audioguy85
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| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? My house is a pos, but thankfully Noone can tell me to turn my sh*t down...š | |
| 12 wire compared to Nordost Blue Heaven Speaker Cable? The system is clearly not revealing enough to even consider such an expenditure. Maybe monster cable speaker wire available at Walmart. No joke. | |
| why expensive streamers Ridiculous amounts of money being spent on this stuff, with marginal difference in sound. The dac is where itās at. No freaking way am I spending 1k or more on a fancy streamer. | |
| Listening Room @immatthewj 8% is not a great rate, and no you did not do good, unless that was in the low range of rates available at the time. ( but hey, at least you bought a house). I was busy having fun As a younger man during that time, so what do I know. I... | |
| When Was The Audio Golden Age? 70's and 80's at least for me. | |
| Looking for a line conditioner The Furman pst-8 has served me very well, so much so, think I'll buy another. Audioquest Niagara 1200 is also great, but at a significantly higher priceĀ (also own one).Ā | |
| Listening Room Some people got what they got, and will never own a home with dedicated room. Especially now in this abysmal economy with sky high prices and 7 & 8 % interest rates. In fact, there are very few people buying much of anything right now, judging... | |
| Requesting opinions about 4 specific amplifiers Nad c298 power amp. Or, buy two Nad c268's and bridge them for 300 watts per channel. Mine sound great! | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords Happy with both my AQ thunder and wireworld strata and Electra power cablesĀ | |
| One answer to an oft-asked question. Streaming and FM. Iām privileged to have two great sounding FM stations, 89.7 WGBH & 99.5 WCRB, Boston. Used to find new music in stereo review magazine. I also read hifi reviews and take note on the music they used to review components, whate... | |
| Audioquest or Nordost for speaker cable Canāt do much wrong with audioquest type 4. Audio Advisor is your friend. | |
| Leaving tube amps on. You will pi$$ thru tubes leaving it on all the time. Tubes, especially NOS are not cheap. Shut it down when not in use. | |
| How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use? Oh brother....never heard of any one keeping track of energy usage for a hifi. The whole green thing is bogus and a political power grab. Another way for big brother to control you. I pay my electric bill, that's all That matters. Oh and I turn of... | |
| what are the best sounding Accuphase or Luxman amps/preamps? All accuphase are great, even so called (Laugh) entry level. If entry level is 7k to u....they donāt f around. If someone was to give u the e280 for free, I don't think anyone would say no. | |
| Surge protector Best to unplug equipment when there is a TS warning. Thatās your best protection. Pia, but itās guaranteed. |