boxcarman
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| Are You A Disciplined Audiophile? It's both. Some pieces hardly need break in time. Meaning I can't tell it sounds better after 100 or more hours. But, I have some interconnects that sounded horrible for about 200 hours and then BOOM! Everything changed in one day. | |
| Streamer only @gkelly. +2. Someone running Levinson electronics should buy something better grade. Lumin, Innuous or comparable or you will be upgrading soon. | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? Thorens makes an isolation pad made with layers of some kind of foam. Check it out, it's only a couple hundred bucks. | |
| Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old… You don't state your age, but I noticed that sometime in my mid-sixties, really loud music, especially live bands in bars, was offensive to my ears. Could not stay in there. Tinnitus was developing. I still get great pleasure from my home setup... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System I applaud Mahgister for being happy with with his low cost system. Most of us keep throwing money at ours with small incremental upgrades. [myself included.] Theoretically, what more do we need besides the enjoyment of music? The other side ... | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review I will read them because I like hearing about new products on the market, but would not buy something without a demo in a store or at a trade show. To me, the music reviews are the worst. | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal Qobuz needs no customer service. It's your app for the streamer that might be your problem. CD's have a slight edge in SQ compared to Qobuz streams played through the same DAC. In a blind test you are hard pressed to tell the difference. | |
| Planar Speakers and Diffusors Planars do need to be toed in perhaps a bit more to get that sweet spot. Mine are toed in so they cross a few inches in front of me. Plus that eliminates them from directly reflecting off the wall in back of them. Cannot tell you about diffuser... | |
| The Midnight Effect - Who-How? So, according to this chart, should we all move to the Southwest? | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers @MOFOJO, google 'Review Tekton Moab BE" and see what you get. Beryllium drivers are very expensive. Not sure if they are worth the price. | |
| Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops Try a cartridge with a microline or Shibata stylus. Superior tracking IMHO. | |
| Are You a Swifty? @Baylinor, Yup, she has nothing to offer the audiophiles. | |
| At what point do you... @Yogiboy. How about the Noxzema shave cream ad, Take it off, take it all off. | |
| Best HIFI Stores LA/Orange No B&M retailer can give you a big selection of high end speakers. Go to an audio show to narrow it down. Then visit. | |
| Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs? Also clean the stylus. Just as important as cleaning you records. |