bipod72
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| What to do with a large collection If you have the inclination and time, you could bundle your CDs into "lots" and sell them on Discogs/Ebay. So if you have several CDs of certain composers, bundle them like a box set and sell them that way. The alternative is to trade them in for... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay I am beginning to suspect that someone is using ChapGPT to generate the above word salad by using the prompt "Write a forum entry in the style of a European Audiophile who only listens to vinyl records on expensive audio equipment" | |
| Structural beam in middle of listening room Watching the house literally around you in the pursuit of sonic perfection and reconfiguring the structure for no audible gain in this situation is not a good idea, IMO. The slim column is a simple pipe column and the beam is most likely a few ... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape When I went off to college in the early 90s my dad decided to update his hi-fi system and gave me his rack of "separates" which included an Onkyo receiver, graphic EQ, tape deck, technics turntable, and Sony 5 CD changer, and a Sony R2R. I lived ... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer? I have the Marantz NR1510 and I use the HEOS app all the time for streaming Spotify and Tune-In radio. The interface isn't great but when I use Spotify to stream I'm using the Spotify app to control what I listen to. I only interface with the HEOS... | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? I have more noticeable tinnitus in my left ear vs the right and any bright sounding system will cause me to turn down the volume if my system isn't set right. I recently moved to a new home and just finally got around to using the Audyssey softwar... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Cycling through the following the past week: Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr. Boondigga FFD - Blackbird New Pornographers - Continue as a Guest, Challengers Calexico - El Mirado and Seasonal Shift Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder Sharon Jones &... | |
| Help with streamer software I second @mahler123. I have the Cambridge CXN V2. The price point is hard to beat right now on it and it streams everything I could possibly want. I have my network library plugged in, my CD transport runs through it, and with the selection of str... | |
| "I'm a believer" @mahgister Oh I agree on the acoustics of the space probably being one of the most important factors in getting the acoustical characteristics you're hoping for out of the components and speakers you have. I know that if I went out and spent $5K o... | |
| "I'm a believer" @waytoomuchstuff I agree with what you're saying but I think there are actual qualitative steps in manufacturing quality across many sectors including audio components and speakers, but the ceiling price point where diminishing return sets in, in ... | |
| "I'm a believer" There is definitely a Rule of Diminishing return just as there is the Sunk Cost Fallacy. I suspect that the Venn diagram of those two circles would be close to one circle in some cases for certain audiophiles. For example, someone subconsciously s... | |
| Looking for a decent CD Recorder Wouldn't you want a portable record player to play LPs in the car? I don't think a 12" record will fit into the CD slot. | |
| Warm Up Time/Cost of Operation Don't most of the new components these days have a standby option? My Marantz unit uses 0.03w/hr in standby mode as does my CA streamer per the apps. I don't let my gear stay on all day and night. If it stays on overnight it's by accident. If it's... | |
| Why Streaming Service Sounds ‘Flat’ vs Tune In /Local FM /Radio Paradise I know for a fact that for every $1000 you spend over what you previously spent on a particular component, the sound quality increases 10K based on the unquantifiable fact that your system must assuredly sound better if you keep spending more and ... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? I live in a state that is more or less an audio store desert unless you count Best Buy. I’m in the similar situation you find yourself in, in that, how do I go about buying or demo’ing speakers for my system. This means I’m trying out the limited ... |