bsohne

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John Strohbeen from Ohm Acoustics passed away
Hi Mapman I worked that show with John and set that system up .  I had to splice some speaker wire together for the length we needed .!  To the horror of the audience when I was saying that during a demonstration.  The big space was my demo stati... 
John Strohbeen from Ohm Acoustics passed away
Hi yes was in the hospital  for about 6 weeks and was I think 80 .   best regards  bill    
Speaker repair...is it easy?
Hi Agree . Bill Legall at Millersound ...  I have used him since 1995 . For DQ-10 , Mcintosh Xr-5 , B&O , AR ... heck more than I want to remember .....  Great guy .be safeBill Sohne 
MQA is for chumps
Hi I agree with Blacktalon ...MQA was a short term solution for getting around  limited bandwidth and high end listening ...  basically a compression technology ... to give better quality at a given file size..   As storage and bandwidth become ch... 
Where are the cheap home streamers?
Hi @drugolfyou said “My DAC is a Denafrips so I wanted to get high res files when available so that also limited me with the Bluesound that does not output those digitally when connecting it just as a streamer to the Denafrips.”I have the 700$ Den... 
BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone?
Hi everyone ...I have set up multiple node 2 systems ..... wired , wireless ....  don’t expect a 30$ Buffalo access point/ router to do the same job as a 100$ router/ access point or as a Orbi mesh network .  As I have mentioned previously I staye... 
Where are the cheap home streamers?
Hi everyone just another thought about streamers etc... your infrastructure will also be a gating  factor.  I know hardwire enet is ideal but I have had great success with Netgear Orbi mesh wifi network solutions ...  and streaming local files and... 
Where are the cheap home streamers?
Hi everyoneBeen reading thru this thread. When I look at tech.  It all about the workflow ...  it could be the best tech but if you can’t intergrade into a users workflow ... it’s not best tech.so going back to a cheap streamer ... like a pic base... 
Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay.
Hi How big is your room that you want to use? That could direct you with size etc.... 8k is either alot of $$$ or not ...depending on your tastes... I am a Ohm Walsh 5 owner... I am friends with John and Evan at Ohm... I live and work near by the ... 
Ohm Walsh Talls and amplification
HI @johor72I dont want to sound like an ad for https://nelionaudio.com/ ....   480w like that of one of Greg's upgraded M1.0t would do the trick....he sells them already upgraded...   on his site.. .he sells out and then gets more in... or you can... 
Ohm Walsh Talls and amplification
HI @bondmanp I agree with you , that you want to show your product in its best possible light!   And I also understand where John is coming from ....  Like when he showed the Ohm 2000 two years ago at the NYC audio show ... He used an Outlaw RR 21... 
Ohm Walsh Talls and amplification
HI @redstarwraith I was replying to a post about the NYC 2019 audio show... specifally about Ohm demo room.... thought you might find it of interest... as they were demoing Super 2s ( Walsh 2 that been factory upgraded to current 2000 specs ). ---... 
New York Audio Show 2019
Hi @idigmusic64at the show for sources they had a  Cal Audio CD ( I think it was a DX-1)  player and they also used a Blusound Node 2 .My home office as follows mod and upgraded Carver m1.0t bill mod c-1 Carver TD-125 MkII restored by Dave at Viny... 
New York Audio Show 2019
Hi idigmusic64Thanks for the report... Ohm is a favorite of mine as well...  There factory is around the block from my office... I  agree with what you said below" This is where the Walsh's blew me away, they did have a Carver amp/pre as part o...