Mastodawn

"In the 1970s and early 80s, buying a stereo system was an event. You walked into a specialist store, sat down, and listened for hours. The salesman knew every component by heart. You went home and saved up for months.

The equipment was built to last a lifetime. Some of it still sounds better than anything made today.
So what happened? How did we go from 45-kilogram receivers and hand-matched components to Bluetooth speakers and streaming algorithms? And who — or what — is really responsible?"—Famous Brands History

Hi-Fi: Why the Golden Age Lasted Only 10 Years — And Why It's Never Coming Back >

https://youtu.be/u65u86mqHCU?si=D1vA5by6D3tWuQAa

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Hi-Fi: Why the Golden Age Lasted Only 10 Years — And Why It's Never Coming Back

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Santiago

Apr 9

La precisión japonesa no tiene igual, no solo en audio, en óptica, en todo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKV02KefC5U #accuphase #hifi #audio #electronics #amplifiers #audiophile

Why These Japanese Amplifiers Are the BEST in the World | Accuphase Factory Tour

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knizer Mar 30

@doctormo Bob Judge is highly regarded. His shop is in Somerville's Vernon Street Artist Studios. Don't know him, heard great things. https://www.judgeamps.com/repairs-and-modifications #Amps #Amplifiers

Repairs and Modifications | Judge Amps | Somerville, Massachusetts

Judge amps repairs guitar tube amplifiers with quality components, paying close attention to detail, guaranteed.

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WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]Mar 10

Wiim Amp Ultra Review: A Fantastic Streaming Amp With TV Input

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/review/wiim-amp-ultra/

passthejoe Feb 11

NGL, these new Roland Blues Cube amps look pretty nice https://www.roland.com/global/products/blues_cube_stage/ https://www.roland.com/global/products/blues_cube_artist/

#guitar #amplifiers #Roland

Roland - Blues Cube Stage | Guitar Amplifier

Blues Cube Stage: Guitar Amplifier - Authentic Tube Tone for Top Players

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Headfonics Dec 27

Our 2025 Top Gear Awards

Closing out the year with the team’s picks for the best gear they reviewed across multiple categories in 2025.

Did your favorites make the grade? Find out in our Awards feature, now published on Headfonics!

https://headfonics.com/our-2025-top-gear-awards/

#audiophile #awards #newyear #headphones #earphones #amplifiers #dongles #streaming

Our 2025 Top Gear Awards

Independent Portable and Desktop Audio Reviews

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JdeBP Dec 18

@WiteWulf

I have a relative who seems to think so.

But there is a fairly huge second-hand market for separates. People are still dumping 20th and early 21st century kit.

When I was looking around a few months ago from having spoken to the relative, there were also available 2nd hand a lot of vastly overfeatured things like "recievers" that had inputs for HDMI, TOSLink, composite video, component video, RCA audio, VGA, USB, and Ethernet.

#Bluetooth is a common lack in such older kit. But the relative would find bluetooth fairly fiddly, so I wasn't taking it into consideration myself. On the other hand, there are lots of convert-XYZ-to-bluetooth-headphones boxes Out There.

On the gripping hand, today's mega-tellies do a lot of this stuff. I need to persuade the relative that xe doesn't actually need to duplicate what xyr existing mega-telly already does. No need for a "tuner" any more. Classic FM is right there on cable. (-:

#HiFi #HiFiSeparates #amplifiers