Thread: Do we have any audiophiles in the house?

I still have a few things form the old days, a Phase liniar 700a, Hafler pre-amp and a couple of Crown 75 watt amps

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

I still have a few things form the old days, a Phase liniar 700a, Hafler pre-amp and a couple of Crown 75 watt amps

Are those Crown rack mount amps? I love those. I wanted to get 7 of them to do my HT amping.

I am happy with my system. All are from the early eighties, except the CD player: Rega Turntable, Naim integrated amp., Linn speakers, and Sony CD player.

I used to write for audiophile magazines but these days, I just enjoy listening to records.

Years ago I trained as a sound engineer, so I do consider myself somewhat of an audiophile, albeit one who doesn't have the disposable cash for all the toys. I do, however, refuse to listen to mp3's, ipods or any downloaded music as the vast majority of people don't realize the signal loss that occurs due to compression, downloading etc. How's that for old school, eh?

I will mourn the day that music goes totally digital, which really isn't that far off, folks.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Years ago I trained as a sound engineer, so I do consider myself somewhat of an audiophile, albeit one who doesn't have the disposable cash for all the toys. I do, however, refuse to listen to mp3's, ipods or any downloaded music as the vast majority of people don't realize the signal loss that occurs due to compression, downloading etc. How's that for old school, eh?

I will mourn the day that music goes totally digital, which really isn't that far off, folks.

The 8 track has come and gone and the cassette and probably the C/D but the old LP will always be with us. There are a few outfits really pushing new analogue recordings and the market is there so I don't think it will ever really disappear much like mechanical watches. We just need to do something about that annoying advertisement for "High definition FM"-Har har.

Jarrod over at The Superior Shave in Florida is an audiophile. His reviews of the products he sells is peppered with references to vinyl:

The Superior Shave

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I will mourn the day that music goes totally digital, which really isn't that far off, folks.

I make no predictions here but I can still track and mix in analog in my little studio. Also, I was at Amoeba in Hollywood the other day and was struck by the overwhelming number of newly pressed vinyl, both new recordings and re-pressings of previous recordings, and not all of it was audiophile stuff. Lots and and lots of CDish priced new records from non audiophile labels.

I have a full Paradign Studio Reference setup that I love very much. Also in the basement I have two 18 inch custom made infinite baffle subwoofers.(FI IB 18's)

these photos are several years old and the giant Mitsu. has been replaced. but you get the idea. yes it's more for Home Theater but works great for audio as well.
I got pretty hard and heavy into tuning it, which is why you see the tripod in the corner, it was to hold the microphone so I could tune sub with a parametric EQ. it was flat down to about 10hz.
Those FI's are crazy good.


during the build.

NICE! I knew there had to be a good representation of audio nuts in the house!

I also agree with bigspendur about having no fear of losing the vinyl LP anytime soon, they just keep making them! One because they just sound so good, and two, for many of the same reasons we shave with straights! The only thing I fear is that they will use digital masters to make them...which I guess if they dont compress (insert Star Trek tech talk here) wouln't be so bad , but IMO would miss the point.

There are a few outfits still recording completely analog (tube only even) like these guys: Analogue Productions

But I don't think they do a lot of new artists... not that Lady GaGa would sound better recorded on a pure analog stream, but Coldplay or White Stripes would have for sure!