boxcarman
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| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? Yes! and I wouldn't go back either. Same with snooty auto salespeople. It is not that hard to spend your hard-earned money someplace else. | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? Think about what happens when you upgrade. First impression is "wow, I can tell a difference". Second, you listen for hours and hours, thinking "I should have done this before". After a few days or a few weeks the novelty of improvement wears ... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? It has to be a live recording to have true soundstaging. Studio recordings may have soundstaging, but it is something manufactured or mastered into the recording, as studios are usually inert. | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Bob James and Earl Klugh's album "Cool". You'll feel better immediately. | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. I have an occasional day where the planets do not line up as they usually do. I turn it off and come back in a day or three and everything's all better. Some will blame it on the electricity, one day or time of day. | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? I am going with something I still play. Supertramp' "Crime of the century". Sonics still blow me away. | |
| getting into streaming You can pick up an inexpensive I-pad at best buy or Target. Go for it. | |
| Are you interested in the new generation of "old school" design loudspeakers? It was high school graduation time in 1971 and I was invited to a friend's grad party at his cousins bachelor pad. [yes, that is what we called it.] He had a Kenwood receiver, a turntable and those KLH speakers. I had an eight-track all in one ... | |
| Transparency The problem lies in the continuum transfunctioner. The flux capacitor has nothing to do with it. | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus I find loudness depends on the venue. The Joint at Hard Rock Casino In Vegas was wayyy too loud. I saw Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper there and lost 90% of my hearing for two days. | |
| Qobuz dropping rights to my favorites. A pox on their house. I won't tell you to do what I do, but....if I really really love a recording that much, I will see if the LP is available. Not only do you get the recording for life, but a true collectors album as well. Most of my friends that come to listen in... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack For a few hundred bucks you can get a Pangea wood rack with 4 or 5 shelves. If you think you have vibration issues, use footers or an isolation pad. It is ridiculous to spend megabucks on a rack. | |
| Improve sound Go to an audio show. You would be surprised that really expensive speakers can sound crappy in an untreated room. Get some absorption panels and experiment with placement in your room. | |
| High-end-turntables Scams are commonplace these days. Could be anything or anywhere, and online is the easiest way for them. My bank acct. was attempted unsuccessfully [thank God]. Be careful out there. | |
| Steamer upgrade? Follow up follow up Steamer? This is not a forum for antique boats. |