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| Anybody using the last record preservative ghdprentice 6,160 posts 03-07-2024 at 12:37am Maybe 3 in 1 oil would be less volatile than WD40 and have less overspray. I know of an individual who’s been using WD-40 for at least a decade in this way; that should be an eye blink for... | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? atmasphere 11,504 posts 03-07-2024 at 12:37am …impedance issues in the bass region, which has nothing to do with presenting a sound stage. @atmasphere is this statement meant to rule out bass as being important to listener perce... | |
| To loom or not to loom? The idea that all-from-same-manufacturer cables can be audibly superior (since such difference is not measurable mechanically, and hasn’t been demonstrated as real by way of consumer preference studies) vs. a mix in a hifi system assumes the given... | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? I like the way a seasoned amp maker put it: Competently designed speakers can sound different from each other. Competently designed amplifiers can sound different from each other, but less so. | |
| Differences in YouTube, Spotify, etc. I occasionally use YouTube (not music/subscription version) to find/try new music via desktop USB DAC and headphones. That’s the limit of music streaming for me. All streaming companies really should provide production details of the given tracks/... | |
| New streamer needed audphile1 3,790 posts 03-04-2024 at 10:59am @benanders that’s a solid advice! I did this as well. For the comparison I used dbpoweramp to rip to uncompressed FLAC. The software is free if you use just the basic features. CD rom drive is a $... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing Slightly different take: cool your jets for a few weeks after move-in. Get the lay of the land, meet the neighbors without any insinuations of audio - get to know any who are willing to know you, as people instead of as assumed hobby obstacles to ... | |
| Help me pick a Dac It would be best if you could digitize a few of your albums and play the files back through your current streamer/DAC combo before assuming the streamer files you access can be of comparable enjoyment to you (as those on the LP’s). Your present co... | |
| New streamer needed mdalton 235 posts 03-03-2024 at 08:28pm … my advice would be to get a streamer that does 0 processing to the native data stream. That doesn’t mean you’re limited to 44.1k, it just means you would be hearing the music in the format that it wa... | |
| New streamer needed stievus OP 6 posts 03-02-2024 at 09:10pm … I then connected my (older) Accuphase transport to my DAC, which sound blew me away. What should I invest, and which ones to check, to keep me blown away :-) @stievus seems you’re comparing o... | |
| Adding streaming services to a streamer via usb audphile1 3,748 posts 03-01-2024 at 11:08am @cdtd there are cheap streamer options such as WiiM or WiiM Pro Plus. Way better off using these options than jumping thru hoops with usb drive. @cdtd , @audphile1 is spot-on: the streamer ... | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! Differing performance between unwashed vs. washed cars would result from effects of turbulent vs. laminar flow. Which is better: environmentally- and/or behaviorally-dependent. It’s elementary, my dear Watson. There’s a lesson for how this transl... | |
| Advice wanted for small factor office speakers Gallo Acoustics can be effective depending on aesthetic demands. Less so for budget and definitely not for bass without sub help (also available in a slim wall-mounting form). | |
| Do you trust your ears more than measurements? | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage jeffseight 526 posts 02-27-2024 at 01:58pm Look into Musical Fidelity Ha! I picked up an old SS integrated some years back for running my main speakers in “background” mode to conserve power tube life. The SS does well enough in its ro... |