bipod72
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| 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 ... | |
| Need advice on what to purchase to hold 1TB of music and connect to my new Innuos Pulsar. Beware of buying an SSD that is running USB 3.0. it may be incompatible with your system if it's running USB 2.0. I initially bought a Samsung 2TB SSD. It was not compatible with with my Marantz or Cambridge units. A NAS is overkill in my opinio... | |
| Would a real butcher block be going to far? When you say old world butcher block are you talking about old growth European hardwood butcher block tips or American old growth maple? Keep in mind, work-a-day butcher blocks were never made for their resonance response to low end frequency an... | |
| Would It Be Possible To Get Help Finding This Song? If you have a cable subscription, I'm assuming you do to watch Fox, you can access episodes on their website. Including last Friday's episode. You would watch the segment that has the music clip and Shazam it. | |
| Inexpensive streaming amplifier I think only one person gave the proper response. Go with an AVR from Marantz or similar. Way more functionality than a Powenode. In fact you get the Marantz NR1510 for $600 which gets you streaming capabilities across multiple platforms, multiple... | |
| Air conditioning for audiophiles. I sometimes forget there is a big world out there that has not been introduced to the magic of central air. But I feel your pain. I lived in a post-WW2 3-story walk-up in Alexandria VA for several years and it had no air. I had two window units, o... | |
| Turntable recommendation I cycle through streaming, CDs and vinyl on a daily basis a few times a week. I don't have a huge vinyl collection, it's very focused on certain artists and certain albums I love. The same goes for my CD collection. I think a REGA P1 plus would be... |