Tube Junkies!

[hilldweller]

What is it with you guys? I love tube audio but, come on, I have seen some of this tube stuff go to extreeme!!! It's like a drug or something, Whats the deal??? I love sonic purity but how far does one have to go to achieve it? For Example Auricap has come out with Teflon Auricaps @ Boo Coo Bucks. WTF!!! I think that Tube audio is great but there seems to be some Fanatics Out There. Too much LSD In the late 60s and Early 70s? Something to ponder. Have any of you all checked out HD Radio? It is sweet!!! Crystal Clear Clarity!!! Where does it all end??? Tubes are good!! Quoting Bob Pletka. But antything can be taken too far. Where is the finality in tube audio? Or is there one? "On The Pursuit Of Sonic Excellence"
I Hope I Didn't Piss Anyone Off While I Was On My SoapBox!!!!
Eager to learn and understand, Please don't beat me. I love tube audio!!!

[Geek]

Hi,

There's a fine and sometimes indefinite line between "audiophile" and "audiophool". This line varies with each one of us.

But, $500 for a wood knob seems downright stupid Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_07

Cheers!

[EWBrown]

Nah, no piss-offs here... I often "rant" about snake oil and audio-phools...

500 dollar wooden knobs, and don't forget the $400 power cords, etc...

PT Barnum had it nailed.

As we say around here, Cheap, Good, Fast, pick any two.

/ed B in NH

[Ty_Bower]

Can I pick cheap twice if I give up good and fast?

[EWBrown]

THat's about how I do it..... I prefer cheap (and free)... Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_06 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_05 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_07

/ed B in NH

[Slartibartfast]

What is it with you guys? I love tube audio but, come on, I have seen some of this tube stuff go to extreeme!!! It's like a drug or something, Whats the deal??? I love sonic purity but how far does one have to go to achieve it? For Example Auricap has come out with Teflon Auricaps @ Boo Coo Bucks. WTF!!! I think that Tube audio is great but there seems to be some Fanatics Out There. Too much LSD In the late 60s and Early 70s? Something to ponder. Have any of you all checked out HD Radio? It is sweet!!! Crystal Clear Clarity!!! Where does it all end??? Tubes are good!! Quoting Bob Pletka. But antything can be taken too far. Where is the finality in tube audio? Or is there one? "On The Pursuit Of Sonic Excellence"
I Hope I Didn't Piss Anyone Off While I Was On My SoapBox!!!!
Eager to learn and understand, Please don't beat me. I love tube audio!!!

HD Radio? Now there is some snake oil. They advertise this crap on AM radio stations, you know psorts talk radio and other talk formats. Who cares if the ESPN annoucers voice is a little clearer?

And FM radio is waste, since the problem lies with the program directors and 99% of stations are playing MP3 files now... No more album stations.

[mesherm]

One of my personal tip-offs to be wary of snake oil is if the word "quantum" is used anywhere in the item description.
http://www.partsconnexion.com/audiogon_ ... ifiers.htm

But that pales in comparison to the items available at
http://www.machinadynamica.com

These people must also supply the Emporer with new clothes.

[TomMcNally]

Thanks Mike !

I've been looking for a new power cord for one of my amps ...

I bought this one for $ 5000 (plus shipping)

[Geek]

Can I pick cheap twice if I give up good and fast?

As a Dutchman, that gets my vote! Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_01

And FM radio is waste, since the problem lies with the program directors and 99% of stations are playing MP3 files now... No more album stations.

Wife just recently got digital cable for her hobby - TV. I thought "Great! Commercial free Jazz stations!" Yes, they have a few, BUT.... a lot of programming is from crummy bitrate MP3's and the aliasing drives me NUTS!!!!! :o

Though I have heard a number of songs obviously ripped from vinyl - every click, scratch and pop is revealed in digital clarity Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_16

Cheers!

[EWBrown]

You should supply one of those power cords with each Darling amp sold on e-bay Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_04 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_08 Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_09

And don't forget the clever little clock and the brilliant pebbles.

/ed B in NH

[sorenj07]

things

You might want to sit back and perhaps try to make some type of point or ask a certain question, it was hard to understand what on god's green earth was going on there... Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_12

[Slartibartfast]

Wife just recently got digital cable for her hobby - TV. I thought "Great! Commercial free Jazz stations!" Yes, they have a few, BUT.... a lot of programming is from crummy bitrate MP3's and the aliasing drives me NUTS!!!!! :o

Though I have heard a number of songs obviously ripped from vinyl - every click, scratch and pop is revealed in digital clarity Yellow_Light_Colorz_PDT_16

Cheers!

What I hate about local stations using the MP3 format, is they only get the popular tunes. So they continue to play the same songs, now it is just from a lesser quality format...

[mesherm]

I was extremely disappointed in the quality of XM radio.

[Geek]

What I hate about local stations using the MP3 format, is they only get the popular tunes. So they continue to play the same songs, now it is just from a lesser quality format...

Typical of commercial stations. They play what some moron in a market research company tells them to play.

I prefer Independent or CBC or PBS and just luckout that they usually have a majority format that suits my tastes.

[Slartibartfast]

Typical of commercial stations. They play what some moron in a market research company tells them to play.

True and a lot of the stations are owned by the same company. Clear Channel Communications comes to mind.

I prefer Independent or CBC or PBS and just luckout that they usually have a majority format that suits my tastes.

PBS is nice when they play music. The trouble is they do not do enough of that. Too much news and talk radio.