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| Why do hipsters prefer analog? Less accessibility = harder work = exclusivity = whatever you call a hipster | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Have had great experience with Audio Sensibility if you’re up for comparing some cryo stuff, he’s made a number of special request cables for me over the years and is great to deal with. Also does trade ups. https://audiosensibility.com/blog/ | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers +1 Minnie Riperton | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad I find the library on Qobuz totally lacking. Tidal is a little better doesn't sound as good. Spotify actually has the best library but worst sound quality (not to mention they're a bloodsucking tech company that doesn't pay artists). I hope a new ... | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding The biggest gateway for me was Michael Franks. I was mid twenties staying in a cabin on Lake Tahoe doing research (I was a geologist). I went to this tucked away high end cool restaurants hidden in an old growth forest. One of his albums was play... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables Does anyone, anywhere find it interesting that in almost all cases, the most expensive items supposedly sound or taste or work the best? Nope! | |
| Most Realistic Recordings I always find it so interesting that "realistic" is the always the dragon that audiophiles chase. I do love the phenomenon of acoustics and capturing them, the history etc, but I'm also actually looking for is to be transported to somewhere totall... | |
| Has anyone heard the newest version of the Klispschhorm? Khorns simply hurt my ears | |
| Solid State Phono Stages and others - ever compare an XP-25 with the XP-27? How big is the improvement on the 27? That’s something I’ve been curious about. I haven’t compared xp25 to xp27, but read a bit from people that have. In the end I found a good deal on the xp25... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages I have the XP-25. It is DEAD quiet. | |
| What's Your Favorite Vinyl That Never Made It To CD or Digital? Way too many to even start | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS +1 Percy | |
| Cartridge incompatibility, Soundsmith and Luxman Cardas Clear Beyond sounds amazing, but they're not inexpensive... Cut the cables in half, add 2x extra terminals and put the SUT in between? | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend If I had 100k to spend and wanted the direct drive TT it would be the SP10R not the 1200. | |
| Your method for discovering great music. If you like something, go to Discogs.com and look at the credits of that release, from there you can explore other things by that artist, producer, player, label, etc |