My aftermarket stands for the Magneplanar 3.7 arrived yesterday, courtesy of Grant VanderMye of Mye Sound. Okay, ignoring the clutter on the floor (yep, still waiting on AudiAV to deliver on the last few parts […]
Attempted to sell something on AudiogoN, and this user made an offer. I accepted and 48 hours later he backed out. 48 hours after that, he was back, with an even lower offer. I accepted […]
First Pass 9/22/11 I’ve been told, repeatedly and with great authority, that the Playback Designs MPS-5 is the best DAC available. Full stop. And yes, that includes the $80k dCS stack. True? Well, I can’t […]
Remember those excellent speaker cables from Black Cat that I talked about a while back? You know, the Morpheus XL? Well, it seems that they’re heading out into the light of day. Production time! The […]
The Alpha DAC from Berkeley Audio has been rev’d. Apparently, all new DAC shipments out of the CA-based company will sport new labeling as “Series 2”. The new DACs will look exactly like the old […]
A friend of mine (who also happens to be an audio dealer) mentioned in passing that it’s an odd name for a piece of gear. I mean, really. Lampizator? What the hell? I’m sure there’s […]
I sold my Alpha. I’m still not really sure why. It’s complicated. But — it’s gone and I have the cash in hand. The HRT Streamer II+ is standing in for now (and doing a […]
Ok, ordered some Dueland resistors (two 2R 10w, wound together, per speaker) — or rather, re-ordered some Duelands. The problem? The leads were too short to simply insert them into the tweeter attenuation port. D’oh! […]
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