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    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    Bonzo wrote: Your reply is surprising to me. You're an astute guy but in this instance, not a careful reader. I did not say they are the same and thus most of the strawmen you raise after this comment are inapposite. What I did write was: We have different ideas of what reviews can...
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    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    Chop wrote: "- I can't remember, was it Frank Zappa who said writing about music is like dancing about architecture?" Laurie Anderson LongTerm loans allow a reviewer exposure to that which he/she might not otherwise get to hear and become familiar with. Who would take a long term loan of...
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    The WBF humor and joke thread.

    Almost a buffet for the big cat! Fresh or recently "rested" meat?
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    What's Everyone Reading

    Wow, this was a strange one and quite captivating.
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    What's Everyone Reading

    Binging Murakami
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    What's Everyone Reading

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    What's Everyone Reading

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    What's Everyone Reading

    Haruki Murakami
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    Hello from Norway

    Welcome! Good luck with your venture
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    Thorens New TT

    ROT69: I have a TD125 that I have yet to start restoring. It's pleasant at this point, but I have a Fidelity Research arm to go on it, as well as a more highly specified cartridge. What Thorens do you have? Would you mind sharing your restoration efforts - if PM is more appealing to you, feel...
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    "Long-Term Equipment Loans: A Win-Win for Everyone" by Robert Harley, The Absolute Sound

    Amir: It is my understanding that ddk chose to leave for . . . his reasons. It appears he can invite himself back, if he is so inclined. So far, he's not inclined. So it goes.
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Erik: Bill hit it on the nose. The Motus' designer, Stefan, uses a direct drive design. Stefan, I have read, uses a low torque direct drive, rather than the high torque and highly praised Technics tables. I have not heard a Technics table in a long time - well before I paid close attention to...
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Tom: Interesting that you have Bauer and Motus STST turntables. I'd be interested to hear how you compare them. Maybe they sound very similar? Quite different within the real of analog? From what I recall, the Bauer DPS was designed with some input from Frank Schroeder (tone arm fame) and...
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    High efficiency horn speaker amp question

    Manis: Old thread, are you willing to engage with me about your experience with Neurochrome - we could also open a new thread or do this by PM, if you're willing. I'm curious about Neurochrome's amplifiers, Tom's technical bona fides seem exemplary, even if they don't originate in audio. I'm...
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    I’m struggling to decide about buying an Ayre DX-5 DSD SACD & etc Player

    If you're inclined to experiment, here's a linear power supply for the 203 / 205 series: https://www.oppomod.com/index.html. There is praise for it. You can also look at : https://www.clonesaudio.com/bdmod for your 205. Neither mod requires soldering, apparently. I'm using my 203 as a...
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    What's Everyone Reading

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    Two free music live streams to explore

    Gordon: Thanks. My system is surely not as captivating as many here, but I don't find myself thinking about my system so much these days. Your is also quite nice. I've curious if Pass' A/B amps retained the warmth of their "pure" class A amps, while adding a bit of dynamics/jump factor. If you...
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    Two free music live streams to explore

    I don't stream radio, but the links seems pretty nice. There's a variety to each of the stations. Thanks for the pointers. Larry
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    I’m struggling to decide about buying an Ayre DX-5 DSD SACD & etc Player

    Echo: Whether the Oppo players are to your standard or not, I don't know. However, Oppo provided a nice app available for iOS. I like it very much, but for me I could only get it to work while it was connected by ethernet - that was during the period dealing with my dad's Alzheimers (or mine?)...
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    What's Everyone Reading

    I'm a huge fan of Le Guin, both fiction and non-fiction. I thought with her passing her output would stop, this is a nice surprise. I walked past the anthropology building named after her father nearly every day as an undergraduate - yet another reason for affinity!
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    What's Everyone Reading

    My son is reading this for his high school English class. He liked it but found it brutal. I just gobbled this one - it is a fast and easy read. An amusing and compassionate view of humanity:
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    Antipodes Audio - AMSv4 Software Launched

    I have a CX (ver 2.7?). Is this upgrade fitting for my hardware or is AMSv4 best applied to your more recent offerings?
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    Worst Movie of All Time?

    Independence Day. I started and stopped it ten times because I was befuddled how something so awful could have such high praise. I have not finished it, nor will I. AWFUL!
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    Lampizator announcement: launch of our all new TOTL HORIZON DAC

    Steve: Thank you and Cathy for opening your home and your listening room. I enjoyed hearing your system and the Horizon. You are a dedicated audiophile! Thanks also to Fred and Lukasz for coming. Really interesting to hear Lukasz talk about his ideas and his view of LampizatOr going forward...
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    What unknown ( to you) artist’s music just blew you away

    Michael: What is the image from? I looked up "The United States of America" (the group) but did not see this image associate with them. I'm curious.
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    Availability of Jan Allaerts in the US

    Is there a retailer in the US selling Jan Allaerts cartridges, or must the cartridges be purchased elsewhere? Any recent pricing on their less costly MC1Boron cartridges? Thanks, Larry
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    For what it's Worth-Tesla

    I'm skipping to the end of this thread, but there's probably an unspoken element to acknowledge about electric/battery cars. The heavier your foot, the shorter your range. A service person got to my house before our agreed on time, so I pushed hard on the "gas" [to arrive early] and started...
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    ATC VS WILSON SASHA

    Hear Here . . . No one needs a speaker that emphasizes errors, just one that shows distortion, if it's there.I'm not going to defend ATC from people that don't like them - no point. There are probably more refined speakers in the world than ATC, but that's different than saying ATC "emphasise...
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    ATC VS WILSON SASHA

    David: I'm similarly acquainted with ATC. I've heard/owned all of their speakers, passive or active from the 50s down ( all 10s, but no 11's) and the active 100s. Their active speakers require, for my taste, a matching preamplifier. While I can appreciate ATC's preamps, in the right system...
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    ATC VS WILSON SASHA

    dcathro RE: ATC The entry level ("consumer" as you call them) speakers employ a constrained layer material in the mid-woofers of their 7/11/19 & 40 models. The upper range models, consumer or professional, use their "super linear" model. I'll leave that to Brad to correct. I preferred the sound...

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