Having always been a late adopter of new technologies ( took me 10 years from CD's introduction to take the plunge & even then I hated what I heard) I've gotten myself in a puzzling situation. I'm over the moon with my Meridian 808.2 CD player but having just been exposed to SACD/DVD-A etc on a friends system I now want to start putting my foot into the higher bit-rate ocean.

Hi all,

Over the post turkey dinner table my nieces, nephews and I got on the subject of music and music reproduction. To cut to the chase they agreed that it would be better to buy CD/LP's and encode them into lossless playback in the computer/iPod. But they are 20 somethings and want to use their music budget to buy only the songs that they want and not whole albums.

An encouraging blog post about the new Mudcrutch live ep. Sounds like some artists and engineers are starting to care. The engineer also offers some logic behind the loudness tendency today.

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The review is flawed. They do not mention the statement which they seem to be based upon, minus the amplifiers. They do not compare them to the chinese made Quad which are beautiful. It reads like Martin-Logan advertising. Gayle Sanders knew how to make beautiful speakers. This one is utterly ugly.

Hi all,

I am interested in understanding some facts about these older tube preamps....compared to tube preamps made in the 80's and 90's from ARC, CJ, Quicksilver, etc how does the sound of the older tube Macintosh preamps compare, assuming the units are functioning up to spec? Were tube preamps in the 60's designed and engineered significantly different than preamps in the 80's and 90's? Were engineering and design improvements made in the 80's and 90's to the point of noticeable sound improvement?

Thank you.

Ruben

Dude, check it out. All of their items - including speakers, cables, carts, etc. - are at LEAST 40% off for 1 day. I took advantage and ordered the Grade 2 Prime, 0.1% tolerance version of their Denon 103 mod, which retails for $700. With the 45% off, it's $384, not bad! Their Druid speakers are also 45% off, so you can get brand new ones, whcih retail for $3400, for just $1870, lower than Audiogon prices. I think the sale is effective only for today...

Who the hell chose the software this forum runs on? It's an absolute mess.

Please excuse my complete ignorance here. I'm putting together a stereo system which is an upgrade from my college years system.
This is the first turntable that I have owned where I had to install a cartridge and balance the tone arm. I understand this is supposed to be a simple procedure, but I am completely mystified.