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I'm interested in cost/results, not indulging hobbyist tinkerers

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In Reply to: RE: Get back to us when you have a point to make ~n posted by Wojciech on December 14, 2024 at 15:12:15

I would never remotely have considered any Tom Evans product.

When I first became interested in "hi-fi" 50+ years ago, the ostensible reason was to achieve high fidelity, (accurate), sound. My experience since then has demonstrated to my ears that contemporary high-accuracy equipment sounds the best.

If SOTA accuracy is what you want you can get a phono preamp or preamp for ~$1000 and an amp for ~$2000-$3000. Once you get into delusional euphonics rather than accuracy, there is not limit.

As far as phono preamps go, I bought my last vinyl disc about 30 year ago; I last listened to a LP perhaps 15 years ago. Vinyl is very far from SOTA hi-fi sound today.

Dmitri Shostakovich

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Sorry , I forgot you are one of those - Wojciech 06:47:41 12/15/24 (3)
Who accurately reproduce orchestra from contemporary budget equipment using two boxes outputting the sound.
It does make life easier but audio hobby is not about that. I can get the same result you're getting buying contemporary car. No need to spend on home audio
- Yep - E-Stat 11:17:11 12/16/24 (0)
  he's a numbers guy focused upon irrelevant metrics.
- The "hobby" part of hi-fi has pretty much died for me - Feanor 04:37:16 12/16/24 (1)
  The current hobbyists are 10% personal euphonics vs. accuracy and 90% self-delusion.
  
  Dmitri Shostakovich
  - It died for me too - Wojciech 05:34:46 12/16/24 (0)
    when I engaged in dealing and wheeling, "tradin upgradin" and now I only buy "objects" which are interesting design wise or are a spit in the face of a checkbook audiophile type.
    I emailed Tom Evans asking him about his side version. He said that although he was irked by the light in which his device was presented and the fact that they were "only" getting 10K of the retail price and dealer was getting 15k but the flack of 25k price tag outrage was only theirs, the real reason he requested the takedown of the video was that Mend it Mark after he created that reverse engineered service manual has made a file out of it and started to sell that file on a side for 240 pounds each to interested parties. That's what folk heroes of this type usually do and it only requires a glimpse of Man it Mark to know it.

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