Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find this whole issue to be quite the hoot -- if for no other reason than I know it can go on for days with no resolution. So FWIW, I will throw my 1 cent in (it's not worth 2) and tell you where I come down . . . I use tube guitar amplifiers (I recently traded my '66 Vibrolux Reverb for a '64 Princeton Reverb + cash and used the cash to buy something Leica). I wouldn't have it any other way but I tried some old, second-hand tube audio gear and was disappointed with the bass. Clearly I did not give it an adequate chance and have no desire or motivation to spend the money for high-end tube audio gear. I have four stereo systems, all hobbled together with pawn shop prizes. Any self-respecting audiophile would turn his nose up at my stuff -- '70s-era Kenwood, Pioneer, etc. Heck I even own a set of Bose speakers so that should tell you where I'm at. To make matters worse I am practically an evangelist for the minidisc format. So now that my bonafides (or lack of them) have been established I'll say this: I swear by #12 zip cord and find it hard to believe that any music signal needs better wire than that. I think the whole $500 speaker cable thing is just proof positive that if you price something high enough, people will buy it. Bob (listening to "In a Silent Way" through zip cord as we speak) McEowen