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| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? The costliest part of this audio journey for me is my inability to sell gear.I sure I'm not the only one afflicted with this disease. The upside is that I find Easter Eggs when I'm hunting for something in the house that is unrelated. Recently fo... | |
| Cheap/expensive or expensive/cheap? If you put a mink coat on a pig....you still have a pig.If you put a pig skin coat on Marilyn Monroe....you still have a beautiful woman. | |
| My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions. My two cents is if you really love the piece (I love my ARC stuff) put it in a closet and get something else, whatever brand, to replace it. Then continue to look for a 5SE that is possibly an estate sale or preferably cosmetically damaged and sw... | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: You get rid of the Craftsman tape measure and replace it a Bosch Laser measure because the former is just not "accurate enough". Oh yes!In the winter you turn the heat off in your dedicated room, let it cool off, turn on equipment and let it wa... | |
| Why would I need Roon? Don't mean to hijack this thread as my question is in-line with the original intent.I have a Bryston BDA-3.14 which is the BDA-3 DAC and the Bryston BDP Pi in one component. My Bryston is hardwired to the home network. It sounds freakin' awesome.... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster barts,'I'm not on another upgrade path....this is it, the last rodeo, just like every other time. Time to sit back and and reap what I have sown.' cd318 ,"Yes, but what if a loudspeaker finally comes along that does most things right?"Good ques... | |
| Digital Coax, optical, or RCA for use with my Bluesound Node player? That would be a Cambridge CXV. | |
| Digital Coax, optical, or RCA for use with my Bluesound Node player? I just received a Cambridge Audio CVC v2 due to my ARC CD player, used as a transport, crapped out (yes I tried to have it fixed to no avail).So, I'm interested in a new RCA-RCA digital cable to connect to a Bryston BDA-3.14. Seems I'm hearing (n... | |
| Emotional rollercoaster @millercarbon " Money is just the very crude indicator we use as a substitute for performance. Its a crutch. Its not really the cost that matters, its the performance. As long as everything performs at about the same level then your odds of findi... | |
| Who Here is Vertical Bi-Amping? mkgus - I have been horizontal tri-amping for years using 4 ARC amps.Two stereo amps running in mono, one for each woofer, a stereo amp for the mids and stereo amp for the highs. I took out the cross-overs from the speakers and use an active cros... | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? @ dweller Agree 100% when talking about Floyd, saw both DSOM and Wall and both were excellent, sonics were phenomenal. The only concert sound I've heard that I thought was better was Sting. Captured very well on the "Bring on the Night" CD. I... | |
| to my ears digital audio does not sound natural? something is wrong! phcollie +1 | |
| is this the greatest live band of all time? What a "loaded" question!So subjective. Best recorded live show - Allman Brothers @ Fillmore East.At the show: Grateful Dead when touring with that insane equipment known as the Wall of Sound. Look it up, mostly McIntosh amps.Sting at The Bottom L... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? Speaking of cabinet resonances and vibrations. I have never put weights on any of my audio equipment. Reading many years ago that if you can balance a nickel on edge on top of your speakers and play at very loud volumes and not have the nickel mo... | |
| good discussion on power cords An interesting take by Andrew Singer. Not an up/down discussion, but how to sanely go about buying cables, at least at the outset of equipment purchases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G_mhAbSs8M |