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In Reply to: i think it's amusing that... posted by analog guy on April 21, 2007 at 10:24:05:
There is a guy in my neck of the woods I see at the hi-fi store and the record swap meets. He has a Verity Parsifals, BAT mono's, a BAT pre and BAT phono pre, very expensive cables and a top Shunyata line conditioner, has had both the Koestsu Black and Shelter 901, and has something like 2-3 boxes of records. I found this out when he sold his $5k cd player on consignment at the hi-fi store. I asked my salesman friend if the gentleman had enough records to go analog only. His response: "NO! We've been to his house. He's got about this many records [holds hands about 18" apart]."
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Those would be the LPs in current rotation, the remain 2,500 or so are located in basement.
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
then again, i guess the more important measure is how often music is playing. even if someone has one record or cd (in the extreme case), but they play it all the time, then that's a good thing.is it better to have few recordings played often, or tons of recordings with music playing next to never? i've known a few people in both categories and i think the former is more preferable.
At the record show, the most common thing I hear outta the guy is "Yeah, I don't know that stuff. I'll check it out on the internet and maybe buy it next time." He usually leaves empty handed. He is only interested in audiophile pressings or imports. It really is sad he can't seem to enjoy music for it's own sake, sound quality aside.The worst I heard, though: "I'm looking for Billy Joel, 52nd Street. I've got a Japanese half-speed master but I'm just not happy with it."
I honestly do sort of pity the guy for being willing to drop $2k on a power conditioner, but won't buy records unless they have been okayed by TAS, etc.
For god's sake, get that man some White Stripes! Stat!
folks that take that stuff as gospel often aren't music-lovers, nor will they ever be. they are into the equipment but could just as easily be interested in anything else--it just happens to be audio.i like folks with big krell amps @ home and who view audio as status. :)
Beautiful system. Correct me, are those speakers based on the Snell E's (with everything tweaked to hell and back)?
Yes they are ! I actually started my journey into high end audio many years ago with a pair of Snell type D IV's. I than lived in the land of Thiel for about ten years. Although I liked the Thiels, I missed many things about Snell.It's funny how we can go in a big circle when we get lost. I'm right back where I started.
Is dead can dance something good? I'm afraid to play most of these albums.
You should really listen to the Dead Can Dance. As a point of reference, Lisa Gerrard of DCD did some work on the Gladiator soundtrack. Kinda world music like, kinda classical based at times, really unique overall. Even if you don't like the record it won't be a waste of time to listen to it once.I bought some Snell E II's last fall for a future project. I'd love to hear the design carried out further. It was pretty ear opening for me to listen to them after living with minimonitors all my audio life.
Now if you heard those E's with low wattage SET amps, you'd really be hearing something. (If you haven't already)I've been tempted to buy an old pair of E's just to see how close they come to the Audio Notes. My guess is pretty dam close.
Lets keep our knowledge of these great speakers a secret OK? If word gets out, it may be hard to scoop these up.
I sold a pair of Thiel CS6's and purchased my Audio Note E's. It was by far the best move I've ever made in audio. Dreaded curse of Thiel, so good and so terrible at the same time. It's a long story.
I haven't heard my E's with tubes, but the guy who sold them to my demo'd them very convincingly with one of those $30 Sonic Impact chip amps.I bought my pair locally for $260, and the woofers had been recently refoamed.
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