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Scratch - The Crusaders
Nice post. My journey with Crusaders started with unsung heroes and chain reaction in mid seventies. I added most of their albums over the years but bought an original mint US scratch vinyl just a couple weeks ago. Awesome music AND sound, especia... 
Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers?
Out with the ifi zen, in with the new bluesound NODE since it is supposedly a shoe-in fit with android. Just ordered it! And the journey goes on.  
Point of diminishing returns for a Network Streamers?
My only contribution to this discussion is, if you try to connect android to ifi zen streamer, be ready for a mountain of aggravation. My experiment lasted 3 days. Endless attempts of connectivity and android developper settings resulted in a big ... 
Changing electrolytics
CAUTION: Today's discussions are to be avoided at all cost by all novices out there. Imbibing into them may turn you off any audiophile pursuit forever! You were warned lol.  
I wasn’t sure where to classify this…
I lived in Pensacola for 16 years. Went through 3 major hurricanes. Did not even keep track of the others. Swore to never EVER live on the gulf coast again. Problem with generators is you need gas. Stock it up in cans big time ahead of major storm... 
Hot Rats
To me, Bowie and Zappa are my two favorite rock musicians for the simple reason that they reinvented themselves over and over with different styles throughout their lengthy career. Each with about 40 albums! As far as the question, which are Zappa... 
Hot Rats
Going off the deep end again, lumping Zappa and Trump together...  
Politics and Music
It's so easy for these discussions to go off a cliff. Music should be from the heart. Politics is the furthest thing from it.  
Is this a scam?
Whether it is a scam or not, who in their right mind would agree to sell an expensive item online for only a fourth of the money up front? Life is too short to put yourself through such anguish. Lesson learned.  
Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig
I saw the pics of your system, your description of the construction helps me better understand. It's like a high tech padded room :) Definitely unique.  
Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig
Excellent, glad it's working for you. So is it like a cloth material instead of sheetrock? Like absorbers construction.  
Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig
@ronboco  Thanks. The walls and ceilings were built purely for soundproofing, which if you want to have a dead quiet room and have to deal with close neighbors, is mandatory. No sound in, no sound out. Then comes the acoustic treatment. Separate... 
Homage to those who are pleased with your audio rig
Only thing left is streaming for me. In fact starting getting stuff for it this week. Other than that, my system is now completly satisfying, analog rig, digital CD and digital audio tuner rig. Simplest way to find out how I got there is to see my... 
Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive?
My take is with the growing number of multi millionaires/billionaires, high end products of any kind, not just in audio, can be priced at whatever that market will pay. The end result is the masses are losing, the real high tech stuff is now out o... 
Soundstage and image height, does it exist?
In my fully acoustically treated house of stereo with 9 ft ceiling, I have used 40" tall towers and 69" ones. Both pairs projected imaging all the way to the top of the wall. So, in my case, yes.