:)... that's the beauty of this hobby: no one wants other man's stereo;)... during the last Show before COVID shutdown, it was not huge Von...
LEDs on the headphones? What is the point: for the narcissists always admiring themselves at the mirror, or is it to make you look ‘busy’ when...
@Radio Raheem - You are my kinda man, Congratulations!!! The year when ‘shit happened’ to me I was Googling for Naim DBLs with 15” bass driver…...
Portico Quartet - "Memory Streams" [ATTACH]
maybe they did, the last I had a chance to hear the combination was before COVID shutdown, and it was as you said: too much of a "good thing" for...
+1 to that! Do not know much about Marantz boxes but, personally, I still fall for the BigName :( With Philips Discman I must have mentioned...
Nice Christmas present, Congratulations!!! My wife got me worried a few days ago, she said that for Christmas she wants to buy me "Ariston Forte"...
Crown CD-10 is a rare find indeed! Re-badged Sony D-88 which usually go for waaay over $500, this is a lucky buy!! And lucky me that I missed that...
frankly, I did not expect to see any differences between $1.50 and $30 chips: it is easier to fake the shell than 'laser-trimmed input circuitry'....
80-ies for me are now being felt like half-of-my-life: Graduation+University+Research-Institute+Move-to-Chicago-from-USSR. As one of the brightest...
Welcome, neighbor! :) Being an Old Guy, how did you manage to never have had a ‘tape machine’?
Not sure if anyone will be able to answer my Q: maybe @Longman, @Valentin and a few professionals hiding amongst the tinkerers like myself know...
I am glad this thread had reverted to the OP from some absolutely un-Godly personal insults The Q I was about to ask before @TooCooL4 had posted...
@Emiel - thank you for the reminder, the link you provided shows that The Fathers of this site had been active in the olden days and posted some...
I read more than once that SS and tube amps have different types of distortions: 1st, 2nd, etc... harmonics, and I suspect that @Valentin knows...
Try eBay, but the last time I tried to get one, my $120 bid was not high enough to win Aftermarket adapters from China work fine: SL- XP5 XP7...
@Willng001 - YES! my Naim setup was an 'end-game' for me, not changed in over 10 years. Two NAP-250 driving Naim SBLs in active mode sounded right...
understood! I was wondering if Spectral monoblocks would get a better grip on your Princess-es. This kind of upgrade worked for me but I keep...
Going back to hi-fi: I remember a letter to Stereophile saying that folks whose Stereo is more pricey than Dude’s car are NUTS… Was proud of...
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