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Resurrection of a very old thread. I wanted to dive into the high efficiency speaker circle and bought a pair of used Forte IV earlier...

If all the big three CD quality streaming services charge relatively the same cost to subscribe I guess it just comes down to witch...

I tried to reach the US Auralic site this morning and no bueno! Have they just shut off the US or completely shut down?

My takeaway from the article was the focus on switching from tube equipment. I have been told musical equipment gear (guitar and bass...

Mark, no it was another solid state preamp. I had a love hate relationship with the Ref 5SE, unfortunately it moved to a new loving owner.

What does everybody think of this article? https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/07/tube-amp-designer-says-tube-amps-dying/

I have never had any experience with a 300b SET type amp so I didn’t want to invest a lot of money. I have read for years on the virtues...

Amazing collection. If you have any pictures you care to share please post them.

I did not know they were owned by Music Direct. That is interesting. I do know Victor Khomenko the founder is still active with the...

The Golf R fool a lot of track people when they are forced to let them by. I know. BUT the risk is not worth the reward for such a nice...

That is amazing. All the destination west coast tracks. Are you going to track your Golf R?

Here are mine. 24 Cayman GTS 4.0. 24 911 C2S 992.1.

Awesome. Two of the great analog Porsche models. I have been on track with a few Golf R, very fast capable track cars.

What you got?

I have a separate room to experiment with my audio hobby. Created a full tube amplification system. DAC to power amp. It is amazing how...