Sorry if this has been asked.
Has anyone compared the A5 to the S3 MkII? I'm curious as I have seen a few pair of S3 MkII come up for sale as people are moving to the new S3 version.
My 1st Stereophile magazine was Vol. 12 No. 1 Jan 1989.
My 1st The Absolute Sound magazine was Vol. 17 Issue 80 Jun 1992.
I had collected and saved every issue since. Well today I have packed them all up to meet the recycling center tomorrow. WOW these thing are heavy! It's funny glancing...
OK I know this might start a firestorm but hopefully it will not.
I have been in the crazy hobby more years than I want to count. The one thing over the years that seem to be constant is the good old "gear needs to be broken in to sound it's best". Now I'm a believer that gear sounds...
I have a few power cables that are heavy and leaning down due to their weight. The IEC ends that plug into my gear.
What are people using to support their cables? I know Furutech makes a riser but I'm not sure I want to send that much. Of course if we spend crazy amounts of money for cables...
I have Stereophile mags from 1989-2022 and Absolute Sound from 1994-2022. It is time for me to donate, sell, burn, etc. them. I know a few of you have come across this as well. What did you do with your old mags?
I have a friend who is trying to register on WBF. He is stuck at the question "Can you spell?". He said he typed, yes, but the site says something like invalid format. What is the correct response? I believe he even tried No as an answer but still no luck.
I'm in the process of buying a new TT setup. I might even pick up a used Aesthetix Io preamp from a friend. My question is how do you decide on a cartridge. It is nearly impossible to try a few before buying one. I can ask friends, dealers, etc. but that tends to lead me to buy what they like or...
I'm looking at a pair of Genesis 300 as my next speaker. Anyone have any experience good or bad with them? I'm trying to decide if I should save up for a newer version of Genesis speakers or not. I could grab these for around 8K.
Thanks