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| How do you know if you need to add a sub (without auditioning one, I mean)? You don't NEED a sub, but you may want one. Suggest that you buy a Hsu VTF 15H Mk 2 in plain black for under $1,000 (costs another $150 fro wood veneer finish) and see how you like it. Strongly advise that you add a second one when you can afford it. | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? The Beatles.Hard to choose between 'Something' and 'Why Don't We Do It In the Road' of course. | |
| Recommendations for a new Basement home theater. I'd go looking for a projection set up if you can afford it. That TV is decent, but a bit small for the theatre experience. I use a 110" screen which seems about right.I like (and use) a Marantz AV preamp in my theatre. I'd go for a separate power... | |
| Hi end audio equip sounds better today than in decades past due to tech - T/F While the average quality MAY have improved, certain vintage gear still sounds as good, or in some cases better than current stuff. If you ever have a chance to sit in front of a pair (or even one) original Quad ESL57s driven by original Quad amp... | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? I have around 4,000 LPs - classical, jazz and pop. The movers messed up my filing when we moved a few years ago, and we have just finished resorting. I took the opportunity to sift for duplicates and albums I really didn't want to keep and am sen... | |
| Do you care about car audio? Car audio is something that you improve only if it really bothers you - it is something that has to be just good enough that you can listen to it without wincing while driving to where you have your real system at home.There is a valid argument fo... | |
| Holographic Soundstage ? Is your hearing holographic? When your sound system can reproduce a single unamplified instrument so that you can't tell without opening your eyes whether you are sitting in an audition space listening to the instrument or in your listening room ... | |
| Do you have ways to ease use of vinyl? I have one system with a turntable at 18" and another on a custom stand at 31". The 18" is standard rack height and OK, but hell when I need to do cartridge work as my knees aren't what they used to be. Not bad for playing, though.I much prefer th... | |
| Sending a 110 lb amp to the manufacturer for cleaning/calibration. Good idea? How to ship? I shipped an amp that weighs even more than that to the East (Classe DR3 VHC) but had an original double box. It came back in good shape via UPS, although I was worrying the whole time it was away that some idjit would drop it off a loading dock.I... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? I have two systems with turntables plus a server with about 4000 CDs on it (I have a similar number of LPs). For casual listening, digital gets used more. For listening sessions, it is probably 75% analogue for me. | |
| New turntable: TW or Obama? Keep the arm - hard to better it.Upgrade the table to current model - costs a few thou but have heard very good things about it.I have a series 1 Cosmos with the same arm on it and have been toying with an upgrade (only problem is that it is in my... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Main system uses a Koetsu Urushi/SME V/ VPI TNT V into a Vendetta SCP2D.Second system uses a Lyra Clavis/SME V/ Sota Cosmos/ into a Conrad Johnson Premier 15You can pay ridiculous money for a phono stage today, but if you look around there are som... | |
| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? When we were setting up my dual purpose room for audio and video (only overlap being the main speakers) using some very nice computer analytics as well as our ears, we found that my main speakers (*large Wilsons) nailed the centre image even bette... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Class A sound better? No, lots of factors to consider. You have first of all assumed Class A sounds better. Not always true. Exactly. I own four Class A amps so obviously like what they offer (aside from the heat and the electric bill), but... | |
| WILSON AUDIO.....BIG NAME, BIG PRICE........ARE THEY THAT GOOD? Pretty hard to advise on buying speakers without you auditioning them, and if you can audition them, you won't need anyone's advice.Having said that, I was never a huge fan of the Watt/Puppy in early iterations and haven't heard the 8s so can't he... |