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NEW products from Music Hall
Music Hall is known and respected for solid, good sounding products that are serious value. Here are two new ones. Music Hall mini plus Hey, I hear ya, it’s hard to excited about another “new” cheap phono preamp, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Cables, Cables, Phono cartridges, Turntables, Turntables, Uncategorized
Tagged Music Hall, music hall mini plus
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Me versus stores
When you walk into an audio store demo room you can see all their speakers lined up. With me it’s completely different. When you walk in you see only one pair of speakers in my demo/living room. Here’s a problem — I find that even people who visit … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, acoustic treatments, Amplifier, Analysis Plus, Audio racks and stands, bel canto design, Bookshelf Speakers, Cables, center channel speaker, Components, DAC, Equalizer, Gallo speakers, GoldenEar Technology, Headphones, Hybrid amplifier, Hybrid integrated amplifier, Integrated amplifier, Music Hall 11.1, Network receiver, Phono cartridges, Power cables, Preamplifier, Record cleaning machine, Room acoustics, Speakers, Standmount speakers, Subwoofers, Tower speakers, Turntable Mat, Turntables, Turntables, USB converter, Vacuum tubes, Vincent Audio, WireWorld cables
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2015 Stereophile recommended components
I like Stereophile‘s idea of ranking components with grades. The latest ratings divide speakers into categories according to how much bass they produce and how deep it goes. This makes a lot of sense, but confuses me a bit. . The ten Class … Continue reading
Posted in Components, DAC, Phono cartridges, Preamplifier, Speakers, Tower speakers, Turntables
Tagged 2M Blue, ASC, Bel Canto Design, bel canto design ref 500m, DAC 2.7, DAC 3.7, GoldenEar, GoldenEar Technology, Grado, Ikura, Music for Pleasure, Musical Design, Ortofon, Sandy Gross, St. Louis, St. Louis stereo, Stereophile Recommended Components, The Sound Room, The Speaker and Stereo Store, Triton One, Triton Two, Tube Traps
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Reviews, reviewers, snark.
Summary of the Stereophile – July 2015 issue Michael Fremer reviewed “The best tonearm in the World” 5 pages. He loved it. $28,000. (Should I say more? I think that if you can seriously consider a $28,000 tonearm can afford … Continue reading
Posted in Amplifier, bel canto design, center channel speaker, Components, DAC, GoldenEar Technology, Integrated amplifier, Speakers, Turntables, Turntables
Tagged Art Dudley, Bel Canto Black, Herb Reichart, Kalman Rubinson, Leland Leard, Music Hall Audio, Robert Deutsch, Robert Kozel, St. Louis, St. Louis audio, SuperCenter XXL
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It amazes me
How great an incredible variety of audio gear exists across the world. I spend/waste a lot of time on the internet looking at online review magazines, and to me the number of international companies making high-end components is staggering. Clearly there … Continue reading
Posted in Turntables, Uncategorized
Tagged Music for Pleasure, St. Louis stereo, Stereo Haven, The Sound Room, VPI, VPI Direct
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