MarkS

Back in the early spring of '84, I got an invite to a performance of the Guarneri quartet at a private home in Alexandria VA sponsored...

Field coils, tubes, vinyl: a trifecta of ancient tech whose flaws still somehow manage to charm certain ancient dudes ...

I am interviewed out. :)

Cantabile / HT Towers / Super BMR bass reach. I updated the spec to 32Hz - 20K for all of them. In comparison, BMR is 34Hz. So if you...

There's a story about the band AC/DC; when they were finishing their 10th or so album a reporter asked them what it was going to sound...

I think this notion kind of went out the window with ascilab stuff.

in my view the people who can buy a $1M audio set up are likely too busy (to either make money, or to spend them) to sit back and listen...

Really? I have spent quite a bit on my system over the years, including on speakers, but pre-internet nobody outside the family had ever...

Though either example is still addressing the issue of criticizing people for “spending excessively” and where the critic draws the line.

Decided to go with SVS SB3000 as a local retailer matched a price of a neighbor country retailer. Quite impressed how small and...

The difference is that nobody buys a Patek for its timekeeping ability; it's all about looks, craft, and status. Whereas people do buy...

That won't be a problem, since I never heard of him before your post ... :)

Ok, just don't tell him that. ;)

Try searching for "Alon Wolf" on Stereophile. He is very far from guru status.

Because few of us at ASR are going to pony up $34K for some 2.0 speakers. We know that kind of money is much better spent on...