First, please excuse me for asking simple questions. I have looked around but cant find the answer to all the below given in a straightforward way I can understand. After about 16 years of hifi inactivity I’ve been upgrading a bit lately and after a bit of faffing around, have settled with my Naim – […]
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Hi all, I recently acquired the BMC MCCI, which is a very interesting design and kind of no holds barred version of the infamous Aqvox – same designer Carlos Candeias. One talented chap as he was also responsible for the famous CEC belt drive and burmester belt drive CD players. The bmc mcci is a […]
I’ve recently decided to be open-minded (for a change, so I’m now into cheap-ass tweaks. A friend managed to talk me into this story how, due to certain piezo-electrical properties, some crystals can affect low voltage circuitry, blah blah blah. To cut the long story short, I took some of the crystals that my wife […]
Neil, is there such a things as honest audiophile marketing, or is that a contradiction in terms? Thanks. Bryan Paul McGowan wrote on the topic: Bad storytelling. Marketing a product is all about telling a story. The story tells the customer what the product’s about, why he might need it and how it relates to […]
Hi. I recently got into Shun Mook and I have found some of their cable silk wraps and I have now purchased 3 and will be getting some more, I keep putting off the LFD SME cable for the moment, each time I just think about it I get an offer of something that is […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== MORE
I know that traditional A/B comparison tests are wonky and iffy, to say the least, but there’s one thing about these tests that is starting to intrigue me: It is one thing to not catch any audible difference between two components in the blindfold A/B test situation (the ‘false negative’ situation), but what’s with […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== OK let’s get to the point…! I have an Icon Audio Stereo 200PP […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== “I hesitated using the title of the thread in case i became […]
Can anyone some it up in a nut shell if possible what the difference in design and output are of class D vs class A power? MORE
Hurray! Either because I can’t think of anything else to say about RCA connectors; because, like the Masters of the ancient Guilds of yore, I’ve gotten secretive and unwilling to share my knowledge with the public; or because I’m simply running out of titles inspired by 1930s cliff-hanger serial movies; I’m finished with RCA connectors […]
I found this article pretty interesting, not because of the brand in question which seems to be some high end ‘audiophile’ company I have never seen, let alone heard of, but how they deal with the changing circumstances for selling these types of products and what the effect of it is: http://www.theaudiobeat.com/news/neodio.htm “French manufacturer Neodio […]
Hi everyone, I don’t usually do this kind of thing (join forums etc) but had to share this… In a past life (single man) I was a Naim nut but have just wasted several years of life perservering with a pair of Linn amps (Kolektor/LK85) to try and get them to sound ‘right’ for me. […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== MORE
Is there any expected character change depending on what tap you use. ie will using the 4 ohm tap always give a tighter but harder sound and as you go up to the 8ohm tap, the sound gets softer? or is it different from amp to amp and speaker to speaker and more down to […]
FYI: A thread – from a while back – that some might find contains interesting observations, advice and so on. Certainly worth dipping in and out of if you have only a few minutes to spare. Neil / editor in chief =========== For the last few days I’ve been using this amazing product on two […]
I’m thinking of buying one of these. Any comments on it’s performance, will it match the O/L modified arm. Whats the best place to buy. (OR) do you have one for sale! MORE
The best stereo equipment I know is forgettable. When everything’s just right I don’t think about the system, only the music. We work so hard to make products that are both remarkable and iconic. Yet, when they do their job, the best we can hope is for them to disappear. Imagine designing an automobile, computer, […]
I’m going to mount my tonearm separately from the TT plinth, although they’ll both be located on the same hardwood shelf. The TT plinth is slate with 3 x mounting cones, each located into a metal disc, which sits on the hardwood shelf. The TT is a Garrard 301 and these are the cones MORE
Paul McGowan: We’ve probably beat this topic of being an Audiophile to death. The discussion sparked a few ideas about how we might get together in service of ourselves. There’s advantage and power in a group, certainly a self serving one. More to follow someday. But today is Thanksgiving. That time of year when we […]
We Audiophiles need to get ourselves out of the stoneage, reject mythology, and say goodbye to superstition. Especially the reviewers, who do us a disservice by endlessly writing articles claiming the latest tweak or gadget revolutionized the sound of their system. Likewise, any reviewer who claims that ABX testing is not applicable to high end […]
I wonder how many of us remember Chris Frankland, one time editor of Popular Hifi who then went on to found the controversial Flat Response and also HiFi Review? Chris was a great innovator and original thinker who blatantly challenged the accepted way of doing things back in the late 70’s early 80’s, and a […]