bondmanp
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| NJ Audio Society? Like many other audio clubs, we have been unable to hold in-person meetings due to the shutdown restrictions in NJ. Our meetings have been on Zoom with a variety of interesting speakers (the people-kind, not the transducer-kind). Please visit ww... | |
| Do you use a Subwoofer when listening to stereo? I have been using a pair of Vandersteen 2Wq subs with my mains for about 12 years. I wouldn't want to listen without them. Deep, clean, powerful bass makes listening more involving and leaves more power for my mains. The battery biased external... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? @mitchagain... I did see Bow Wow Wow back in 1982 or 1983 at the Manor in NJ. Awesome concert! Also forgot to mention Lene Lovich at some medium sized Manhattan club in 1982 or 83. When she performed New Toy, a still mostly unknown Thomas Dolby jo... | |
| If you could, what live performances would you enjoy re-living? Either of the two Dr. Pepper concerts I attended on the pier in Manhattan back in 1981 or 1982. One was the Go-Go’s opening (!) for the Specials, the other was Talk Talk opening for Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Once upon a time, I was hip. ... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Ohm Acoustics in Brooklyn, NY | |
| Versatile, non-fatiguing speakers for a small room under $1500 used or new: advice needed! I suggest a home audition of Ohm MicroWalsh Tall speakers. | |
| Serious Problems with Qobuz This. This is why I continue to build a collection of LPs, CDs, and rip them onto my server, with two backups. I may try Qobuz soon, but it will never replace the music that I own. | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Throwing good money after bad: In 2006 I purchased a one-off Odyssey Audio HT3 from Klaus. In warranty, it needed a new cap. Parts and labor were free, but shipping this 64 lb beast wasn't. 12 years later, catastrophic cap failure. Klaus was ... | |
| Need helpful recommendations for next two purchases I would look at a portable WiFi enabled digital music player from FiiO and others. These have capable DACs, some can be a Roon endpoint, and you can run them on their rechargable batteries, removing them from the grid. Just add a good 1/8th inch... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? @lewm With my Sugarcube, 95% of the clicks and pops are removed with no sonic penalty that I can hear. Next year, I hope to upgrade my SC-2 to "+" status, which adds surface noise reduction algorithms. The gap continues to close, but it's like a... | |
| can i recreate the sound of vinyl by encoding the vinyl frequencies onto digital audio? IME, the answer for the OP is no, but...I have been gradually digitizing my vinyl to put on my server for many years. Currently, I digitize at 96/24 FLAC on my Sweetvinyl Sugarcube SC-2. While I don't see the digital files as equal to the vinyl ... | |
| Magnepan, Ohm, Spatial or ?? @rickytickytwo... I am with you on the open baffle preference. Ohms are actually baffle-less designs, with the "cans" sitting proud of the cabinet. Bass frequencies fire into the top of the cabinet and fire out of a vent at the bottom above th... | |
| Magnepan, Ohm, Spatial or ?? With your budget, you could consider something like my own setup, which is a pair of Ohms augmented with a pair of subs. I am a bit of a bass freak, and my Vandy subs will bust your budget unless you find them used, but a combo of the Ohm 1000s w... | |
| Speakers that are a great value! @mapman You know how big an Ohm fan I am. That said, I have heard a few of the Magicos, and the presentation is completely different from Ohms. The Magicos are much lower in distortion than many other speakers, including Ohm. While Magicos have mo... | |
| Speakers that are a great value! @blueranger +1! I have no idea what Ohm's profit margin was on my $2800/pr of Walsh 2000s that I bought 10 years ago. But I have yet to hear a speaker under $10k that I would rather own. That's $280 per year for many hours of beautiful music, ... |