# Audiophiles on SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiophiles-on-sdmb/90622>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiophiles-on-sdmb/90622 "2001-10-30T23:14:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiophiles-on-sdmb/90622/41 "2001-11-28T20:04:57Z")

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VERY impressive response time, scott!

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**Author:** ![scotth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scotth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotth)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiophiles-on-sdmb/90622/42 "2001-11-28T20:12:35Z")

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Of course.

However, if a high end company had to go under, why couldn’t it have been Wilson Audio. Their stuff is pretty overrated. And definitely not competetive dollar for dollar.

Genesis seemed to make the best stuff that most people had never heard. I would say they were the victims of poor marketing.

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**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiophiles-on-sdmb/90622/43 "2001-11-29T04:32:35Z")

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Tube amps from the golden age of Hi-Fi are still around at relatively decent prices - Scott, Marantz, Ampex, Dynaco, etc… _far_ cheaper than the arc welder type solid state stuff at ridiculous prices and the sound is usually better. This is the dirty little secret none of the ‘high end’ people want you to know about.  
They will require a bit of maintenance to bring them back up to speed – electrolytic capacitors in particular degrade with time and and so any vintage gear _must_ be checked out prior to use. Do not plug in vintage electronics ‘just to see if it works’; parts for them are readily available and cheap.

[http://www.tubesandmore.com](http://www.tubesandmore.com)

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