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In Reply to: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana posted by SoundMann on April 24, 2016 at 11:32:46:
Everyone has their own idea of sonic nirvana, some favor "convenience-meaning streaming digital" over the last bit of sound created by Vinyl or CD.
Others don't mind changing records manually, dealing with tube issues, etc.
Depends on what you are willing and able to tolerate.
I had many different systems, my favorite and most musically accurate was Thor all tube electronics. Quad ESLs, ClearAudio Champion table, and reasonably priced interconnects.
What I don't agree with are the absolutely insane prices manufacturers are charging for various types of audio equipment that do not measure up to their marketed hype.
And I was a dealer so I got allot of it for reasonable prices, or if very unknown product nothing just to try and sell it for them.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 11:32:46 04/24/16 (128)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - llanger 13:16:50 04/30/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 08:03:44 04/26/16 (20)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 06:21:50 04/28/16 (19)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 19:24:13 04/28/16 (18)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 07:22:43 04/29/16 (17)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 19:11:33 04/30/16 (1)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 04:05:07 05/01/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 08:34:35 04/29/16 (14)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 04:08:06 05/01/16 (4)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 07:27:19 05/01/16 (3)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 09:17:53 05/01/16 (2)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 17:47:50 05/01/16 (1)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 06:49:10 05/02/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - SoundMann 12:51:24 04/29/16 (8)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 13:13:17 04/29/16 (7)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - SoundMann 14:59:26 04/29/16 (6)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - SoundMann 15:04:30 04/29/16 (5)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - SoundMann 15:17:44 04/29/16 (4)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - SoundMann 15:30:09 04/29/16 (3)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - morricab 06:51:46 05/02/16 (2)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 17:52:03 05/05/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school , name one ....? - A.Wayne 08:21:20 05/03/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - audioaddictNY 05:39:22 04/26/16 (0)
- You take pride in being a settler. - soulfood 20:33:42 04/25/16 (0)
- Nothing wrong with charm, but..... - Bob Neill 14:34:04 04/25/16 (1)
- RE: Nothing wrong with charm, but..... - Frihed89 00:18:01 04/26/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 07:23:15 04/25/16 (4)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 07:30:29 04/25/16 (3)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 07:50:24 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - E-Stat 15:25:50 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 07:57:11 04/25/16 (0)
- A camel has as much chance of passing through the eye of a needle as a rich man has of entering audio nirvana. - geoffkait 03:52:00 04/25/16 (7)
- You Seem Pretty Pleased With Yourself... - Doug Schroeder 06:35:12 04/25/16 (5)
- RE: You Seem Pretty Pleased With Yourself... - A.Wayne 10:06:23 04/25/16 (0)
- Huh?! - geoffkait 09:59:27 04/25/16 (0)
- Maybe.... - MannyE 07:10:07 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Maybe.... - Tweaker456 17:26:45 04/25/16 (1)
- RE: Maybe.... - MannyE 07:42:10 04/26/16 (0)
- Obviously, the "rich man" is not too skinny... - genungo 04:17:23 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - hahax@verizon.net 20:53:09 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - Todd Krieger 20:34:39 04/24/16 (6)
- At least in the case of Classical music ... - Feanor 07:22:21 04/25/16 (4)
- +1, with caveats - genungo 18:36:30 04/25/16 (0)
- "Perhaps Auto-Tune or other processing technologies are used less in case of classical" - Chris from Lafayette 11:08:43 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: "Perhaps Auto-Tune or other processing technologies are used less in case of classical" - Todd Krieger 01:25:47 04/26/16 (0)
- RE: "Perhaps Auto-Tune or other processing technologies are used less in case of classical" - SoundMann 11:19:57 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - morricab 02:13:55 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - SoundMann 18:33:20 04/24/16 (1)
- Not that you'll actually tell us - E-Stat 19:03:50 04/24/16 (0)
- Would you care to provide some examples? - E-Stat 16:40:59 04/24/16 (26)
- RE: Would you care to provide some examples? - SoundMann 16:43:53 04/24/16 (25)
- Examples of... - E-Stat 16:58:15 04/24/16 (16)
- RE: Examples of... - SoundMann 17:02:21 04/24/16 (15)
- RE: Examples of... - SoundMann 17:04:07 04/24/16 (14)
- RE: Examples of... - SoundMann 17:06:29 04/24/16 (13)
