturers to make a lower-priced version of their product, iirc. So, the Mass6xx is identical to the Sennheiser-branded phones and I see they are branded Senn and Mass. I t... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? Sometimes I feel constrained by needing to be in the "sweet spot" in my listening chair. For that reason I have considered getting speakers that are more omnidirectional or which present a wall of sound with a much broader listening area (though f... | |
| Best DACs under $7,000.00 Dear blisshifi The T+A 200 DAC is one that I am seriously interested in, but only if I can use it as a DAC/preamp. I would run it straight to my power amp. CAN YOU tell me about the preamp section, and how good it is for use like that? I had bee... | |
| DAC diminishing returns tweak1 My current dac, is the Audio Alchemy DDP-1 dac/pre I am using that and loving it. I have been shopping for a tube preamp, which will mean picking a separate DAC, and it's been frustrating. I am spoiled by the DDP-1, having the DAC/pream... |