trelja
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| Reputable dealers? You rang? Truly deja vu, eh, Michael?Wow, that's about all I can say. The guy who gets not one, but two recommendations is Davis Lewis Audio? Now, I like most of the dealers on this list, but David Lewis Audio? "great service and no attitude", are... | |
| Can I replace/repair a Phillips SACD transport? For the line I represented, all but the flagship player used a Sony CD laser/transport. I'd never seen one of the Philips lasers fail, whereas the Sony's from 2007 had an 85% failure rate. Of course, as Rwwear says, at one time (most likely, when ... | |
| Can I replace/repair a Phillips SACD transport? In my experience, Philips is no worse than Sony in this regard. In fact, I've personally found the Philips CD transports night and day better than the Sony units of the past few years, though I can't speak to the Philips SACD units.Like Gtfour45, ... | |
| What's the bottom line on Oppo 980 for CD playback Joe, thank you for your contribution to this thread.I am interested in trying your modded Oppo. Does the means to get a US version with 110V operation exist? | |
| High End jargon; your take Here in Pennsylvania, when driving an automobile between dusk and dawn, the driver is required to stop after 1 mile, and fire up a flare. If no response is received within 10 minutes, the driver may proceed.Of course, he must stop after traveling ... | |
| High End jargon; your take I agree with the above comments, even if my own personal opinion is that the Q scale is skewed a bit low for my tastes. I realize these are the historical numbers, but I feel a value of 0.5 is beyond ascetic. Then again, there are a lot of guys wh... | |
| High End jargon; your take Entrope, "Tight = several drinks into the evening"Personally, my goal is that she would be loose at that point.We agree on warm, which my aim is to go hand in hand with loose. | |
| Materialism or Idealism is hope alive? And Request Blackstonejd, while we do not agree on the source being the most important link in the audio chain, I take my hat off to your post!I feel your point that Redbook CD is not an inherently good format for the audiophile from a sonic perspective is in... | |
| Into 2009; What rules?? Tubes or Solid State For me, it's tubes. Like Nillthepill, personally, I've never heard a system with a solid state amplifier that would cause me to throw the box away.Of course, the statements about loudspeakers are most salient, but the speakers that I would put mon... | |
| Happy Thanksgiving fellow Audiophiles Thanks for initiating this thread!HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! | |
| All out assault in a 11x15 room I own Coincidents myself, and listen in the nearfield. I also used to have them in a fairly small room (13' X 15'). One of the biggest improvements I've made was putting them into a larger (17' X 25') room.While I like most of their speakers, they... | |
| darTZeel new mono blocks - coming soon Viridian is one of the most knowledgeable people here on Audiogon. While he's also the flat out funniest guy here, do not underestimate his knowledge, experience, and perspective.I might be wrong, but isn't Mr. Tinn's first name, Jonathan, not Jon... | |
| Self bias tube integrated or power amp suggestions Until recently deciding to end the relationship, I served as the North American Consonance importer/distributor for the past 2 years. Now, I'm just looking to liquidate the stuff, most likely at the best pricing available - often at less than my o... | |
| When has a piece of equipment paid for itself?? I think Markphd puts the whole thing into very succinct and understandable terms.I'm of the same opinion as The Doctor (Mechans) - you need a good tube amplifier to be happy in this hobby. Over the past five or so years, I've continued to stumble ... | |
| Life without a remote I generally don't use a remote. Never bothered me one bit, but from what I have seen, for most audiophiles, it is a requirement. It seems we're now willing to compromise sonic performance (presuming a unit being considered without the remote is su... |