- RE: Examples of... - SoundMann 17:25:41 04/24/16 (12)
- How about this.... - MannyE 07:50:09 04/25/16 (9)
- RE: How about this.... - SoundMann 07:51:58 04/25/16 (8)
- RE: How about this.... - MannyE 08:14:10 04/25/16 (7)
- RE: How about this.... - SoundMann 09:08:29 04/25/16 (6)
- RE: How about this.... - SoundMann 09:33:42 04/25/16 (5)
- Hmmmmm OK then this.... - MannyE 11:33:19 04/25/16 (4)
- RE: Hmmmmm OK then this.... - SoundMann 12:20:38 04/25/16 (3)
- RE: Hmmmmm OK then this.... - MannyE 13:42:35 04/25/16 (1)
- RE: Hmmmmm OK then this.... - SoundMann 14:24:02 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Hmmmmm OK then this.... - SoundMann 12:22:10 04/25/16 (0)
- That's about as nebulous as you can get! - E-Stat 17:40:17 04/24/16 (1)
- Agreed. He wasted several posts... - mlsstl 06:28:05 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Would you care to provide some examples? - SoundMann 16:56:59 04/24/16 (7)
- RE: Would you care to provide some examples? - Tweaker456 19:09:12 04/24/16 (0)
- Actually - E-Stat 17:52:52 04/24/16 (5)
- RE: Actually - SoundMann 18:22:24 04/24/16 (4)
- RE: Actually - morricab 01:54:13 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Actually , yes and No - A.Wayne 01:35:22 04/25/16 (0)
- Why didn't you begin with that point of reference? - E-Stat 19:36:50 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: Actually - SoundMann 18:23:25 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - kenzo 15:48:11 04/24/16 (0)
- Maybe you're old... - AbeCollins 15:05:27 04/24/16 (15)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - SoundMann 15:11:53 04/24/16 (14)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - AbeCollins 16:04:26 04/24/16 (12)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - SoundMann 16:18:27 04/24/16 (11)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - AbeCollins 16:28:23 04/24/16 (10)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - SoundMann 16:39:13 04/24/16 (9)
- So... - E-Stat 17:42:49 04/24/16 (8)
- RE: So... - SoundMann 18:14:07 04/24/16 (7)
- RE: So... - morricab 02:31:51 04/25/16 (1)
- I'm with you on ceramic drivers - KeithR 18:40:27 04/25/16 (0)
- Not a big fan of those products, but - E-Stat 18:25:11 04/24/16 (4)
- RE: Not a big fan of those products, but - SoundMann 18:27:04 04/24/16 (3)
- Troll -nt - E-Stat 18:31:17 04/24/16 (2)
- RE: Troll -nt - SoundMann 18:32:07 04/24/16 (1)
- By all means - E-Stat 18:53:27 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: Maybe you're old... - SoundMann 15:28:36 04/24/16 (0)
- Took me a while to think about this, better sound or were we younger - bullethead 14:16:39 04/24/16 (3)
- RE: Took me a while to think about this, better sound or were we younger - morricab 02:24:54 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: Took me a while to think about this - genungo 14:38:47 04/24/16 (1)
- RE: Took me a while to think about this - bullethead 14:40:54 04/24/16 (0)
- No and yes - Awe-d-o-file 13:58:16 04/24/16 (0)
- My system's a mix old and new. - olddude55 13:35:13 04/24/16 (3)
- RE: My system's a mix old and new. - SoundMann 13:39:01 04/24/16 (1)
- Sometime around 1980... - olddude55 14:55:31 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: My system's a mix old and new. - G Squared 13:38:49 04/24/16 (0)
- Can't say I agree - Feanor 13:20:11 04/24/16 (1)
- RE: Can't say I agree - Todd Krieger 20:20:22 04/24/16 (0)
- I completely agree! - gkirkos 13:03:39 04/24/16 (3)
- RE: I completely agree! - SoundMann 13:04:45 04/24/16 (2)
- RE: I completely agree! - gkirkos 13:12:19 04/24/16 (1)
- RE: I completely agree! - SoundMann 13:26:02 04/24/16 (0)
- Well... - musetap 12:42:27 04/24/16 (2)
- RE: Well... - SoundMann 12:57:29 04/24/16 (1)
- RE: Well... - musetap 15:31:43 04/24/16 (0)
- Help! - genungo 12:15:52 04/24/16 (16)
- RE: Help! - SoundMann 12:59:45 04/24/16 (15)
- RE: Help! - Tweaker456 18:52:28 04/24/16 (0)
- BIG 1970's sound? - genungo 13:21:18 04/24/16 (12)
- RE: BIG 1970's sound? - SoundMann 13:28:15 04/24/16 (11)
- You seem to be saying that "imaging and resolve" are being pursued at the expense of... - genungo 14:04:30 04/24/16 (8)
- RE: You seem to be saying that "imaging and resolve" are being pursued at the expense of... - SoundMann 14:14:04 04/24/16 (7)
- RE: You seem to be saying that "imaging and resolve" are being pursued at the expense of... - morricab 02:30:10 04/25/16 (3)
- Strange guy - E-Stat 15:36:14 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Strange guy - SoundMann 18:11:03 04/25/16 (1)
- So sayeth the clueless guy with 63 posts... - E-Stat 18:27:04 04/25/16 (0)
- RE: You seem to be saying that "imaging and resolve" are being pursued at the expense of... - SoundMann 14:15:22 04/24/16 (2)
- RE: You seem to be saying that "imaging and resolve" are being pursued at the expense of... - Kirk57 02:25:03 04/25/16 (0)
- OK, ok... - genungo 14:25:12 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: BIG 1970's sound? - SoundMann 13:32:17 04/24/16 (1)
- RE: "musical" headphones - genungo 13:55:53 04/24/16 (0)
- RE: Help! - ahendler 13:08:18 04/24/16 (0)
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- RE: Old-school, and the quest for musical nirvana - audioaddictNY 05:39:22 04/26/16 (0)