polkalover
Responses from polkalover
| The Audiophile Upgrade Easiest to Ignore We all chase the desired sound we love. If the last piece is compromised everything before it becomes null. Great advice! | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge Not to be a contrarian- check out a soundsmith fixed coil cart. The zephyr is in your price range. I swear by my paua- it’s the best cart I’ve owned. | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! You know there are many variables that make a system sound good so why not just be gracious and ask the poster questions. All of this is subjective even if technically it says otherwise. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? I watched my dad build his own speaker cabinets for his speakers. And in my teens I bought my own fisher component system cause once again my dad had a fisher tube rack system that I remember could heat a room! But everything sounded so deep, ri... | |
| What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo? As with this hobby there are all differing opinions so here’s mine…. The hardest music to play is the music you love and are familiar with. You build and tweak your system to make the stuff you love sound the best. And if you’re like me with a w... | |
| Show off! Onhwy61- yeah- that’s great! so what do you play? | |
| I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's to quote paul Simon- Every generation throws their hero up the pop chart. | |
| Those singers you enjoy,....that don't really have a great voice? 80’s singers- paul westerberg, Michael stipe, David lowery | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions Aaron Copland- I call it frontier music. Rodeo, Billy the kid suite and Appalachian spring. The music brings to mind any western movie and a nation bursting into west. | |
| Mid-fi tube vs high-end SS I use the musical fidelity m6si best ss amp I’ve ever used. Go get one | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? On the bench CD and digital blows away vinyl. Vinyl wins in the romantic, tactile, visual departments. | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? You may want to look at a raven audio Blackhawk as well. | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? One more to add….musical fidelity m6si. It’s 2 mono blocks on the same chassis. I use it drive Martin Logan’s ethos. It’s has plenty of juice and smooth as butter. | |
| What Is Most Important? thats simple- the sound! otherwise whats the point to all of it, if not to reproduce the best sound? | |
| What is the best 2 channel listening chair? Whats all this favoritism towards chairs? How 'bout a sofa, a couch, a loveseat, a daybed, a chaise all viable alternatives to the chair! why is the chair favored so much? - F*ck the chair! PS- this is sarcasm for people who have lost their se... |