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| Favorite moment with music in your car. Best memory is before I could afford a stereo, other than my clock radio, the car was all I had. So I’d go out in the garage and crank the hell out of it. Sort of like my first home stereo will balls. Second was in the city and cranking the hell ... | |
| little big win @grislybutter Will she keep them, upgrade, end up a pile in the corner. become a life member of "the asylum"? So what speakers did you get her? Jamming to Chai ウォーキング・スター | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby If a hobby doesn’t matter and is something just done for fun, not a necessity, then everyone here could give up their stereo, go back to a clock radio and be happy? Or maybe we should all just sit around a camp fire and sing songs. I'll bring the... | |
| little big win a pair of decent active speakers for months. I finally found one for a little over a $100, Is it time for the big reveal? Like to see where this ends up in a few months. | |
| Getting into the music My best stereo consists of Creative Labs SBS250 speakers, Sound Blaster 16PCI card, and music on YouTube. Why is it my best stereo? First because it sounds pretty good. But more importantly because I NEVER think about anything but the music. Even... | |
| Surge protector I meant to say that I use a Trip Lite everywhere except my PC because I have an Uninterruptable Power Supply. You are saying UPS automatically does surge protection? I just got the Trip-Lite Isobar. From what I understand Surge Protector Power... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report CHAI - sayonara complex - LIVE at STUDIO COAST | |
| Ohm Speakers Status Update Ohm informed me that they are close to finishing a showroom and listening room. That is good news. Would be nice if another certain CT speaker builder would follow suite. | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @botrytis That is a valid point. It is interesting how one’s point of view affects the interpretation of was was written. I was thinking more about the affect on "salability". That is where I was coming from. Which is more influential, bad mea... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? As long as it gets good reviews on how it sounds, I do not see that bad measurements matter much. | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Is audio one of those products that needs to be "sold"? Meaning is it the hype from reviews and salesmanship that gets people to buy? If you don't scream loud enough will anyone pay attention? Likewise, if there starts to be a lot of negative pres... | |
| Ideal Qualities of a CD/SACD Transport Not defective out of the box for starters. | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? Zu is a popular speaker that doesn’t measure that great. And they do not threaten to sue people about it either. | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. Imaging pretty good also. Oh no. . . . only "pretty good"? haha | |
| Benchmark Media Systems. Right or wrong IMHO, while cables make a small difference, I like the fact that as you move up the line (Audioquest) the sounds gets better in all ways and not just good in some ways / bad in others. Upgrades in speakers and electronics often have trade offs an... |