danager

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best streamer for Amazon Music HD
I’m an Amazon HD subscriber and while it took a while,  I finally got it to my stereo and it sounds great.Android phone to Chromecast Audio with tosllink was OK and better than Spotify but not great. BubbleupPNP to DLNA PI was OK but just.My solut... 
Considerations prior to your next purchase
You gave it way.  Now nobody has watch it. 
Considerations prior to your next purchase
Wow, I want to thank everyone. It must be my public education or my inability to swim??? or my weak brain that made me think that qualifications don’t matter only experience. I never knew that the worlds best speakers don’t need to go over 15... 
Looking for a 2-channel high end volume control
Optical resistorhttps://tortugaaudio.com/products/diy-preamp-components/electronic-stepped-attenuator-epot-v3-max/ 
Considerations prior to your next purchase
Hey DeKayI prefer Soylent Green.  Saw them both in the theater when they were released.Your place or mine? 
Considerations prior to your next purchase
Until my niece or my cat (with training) tells me MOABs are the best I'm not qualified to judge 
What is the most important component to consider while building a new system?
I'm a strong believer in the first watt theory if the first watt doesn't sound good you're just amplifying mistakes but before that, the source has to be as good as it can be.  Great speakers will never sound great with a mediocre source..  Even M... 
klipshorn speakers
Thanks Chuck 😀I used the foam pipe insulation from the hardware store to create the seal on mine.  My feeling is the bigger the room the better they sound.  They seem to need space to open up but man do they ever fill a room.  The other great thin... 
klipshorn speakers
I'm running corner horns with 2 watts and  Soft Serve by Soul Coughing will punch you in chest and vibrate furniture.You realize premature deafness is a possibility with the sound pressure levels these can produce with very little wattage? 
Vintage vs New
https://jeffsplace.positive-feedback.com/the-vintage-beat-the-altec-lansing-voice-of-the-theatre-a5-... In the book Grateful Dead Gear by Blair Jackson, ‘Bear’ (Owsley Stanley), the Grateful Dead’s sound man for many years, described how he intro... 
Vintage vs New
Come on now millercarbon There are no vintage speakers can hold a candle to Tekton Double Impacts Even you know that isn't true. 
Is there a point of diminished returns with amps and Harbeth 30.1s?
I too have the Orchid DAC and have tried several brand tubes in it.  Each having it's own sound signature.  Vibration isolation, cables and power conditioning would probably have a greater effect than a different amp of similar power output using ... 
Recapturing my youth
Enjoy the Journey. (pun intended... old band, music from the past get it ???)There are so many great sounding speakers from the past that are so cheap that you can easily afford to try a lot and find the ones that meet both your room and your ears... 
Returning to audiophilism after 20 years: a little guidance would be nice :-)
HI Pieter,All I can say it that audio has significantly changed for the better.  I'm almost 5 years into it after being away for 20 years and I'm a lot closer now to what I was looking for than I've ever been.To me the most significant change is t... 
My Apologies to Miller Carbon
"Apologies, but I will never purchase the following products because I am concerned that the hype here is due in no small part to a certain prolific poster receiving undisclosed “good customer” discounts: tekton, perfect path solutions,  better ...