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    Are valves going to disappear?

    Well, I better buy my dream integrated amp while I can. :D
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    What are you listening to right now #62

    I like the vocal analysis from a renowned opera singer covering a pop singer
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    Steve Guttenberg sells his SME 15 for a Technics 1200G

    Yes - I certainly do not want to tell others how to be audiophiles. But I guess that's it - audiophile means sound lover not necessarily "music lover" and there is IMO a big difference between the two. Sort of like cars - some people love fixing them up and detailing them and adding mods to...
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    Steve Guttenberg sells his SME 15 for a Technics 1200G

    Don't get me wrong - of course, you may find a $1500 speaker that will sound better than a poor $5k speaker. But I would make the case that the very best $1500 speaker available will sound worse than the very best $5k speaker available. Indeed, just within one company line-up, it would be...
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    Steve Guttenberg sells his SME 15 for a Technics 1200G

    I am not quite sure why people buy a bunch of cheaper products over one really good one. I know a fellow who buys $1,500 to $2,000 speakers - then every 8 months to 1.5 years sells it to buy another one. He did this for several years and still does - And I am thinking one really good $5,000...
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    Anyone have any preference/opinions on a CD transport (not a player)

    The last best CD transport mechanism was the Philips Pro2 and Pro2LF. If you can find a CD Transport that uses this mechanism it's probably your best starting point. Audio Note uses them in their CDT Two/II transport and up. Metronome uses it as do some Opera Consonance Droplet units...
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    Audionote ANJs to Spendor 3/1

    I happened upon a recent review of a new pair of AN J/LX speakers - (I owned them for 13 years myself). September 2021 https://6moons.com/audioreview_articles/audionote2/
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    Audionote ANJs to Spendor 3/1

    I love my AN K/Spe - It kind of tickles me that they've been selling since 1992 (1982 as a Snell) and still sounding great - not sure the audio industry has done a helluva lot over my lifetime to be honest. I like Jeff's big Tannoy Westministers - the AN K looks so damn small in comparison...
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    Audionote ANJs to Spendor 3/1

    Easy a newer set of Audio Note K/LX speakers - sealed cabinet - only needs 7 watts per channel. The newer ones are much better sounding than the older ones - that also applies to their other speakers - they have changed over the years - albeit their prices have gone up a lot too. The newer AN...
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    CD Better than Records?

    The CD format is technically superior but not necessarily aurally superior based on the recording/mastering but also the quality of the playback chain. Best of all - in 2022 most audiophiles can afford to buy a turntable, a CD player, and computer-based audio. Then it doesn't matter which is...
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    What are some of the best amplifiers without a phono stage?

    Most SS companies are not spending much on a phono stage - we're talking pennies - they're not particularly good but people want features. So I would not really be too concerned if the amp has a phono stage on board. Some companies sell a line version and a phono version of the same amplifier...
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    Best loudspeaker!

    With your budget and basically listening to all kinds of speakers - just take some time and do the auditioning. I have been on a lot of forums for over 20 years and this question comes up many many times and the posters list of dozens of loudspeakers - a lot of them are good speakers. But just...
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    Class A integrated amps

    Ken Kessler reviewed a circa 1990 version of the Sugden A21 and noted that it was 20 watts at 8ohm but 13 watts at 4 ohms. Hi-Fi Choice notes that the Sugden and certain Pass Labs amps operate in Single-Ended - these amps should be treated like a Single-Ended Tube amplifier but without the...
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    Is there any point in a valve DAC

    I agree with this to a point but forums generally add a balance - no matter how much one person raves about some product and no matter how eloquent their writing, there will always be another poster who comes along and dumps on it. Individual bias exists whether people want to admit it or not...
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    Is there any point in a valve DAC

    I am in error - I drew a conclusion that when someone makes a comparison with 300B amps they normally do so with very good speakers specifically designed with such amplifiers in mind. So when you wrote about your comparison I made the erroneous assumption that you had limited experience as no...


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