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ataraxia

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Suggestions: Interesting small speakers with flexible placement
LS50 Meta  
Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air
@voodoolounge Or R3. I find Meta best roughly 7’ equilateral triangle or less and R3 roughly greater.  
Doesnt resistance mean same as impedance??
Impedance is resistance under load.  
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@mahgister   Gaslight much?    
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@jpwarren58  Yes, you got it. That Darwinian social engineering, attaching primordially necessary emotions to play people like puppets to want more and grind for more. Stoicism teaches us to rationalize this.   Best not to study modern day books... 
Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption
@djones51 Carl Jung had a very popular and compelling idea of collective consciousness.  He exactly believed in the idea that since humans have similarly evolved, we have a collective consciousness that is sub-conscious, that we are not immediatel... 
KEF Blade Two - Unbelieveable
What minimum size room for Blade Two?  
Outlaw Model 2220
@dabel  Thanks for your experience!  I guess there may not be too many Model 2220 out there considering no other responses.  I'm also considering ditching the AVR and just going 2.0 or 2.1 music and movies.  Doesn't change that Model 2220 are n... 
HiFi vs MidFi
I believe mid-fi now is better than hi-fi was at some point before.  
How do you know when a stereo sounds good?
As a relative newcomer to audiophile the most important characteristic to me is imaging, starting with strong center image. Next is clarity, I believe neutral tad warm. I'm working on understanding tone and timbre from midrange up to treble. I en... 
How do you know when a stereo sounds good?
Anyone heard a stereo system they thought sounded bad?    
How do you know when a stereo sounds good?
@mahgister Of course all that too.  I'm just describing the beginning of what I find enjoyable with a well implemented audio system.    
How do you know when a stereo sounds good?
Keeping it simple when the sound has a strong phantom center image and my speakers seem to mostly disappear. When my brain gets tricked by where the sound is coming form.  
Why the hate for mcintosh amps?
How "veiled" is McIntosh compared to others?  
Can Any Bookshelf Speaker Be Used Nearfield?
Love my Q150's nearfield.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xkt0U1rs6CCX8p_Ea04ucEVndtxqeEo0/view?usp=sharing