daledeee1
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| Considering Towers in the $3000 range A big room? Efficient needed. Horn speakers can be high priced based on your budget. I bought Crites. They require finishing(possible show stopper for some. Currently they are $2200 delivered. The speakers set up properly are very good sound... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Ronda Vincent: bluegrass, country Laurie Anderson Flora Purim | |
| Router for Audio Streaming OP, in response: In general, I have been working on fine tuning my system since I bought it. It is my understanding that the switching wall warts put noise back in through our electrical system so getting rid of it was good. The filters were i... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming My cable modem was old according to tech support.. My router was 5 years old. I went to the cable office. They gave me a brand new router/modem combo and it came with a linear power supply. So I also got rid of the wall wart that came with the ... | |
| First Streamer... I put an aftermarket power supply in my Node 2i. They range 150 to about 500. I installed it and I am not a technician. I used Pd Creative. Teddy Pardo is another brand. It is a nice sound improvement. | |
| Joni Mitchell remasters on the way The current streaming versions are mostly 24 bit and very realistic sounding. Beautiful piano and acoustic guitar. Jaco Pastorius was superb. | |
| Warming up digital in my setup A separate streamer and a DAC would be the way to go. IFI or Bluesound streamer. $500 +. I have updated power supply on Bluesound and it is a good improvement. Denafrips, Schiit or Topping would be some DAC around $1K or less. I have a $50 C... | |
| Streamer Upgrade If you are looking at U1 Mini, there is also a power supply upgrade as well. PD Creative in Poland. | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each It's fun isn't it. The addition of a new component always gives me a rush even if it is justification of money spent. Took me 3 yrs to be satisfied, at least for awhile. It's harder now. Local dealers are on the wane.. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Spafford, self titled. Jam band. | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? Can you measure willingness or enthusiasm? Are you in the mood for music and it sounds better? Are you in the wrong frame of mind and it just doesn't gain your interest? Can you measure that? | |
| Speaker Placement and Toe-In Definitely trial and error. Since I read that horn speakers were directional or "beamy". So I sit about as far away as the distance to my center of the speakers.. The speakers are toed in and pointing just over my shoulder. | |
| B.S. Node 2i brick (yet another one) My Node 2i is refurbished, 3 yrs old. I installed PD Creatiive power supply upgrade. The original has a few reliability issues corrected. Otherwise they predicted 2 yr lifespan. | |
| How did 70s rock music transition into 80s music? I have been around since the 60s. Every decade or time period has plenty of music. Still finding new stuff, and old stuff thanks to streaming. Look around a bit and be open minded. | |
| A rookie with 10K, seeking advise I was in your shoes, OP. Lots of great ideas. Here are some thoughts. Interconnects, power cords, speaker wires. I spent about 1100 for all of it. I bought all mine from Pine Tree Audio, an internet seller. Sounds fine to me. There are several ot... |