Best/worst Audio moments/products of 2013

Goat hair brushes! Not baaaaaaaaaaaad.
 
Best moment: Hands down, upgrading from ML Vantages to ML Spires. Best upgrade I've made since getting the JC1s. Should have done this 2-3 years ago! Honorable mention- Berkeley Alpha USB. The hype is justified. It is like getting a new DAC. Honorable mention 2- Room treatments. If you haven't done it, do it. You will be glad you did.
 
joeinid said:
Goat hair brushes! Not baaaaaaaaaaaad.
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LOL! On a more serious note, they actually work better than a zero stat gun, believe it or not! I have a Zero stat as well with tons of miles left on it and it usually takes two trigger pulls and works 95% of the time. Whereas the Goat hair brush takes one swipe and works 100% of the time. I was even thinking of getting my own goat. "Come here Scruffy, I need you to rub against this record. No Scruffy! Don't bite the record"!

Eric
 
Ha! Too funny Eric. I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip. I am glad you are loving the Marantz cd player.

I hope 2014 is happy and healthy for all.
 
Without a doubt the best audio present of the year was AudioShark. Every day I look forward to reading threads and talking to you guys about all things audio and beyond. Mike, a thank you doesn't begin to express it...

Next in line would be my visit to NYC to meet Steve and Bob and hang out for the day listening to good music on an incredible system with some top-notch speakers. Walking around NY visiting used record shops, stopping in at Katz for lunch and hanging out with Steve couldn't have been any better.

Lastly, reuniting with my long-lost love of vinyl has made me appreciate music even more.

2013 was a great year! I wish everyone all the best for 2014! :heart:
 
The best moment: Joining Audioshark! Getting my Audeze LCD-3 and Woo amp up and going.

The worst moment: Selling my intelligence out and not speaking up, in order to get a good deal on audio equipment at Forrest's "Go big or go home!" site.
(Me, thinking.): Double talk all you want. I won't call you on any of it, but tell me Forrest "What is my best price again?"
Meanwhile the guy on the right of me is pulling up the huge mortgage on the house.
The McIntosh rep to left, is telling me they brought the turntable that Forrest claimed to own for months and had actually pulled from his huge audio storage unit for this demo session.
All of it, was just painful...
PS
The Audeze LCD-3 cans, that Forrest claimed to have (one) left for sale, were dropped shipped from another company. Surprise!!
 
Hi guys merry christmas and a happy new year for everyone!

best moment- the Dcs Vivaldi full stack and the SF Aida together....unfortunately insanely pricey.
Worst moments - some auditions i did with Soulution and Magico. Will never understand all the hype...and price, altough the q7 and the s5 are great.
 
KingRT10 said:
The worst moment: Selling my intelligence out and not speaking up, in order to get a good deal on audio equipment at Forrest's "Go big or go home!" site.
(Me, thinking.): Double talk all you want. I won't call you on any of it, but tell me Forrest "What is my best price again?"
Meanwhile the guy on the right of me is pulling up the huge mortgage on the house.
The McIntosh rep to left, is telling me they brought the turntable that Forrest claimed to own for months and had actually pulled from his huge audio storage unit for this demo session.
All of it, was just painful...
PS
The Audeze LCD-3 cans, that Forrest claimed to have (one) left for sale, were dropped shipped from another company. Surprise!!
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Wow. Just wow. So sorry.
 
First, Merry Christmas to my friends here in the SharkTank...

For me, easily the best in 2013, was the addition of the AMG v12 table with Benz LP-S and MSR isolation rack. Some vinyl tracks just "appear" out of thin air, transporting me to a most joyful place.

And just as easily, the worst would be the highway robbery that has me temporarily without my Sashas and a few other pieces of gear.

Still, I am blessed beyond what I deserve. I have health, the love of a good woman, (and a couple of kitty cats!), and resources to smooth out the bumps in life. And my fellow sharks here in the tank. I am looking forward to rebuilding my system, dialing in the new room, and meeting a few of y'all should you wander to the Portland area.

Here's to a healthy and prosperous 2014.
 
Petro85 said:
Nice thread !!!!
Meeting Bob, Joe, Mike, Allen, Nelson, Barry at Rhapsody in NYC !!!

Spending the day with Doug in NYC walking around, record shopping, listening some more at Bobs.
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Some of you guys are in NYC? Well, on top of finding this forum and participating and reading discussions by some of the nicest guys on an audio forum as my "best of 2013" list, I have to say I am looking forward to meeting a few of you in person in 2014 and sharing some audio and music-related moments. Triode Pete and I are on Long Island, but could easily meet you guys one Saturday for some audio fun. Maybe you might even want to trek east a bit and visit us?

Worst audio moments? None that are truly memorable and I can't live with.

Happy New Year guys,
Bob
 
My best moment was likely purchasing and installing a new Lyra Delos on my VPI Classic 2. This was my first time doing a cart. install so between the VPI jig, stylus weight gauge and Fozgometer it was a long process but I am thrilled with the result and really like the Lyra over my former Benz Glider.

Worst moment was a new puppy (the puppy is great) however she chewed through $600 worth of speaker cable and I was forced to re-locate the speakers to a location where she cannot do the same again and the new location isn't as optimum as the old one.
 
I'd rather put my worst moment behind me and move on. The best moment(s) for me was selling all my Spectral gear and ALL my MIT cables to one nice person ,selling my Magico Q5s to a local person smoothly and taking the leap of faith and buying Vitus gear and Magico S5s. This put lots of $ into the mad money account to let me work on another passion. Vintage Italian motorcycles... Happy New Year!!!!
 
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