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| What would you do? For what it's worth, I picked up a Denon DP-37F a few years ago, put a new Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge in it, and have never looked back. It does have that "servotracer" tonearm, and it may be that a better cartridge would sound better in a fine but... | |
| God, I hate to ask this… @williamjohnston My deepest sympathies. Do you live near a major cancer center? There are many new treatments with remarkable results. A colleague whose stage 4 illness was diagnosed about a decade ago is still doing well (he was treated at Stanf... | |
| What does the audio term 'air' mean? audio-b-dog, Your question seems to me more articulate than the responses it got, so it's kind of hard to know what to say that you haven't already thought of. I don't know what you mean, however, when you write that "music not only travels on a... | |
| Soft-dome tweeter damage - NBD or permanently compromised? This "hobby" is driven by OCD (or perfectionism, if you prefer). People passionately debate the merits of cable break-in or power cords, Shakti stones and Schumann Resonance Generators. So OF COURSE a damaged tweeter dome should be replaced, and i... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? @bdp24 As you subsequently note, music reviews on Audiogon, and in Stereophile, TAS, etc., are mostly about sound quality. But you're right: I'd forgotten that there's a "music" discussion topic on this forum. Be that as it may, my comment was a... | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! Volume matching in A/B comparing is important. Usually, louder will sound "better," even by 1 dB. However, I'm of the opinion that one should choose volume levels to match what one thinks the source probably sounded like. Tool? 100 dB is about r... | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? This is an audiophile site, not a music site. Other than occasional lists of favorite albums or bands, there is essentially no discussion of music on this site. And that’s fine. Music reproduction provides a thrill of its own, which is not necessa... | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters Agree with what @knotscott has posted here. I have some possibly unique additional input. My favorite speakers are Scientific Fidelity Teslas (I also own Von Schweikert, PSB, Maggneplanar, and B&W, and I’ve heard several others in my listenin... | |
| What does your Virtual System page say about you? Very surprised by these responses. I'd have thought that audiophiles were compulsive perfectionists who never do anything with their systems that they can't justify with elaborate arguments. For me, I list components in order of their importance... | |
| “A complete unknown” Saw it yesterday and liked it much more than I'd expected to. Chalamet is amazing; he somehow manages to imitate not only Dylan's singing voice and guitar/harmonica playing (he had to learn all of that; he'd contracted to do the movie before the p... | |
| Which sounds better 2 way or 3 way speaker design To say, as the OP does, that "a 3 way design will give the listener a much better chance to hear the full audio spectrum as opposed to a 2 way design" is like saying a car with five speeds must go faster than one with only four. It reflects no und... | |
| Which sounds better 2 way or 3 way speaker design Agree with @yogiboy, @bache, et al. The question is ill-posed. It's not as if you get a better result if you buy a speaker with more drivers in it! There are always compromises, and crossovers are one such compromise that gets multiplied with addi... | |
| What Speaker Cables Taught Me About Audiophiles Erik, Thank you for this. It's a fine example of...well, of one of the very many manifestations of subjective bias in our common obsession. Yesterday, I spent a few hours with a friend's superlative system. He has written many reviews and other ... | |
| ??? What Is The MOST Expensive System You Ever Heard ??? What Was Your Opinion ??? Our local audio club has some very well-heeled members. One of them built what is essentially a whole house for his system: about 1,000 sq ft, Craftsman wood paneled, designed in consultation with an acoustician. Then he installed about $850K wort... | |
| analyzing sound I'm surprised there are not a lot of responses to this perfectly reasonable posting. As it happens, there are "annotated playlists" (and CDs) that are specifically designed to demonstrate various audiophile virtues. Consider, for example, Chesky's... |