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I was being a little sarcastic in my supposition. I was trying to illustrate how impossible the situation would actually be to truly reproduce true live sound. I do believe that when you properly

Dear James, I need to think more about this topic also, but as far as Stereophile is concerned, no, I do not seriously believe that they would actually dare to put a Thaedra against the "preamp of the

Dear Jeff, There's nothing wrong with your thinking. Your assumptions would be valid IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT YOU SAY. But the things you allude to are absolutely IMPOSSIBLE. Again I refer you

Hello Jeff, Yes, stereo is an illusion! One of the best ways to visually describe it is to view a stereo PHOTOGRAPH. In no way is the picture truly three-dimensional but, when viewed -- there it is

Interesting how you say stereo is an illusion. In thinking it through, in order to reproduce the sound (of a live performance) exactly in a stereo environment, wouldn't the speakers have to be placed

I Think that the group is being a little bit too critical of the purpose of stereo and "ambient" sound reproduction. Obiously each individual sound is monophonic. However in a group situation the

Dear Paul, Sorry for the late reply but I had to think about this one for a while. High end audio has turned into a fiasco in the sense of "what have you done for me lately" and the answer is:

Dear Folks, I want to take this opportunity to apologize to all of those people who have been generally miffed at my personality over the years of my career. I know that at times I can appear to be

To all Folks, I have been asked repeatedly to name the equipment that I either use in the lab or to listen to in my system. Trying to answer the question each time is time consuming and laborious to

Hello, This edition of the GAS-ETTE introduces Thoebe and Goliath. Thoebe is similar to Thaedra in many ways -- precision controls, servo controlled circuitry, low frequency filters, front panel tape

Dear James, What do you think is happening to "High End" these days? In my opinion it's starting to get out of hand. Well-heeled audiophiles are spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on high

Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote: I have sent you some jpg files that are scans of the specs of the IB and IM preamp. Hopefully this will answer your question. Best Regards, Mark Gurries

Hello, What are the differnces between these preamplifiers? Features? Cosmetic? Circuitry? The M is supposed to have meters. Are these meters to measure output from the power amp or are these VU

Dear Terry, I have easy access to an owner's / users manual and would be happy to make a copy and mail it to you. Alternatively, would you rather have jpeg scans emailed to you? Or, is the request for

Dear Terry, Consider yourself one of the few lucky people to acquire my Thaedra. Sorry if I sound somewhat arrogant but, I'll put that unit up against anything made in this universe. Due to the age of

James, I got real lucky and got my hands on a Thaedra, with the green light which I understand is good. Amp is in very-very nice condition. Have it hooked up to a Bryston 4-B right now and sounds

Folks, I just quit bidding on the SAE Mark VIB tuner on E-bay. I stopped at $200.00. It seems that there are some idiots out there that have no clue as to the true realistic value of a product. There

Dear Paul, The Mark VIII is EXACTLY the same tuner as the Mark VIB but without the scope. James Paul Anthony Bigelow wrote:

Hello, As the subject line indicates the SUMO "Half-Power" sold for $332.95 on ebay. The price increased quickly in the final minutes, as it usually does... Earlier on ebay there was a nice looking

James! Excellent Idea. Don't be modest. You are like Mr. Hifi.