charliech
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| Roon and Streaming Services There is a setting where you can tell Roon your streaming service preference. It also says that "Roon will always feature the highest quality content from your library." It's under "Settings" - "General" - "Streaming Content Preferences". I ju... | |
| Looking for an all-in-one just-add-speakers streamer for my son to take to college What about a SONOS Play 1? Or a pair of them? | |
| Moving on a sailboat - bookshelf speakers? You may want to look into car/mobile audio speakers that are specifically designed for a marine environment. You are going to compromise the sound quality, but they will at least have a fighting chance (and won't be terribly expensive). Plus, th... | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch You all know that banks and the military all depend on the exact same network protocols that we use to stream music, right? And the switching and routing technology is all based on the same protocols. If the data was altered in any way in trans... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? Oh, I will add that if you want to get nice cables just because they look nice, that is a valid reason. It's like buying a rack or furniture for your gear to sit on. You could use cinder blocks and 2x4s to support your gear and it would solve th... | |
| Why Do Cables Matter? The problem I have with the "water hose diameter requirement for the sprinkler" analogy is that the sprinkler company is specifying a requirement for their sprinkler to work properly. A requirement that they’ve tested. Kind of like "use high octan... | |
| Taylor Swift Concert Prices @jasonbourne71 Her music traditionally appealed to younger audiences who can relate to her lyrics. I think, like a lot of other bands, she's been able to engage her audience in a way where being a fan becomes part of their identity. I think othe... | |
| How rare is an audiophile @jasonbourne71 I'm not so sure that the surge in LP sales is an indication that those purchasers are audiophiles. I've read a statistic that implied more than 50% of those purchased albums never get played. They are purchased so someone has a ph... | |
| Your audiophile chair I use a Eames lounge chair replica that my wife gave me for Christmas. It's nice and works fine. | |
| 45 Singles You Just Had to Buy I remember buying the 45 of Come Sail Away by Styx. Later, I got the album and learned that they cut songs down for the radio/singles so I never got another 45 again after that. Back then, a 45 was $0.99 but an album was about $5 so I didn't wan... | |
| New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k Question for the group. The OP is looking for "slight bit of warmth, plus better dynamics and imaging" and is asking for pre-amp suggestions to help with that. Is a pre-amp the right tool to solve this issue? Or would looking at different headp... | |
| Ethernet opinions I'm in the camp that the upgrading the ethernet connection will not help or have anything to do with sound quality. Just make sure it's Cat5e or Cat 6 and that the cable is well terminated and you will be fine. The best solution, if you can swi... | |
| Hidden Gems in Classic Rock Albums Not sure if you'd consider some of this "classic rock" but it's all old: REM - Begin the Begin from Lifes Rich Pageant (actually that entire album is great) 10,000 Maniacs - Verdi Cries from In My Tribe (another great record and what a voice) ... | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? Whatever you decide to do, take the cats picture first and post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Catsonstereos/ You are not alone. The struggle is real. Fortunately, for me, my cat likes to sit on my lap or my ottoman. | |
| Warmer class D amps for magnepan? I’m using D-Sonic M3a-600m mono blocks to drive some MMGs (I have 1.7is on order) and they sound good to me. But to be fair I’ve not side by side compared them to anything. The store where I auditioned the 1.7s ran through Rogue Audio gear and th... |