blindjim

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Can't we all just get along?
If a person chooses to buy a this or a that, it is their decision. No one else’.I see input from others in those threads which ask for which this or where to from here, as spitballing for ideas outside of their own. Nothing more.What someone does ... 
How best to shoe horn speakers into a room
@Unsound Great point!! Thanks.Its been so long!!! forgot that I will always get away from the ‘sweet spot’ when investigating new speakers. Walk around the room. Around them and in between them. Looking for balance and dispersion. Usually, the f... 
How best to shoe horn speakers into a room
Gdhal > I think its preferable to have to big a speaker(s) than too small.Blindjim > thanks. You might be onto something there.Bigger or taller than one might think is the why of this topic. I’ve felt or at least heard and conseqnetly bee... 
Can't we all just get along?
Viridian > I have had posts removed, and been censured by our moderators, presumably at the behest of other membersBlindjim > I don’t know exactly how to ask a moderator to delete a members post. In fact I had to ask another member to conta... 
Amp upgrade advice
Hi,Look into Odyssey. Decent quality for not a lot of money. W4S maybe too. Butler. Paragon. Everything matters. Its meaningless for me or anyone else to say to you, do this or do that. Unless, of course, you want someone to.Everything matters. Ho... 
VAC Signature MKiia SE vs standard MKiia
Hi,If it were me, I’d ask mr. Hayes. In fact, I’d ask Kevin regardless what was said here. But that’s just me.BTW, if you would post back with those results, I would be very grateful. 
How best to shoe horn speakers into a room
Stfoth > I think a lot of the conventional wisdom about towers/floorstanders overpowering a small room is overblown. Blindjim > I hope we’ll see right here soon enough. Or at least ghet a consensus perhaps.I know one thing, I’m learning to ... 
Which audio component would you like Santa to place under the christmas tree for you?
Is a component limited to one box, or one ‘solution’?Knowing little or nothing about them: And if one box only:Bermister top line amp (911?)If a solution; (two boxes or more):Speakers. Whatever the most expensive ones in the world are presently.(n... 
Can't we all just get along?
@crazyeddy Thanks. made sense to me.FYI revealing and or supporting your words with your own work history can be as quickly or capriciously dismissed as was the time it took you to type it... by some. Similarly, current personal events can be as ... 
Can't we all just get along?
@crazyeddy > have you considered that your dryer may perhaps be in league with these scoundrels ?? Trying to get you out of your house.....Blindjim > I’m uncertain at this point if the Maytag is ‘possessed’. I feel it is simply cruel. Albeit... 
Can't we all just get along?
@Crazyeddy > I can assure you that they would be seeing the dentist the next dayBlindjim > the issue there is that the exact same people would not act the exact same way in person. I’d bet on it.= = = = =@Whart > Many were these meek indi... 
My rant; we don't know what we don't know
In ’02, ’03, ’04, etc., one could scarcely read a thread with more than a dozen posts without seeing someone say, “Everything matters.” So does everyone.As with your system, how much it or they matter is the real question.Spitballing ideas or att... 
$20K to spend on speakers…. . wait! There’s a catch!
Soundsrealaudio > After drinking this over I have made my decision. I think I will talk the dealer down to half price. Tell him since I am uncertain about how it will sound in my system with my superior tube gear I am hesitant to drop big buck... 
Paradigm 3f, KEF reference 3, Monitor Audio PL300II
When considering speakers, or anything desired or needed, one just about has to look at what is there in pre – owned. For the same money.Its nearly well, at least myopic not to do so.We’re all facing this question from time to time. If possible,... 
Aurender N100h vs. SOtM sms-200 Ultra
Lalitk > “…With this level of investment, I would recommend a decent USB cable… “Blindjim > I second that emotion. To a point.= = = = =@Koestner > I'm just interested in the best USB output to my DAC from an attached SSD.Blindjim > di...