big_greg
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| Could headphones be used to evaluate speakers? No. Headphones are speakers. They are not going to sound the same as the speakers. They are not going to convey the imaging, dynamics, soundstage, presence, or the visceral feel of a pair of speakers pressurizing a room. It's unlikely they'll ... | |
| Anybody heard of this company? I have a couple of Butcher Blocks and a couple of Boos Blocks (cutting boards). I haven't A/B tested them for sound quality, but they both seem to do a fine job of keeping my amps and turntable off the floor and the glass rack I have in my comput... | |
| MQA Stream into non MQA DAC As was noted below, only a partial unfold can be done unless you have a MQA DAC. The Bluesound Node 2i is one such DAC, however once you pass it off to a DAC that doesn't support MQA I think you lose the full unfold.However it works (or doesn't) ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? I've been listening to James Taylor's The Warner Bros. Albums: 1970-1976 on Qobuz in hi-res. It's sublime. | |
| What is wrong with a sub? I like subwoofers because they help me achieve more of the visceral experience that I get listening to live music. Most speakers can't do that on their own or they may not produce an even bass response. Maybe if you have a perfect room. I don't... | |
| Shout out your favorite Audio dealer!! Echo Audio in Portland. | |
| Sirus XM Radio My last car came with a 90 day free trial and I get Sirius XM through my Dish Network subscription. The sound quality of both was not very good. A good FM broadcast sounded better, and there are spots near my house where the Sirius broadcast wou... | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. If the OP has the budget, bigger is better. It's a good thing to have headroom. Again though, I would suggest that we let him try out the subs he has already ordered (and can return) and see what he thinks for himself. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Reuben, I've never seen Nick Lowe but I bet that was a fun show. Listening to Santana, Abraxas tonight. Oh my. | |
| Help ! @almarg He said "dispose of", which to me means throwing away. If you make a copy of a CD and give that copy away, it is most certainly copyright infringement. I'm not an attorney, nor do I play one on the internet. I'm not sure what the law sa... | |
| Help ! I can see the appeal of devices like the Vault, but if you rip all your CD's to one and then dispose of the physical media, you need to make sure you back it up, otherwise if the Vault goes bad or its hard drive dies, all of your music is gone. F... | |
| Help ! @onhwy61 What is this "legal issue" you mentioned? I think you may have gotten some bad information. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit. | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. I still don't think we know how big the room is or what the OP's budget is. Adding two additional subs that have more output should be an improvement regardless of room size. If the four subs don't have enough output and he can stretch his budge... | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. I'm not sure what the best answer to that question is. My intuition is that it would be better to have the ported ones farther away in case there's port chuffing. On the plus side, the PB 1000 will go lower and have more output than the SB 1000.... |