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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system +1 @carlsbad2 Very wise. My audio purchases in no way affect investments or impact any thinking on that front. The only way to fly. @skyscraper Best advice is seen above several times. Get all your property movements completed. Hook up th... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @ghdprentice I've read your posts with interest, although they can be repetitive. But I honestly don't understand why you rejoice in hearing the violinist foot tapping in the third row. Listening for that type of minutia is anathema to the en... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? @grislybutter Honestly I don't see how it says anything about me. I was driving a buddy's car on a pleasant afternoon (he was in the passenger seat). I was polite, he was not. Maybe I didn't describe the situation clearly enough, I guess you j... | |
| WHY IS THERE SO MUCH HATE FOR THE HIGH END GEAR ON AUDIO GEAR? A buddy of mine is very wealthy and his stereo is a boom box, I needled him in the past about that and he just says that is all he really needs. He owns several high end cars, the usual suspects. We were out in one of the Ferraris and got caught... | |
| Steely Dan UHQR Didn't Analog Productions come out with AJA maybe 12 or 18 months ago? Not sure if that one is 45rpm but I'm pretty sure it is. And was just about the same price. Scott Hull at Masterdisc did that one. Have seen them a bunch of times (with and ... | |
| ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS? Dunning-Kruger effect The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities. Just sayin'. Regards, barts | |
| Primer on SSD and internal hard drives +1 @deadhead1000 "I just go with the one that has the best warranty and specs for long life.----" SSDD drives are not "forever" drives they only have a certain amount (big number) of read/write operations. So, yes go with SSDD, but don't go che... | |
| What To Do? "I spoke with the person who referred him to me, and he said that he's physically fine but just has a lot going on." If this person can tell you that he is fine and just has a lot going on, then it seems to me that he should be able to speak to h... | |
| Why Streaming Service Sounds ‘Flat’ vs Tune In /Local FM /Radio Paradise I just got a Bluesound Node 130 today from Crutchfield and just finished hooking it up. Using it wirelessly in my garage system. Just a straight setup with their cables (horrors!). It only been playing about 90 minutes (WBGO Jazz out of Newark)... | |
| Is there a way to switch one set of speakers between two sound systems? Build your own box. Use a real pretty copper knife switch on top of the box such that one half is spkr A and the opposite side is speaker B. "And never the twain shall meet"! Regards, barts | |
| Sansui? I purchased two Sansui AU-20000 integrated amps to play 4 channel. Also bought the matching TU-9900 tuner. They were all special order units back then (1976 Japan). Give your brother as wide a choice of Sansui components as possible and let ... | |
| Up, over, and resampling @cat_doorman I would do a serious listening test of the same CD with different sample rates. Don't think there will much difference if any. Depending on the size of your collection (and other CDs you may borrow) you will end up with a sizable a... | |
| any current integrated amps in market have great dacs? @dave777tx Yes the Boulder integrated has an outstanding DAC in it and is overall a fabulous product. Regards, barts | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? @mikelavigne Hi Mike, I realize your playing in a different realm than I am, but I am curious what was better about the Wadax? To paraphrase Good Fellas...Better, Better How? Not asking for a detailed answer, just the nickel tour. Thanks Re... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? A good friend of mine (and A'goner) did a dac comparo some time ago. A Mytec Brooklyn Bridge, a Chord Cutest and a Bryston BDA-3. The differences were easily discernable particularly on strings and cymbals. The Bryston came out on top as soundi... |