asvjerry
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| My ears are ready to retire! ...just to muddy up the conversation.....Here's one commentary about why some prefer tubes vs. SS....https://www.wired.com/story/the-brains-background-noise-may-be-meaningful-after-all/?bxid=5c49090a24...When you get to mid-article, there's a refe... | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help '...an A/V credenza...'Style of furnishings she prefers? If Crate & Barrel is her initial call, it sounds like vaguely 'rustic modern' which is somewhat conflicting with 'A/V' equipment....although looking at C&Bs' site isn't totally tr... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? ...but, the original Ohms were single drivers, as are the HHR 'flagship' units....The current Ohm offerings are 2 driver units, with a 'Walshed mid & bass driver with dome tweeters. Heresy vs. 'bottom line' costs? Perhaps...My diy 'clones' h... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? @mapman ...+100 ;)But it's hard to be heretics....*G* They keep coming at you with the torches and pitchforks... "WassamatterU?!* *LOL* | |
| The indisputable benefit of fiber for music The problem of 'flatlanders' (life on the planes...oops, plains or just level lands) is the fear of lighting....nope, lightning...All 6 of our 'puters are either WiFi'd or Bleutoothy, the cable modem all by its' lonesome in the corner, away....fre... | |
| Visual Confirmation Bias If you're hearing through your eyes, it's Way Too F'n Loud. You'll be a candidate for what I've got in both ears daily.......the upside is, I can turn them down and still enjoy a bass massage.... | |
| I nominate this company as building best speakers! MY Walshs'...but mapman's in my court with the love of an omni. 😊👍 | |
| Top down or bottom up? Just asking... Cutting to the chase...or actually, the end pile-up....Taste driven by budget. Taste will include performance in your particular space and what's upstream of it.Budget is up to the depth of pocket involved.It is as simple as that. | |
| If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be? ...go a little further back and kidnap Nipper, the RCA dog...For extra Reality Distortion points, take him back with some Bluetooth ear buds and a SOTA player....(Warm up the Tardis....) | |
| If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be? ...garage....? Oh, you mean the docking bay for the electric vehicle....You 'previous era types' have such strange customs....This worship of glowing glass tubes, heavy amplification devices, fragile plastic grooved discs, and the like make going... | |
| What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics? @rushfan71....kilos are better, but...See you shortly....;) | |
| Please Educate Me ...just another 'nite on the 'net.....*g*Btw....I'm not an angry anything....bemused, sometimes amused, slave of my muse, but not meaning abuse except in a general sense when I make some....sense, that is. *s*Paul, swing accepted but felt free to ... | |
| Why is there so much separation between the professional audio and audiophile worlds? ".... Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers,You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers."Thanks, Billy. A little self-exam is good on occasion. That extra .0001% can cost lots, just to exhibit what some won't like and try to 'f... | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony NOS...."New Old Stock", only 3 weeks old since demand has fallen off of late...."Hey, Lorraine? These boxes aren’t ’aged’ enough to be ’believable’. Can you smudge them up a bit more?"Does anyone truly believe there are stashes of old tubes out th... | |
| What are all these metal cans/pods sitting on top of electronics? @dekay , one might muse that one art leads to another? "...the turntable is under that cinderblock config over here. I haven't seen my amps for over a year now. The steel I-beam spanning the speakers is starting to flex the floor, so I'm looking... |