Have you ever met an audiophile?

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by BillB on

Well, I'm sure plenty of people have met audiophiles (in person) but I mostly haven't, really (other than dealer staff). Met someone who reportedly has Maggies but I haven't heard them; and I once met someone with Thiels and I did hear about 10 min of music there. That was years ago and I've never run into anyone else. Plenty of computer geeks, tv big screen consumers, car freaks, wine snobs, etc out there but I don't hear doodly about music reproduction, from my little social circles.

The Thorens TD 309

The Thorens TD 309

Jul 02, 2009

Look: I mean, listen: I mean, look: I'm the sort of guy who is comfortable with the idea that there's more than just music to this whole hi-fi thing. It's not <i>all</i> about the music. That's bullshit. It's also about friendship and peace and art and beauty. It's about <i>belonging</i>. You can get into hi-fi even if you don't listen to music. What? Yes! It's about getting drunk and high and lost. It's about girls and boys. It's also about the gear. But you can get into hi-fi even if you don't like gear. What? Yes! It's about more than just what the gear <i>does</i>. It's also about how the gear <i>looks</i> when it does what it does. Hi-fi is a full-on sensory attack, a blissed-out mind-fuck, an ocean, a sky, a lion in the tall, yellow grass. We feel with our heads and our hearts, with our ears and our eyes and every little bit of our little human selves.

Vinyl Man

Vinyl Man

Jul 02, 2009

Um, Vinyl Man's favorite colors are orange and green, obviously. This photo was taken by intrepid crime photographer, Michael Lavorgna, outside the old Justice League Europe Headquarters in Paris, France.

Upgrading the ol' 'table!

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The Entry Level
Submitted by judicata on

Hey, fellas - long time no post!

I've almost decided to upgrade my turntable soon, and I wanted to get your ever-helpful thoughts.

What I have: Rega P2 w/Exact cartridge, and Graham Slee Era Gold MK V phono stage.

Now, with the help of my local dealer, I've narrowed it down to two possible paths (although I'm open to suggestions):

(1) Get a VPI Scout (not the Scout 2) for somewhere under $1800 MSRP. I'd keep my Exact for now, but maybe snag an Ortofon 2M Black in the future (yummy!).

State-of-the art computer audio!

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Computer Audio
Submitted by struts on

Well I was down at Audio Concept today picking up my HD 800s and as usual Robert had something new I just "had to hear".

The product he was singing the praises of today was the recession-flouting ORACLE MA speaker cable from MIT ($25k if I heard correctly. I have learned after all these years that when he mentions prices he is generally not joking).

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