Recent content by PBB

America Is the Only Country That Went from Barbarism to Decadence Without Civilization In Between

Did you notice that ARC went belly up not long ago and was taken over by a granite company?

''bookazines'' ! That is a worthy addition to my vocabulary!

Good and brave answer!

A new SACD player.

Yes, mine is a large basement room that looks pretty old fashioned with wood panelling, suspended ceiling and terrazzo floor. Kind of H shaped. Many large windows. I tamed the real bad aspects with many carpets, homemade acoustic panels and blinds. Main area approx 12 feet by 29 feet but the...

dark walnut? I always believed that they came either in black lacquer or in a very nicely book matched figured wood on the light golden side of the spectrum. Thanks!

Feel is everything in most human activity. Human hands are marvellous, although the crowd here will probably disagree as they would upgrade them in a heartbeat for a superior nec plus ultra model if they could.

Tough crowd!

Thanks, you are right it was a misprint in info from the web. It is stated as 88 db in the booklet that comes with the speakers, I presume measured in accordance with the standard one metre distance from the baffle, I will go with that. Regards.

Does anyone know what the measured efficiency of that model actually is? The Website only mentions the sensitivity of the tweeter. I can't understand why anyone would require that information and have no interest in the full system's efficiency. I am looking at downsizing and the one thing I...

Wow what an amp! Built to defend itself from all comers... What a ridiculous looking contraption.

It's only human. The issue is the corner stone of audiophilia: this notion that human hearing is sooooooo poifect. It ain't. From experience I can tell you that the won ton soup in the usual eatery I go to in Chinatown never tastes exactly the same, even more so when I have a head cold.

Thanks!