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| Flatscreen between speakers As Audiophiles or music lovers are goal for most is to eliminate acoustical issues in our listening room. Adding a TV screen is a self inflicted issue. Yes, many band-aid corrections could alleviate some issues but why put the elephant in the room... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? A logical starting point would be 1% of the population which is 343 million(2025) in the United States and 40 million in Canada. I would include entry level products from Emotiva/JBL/Klipsch and Chi-Fi due to the fact these are still separate comp... | |
| Tune of the Day Don McLean-The Grave | |
| Flatscreen between speakers @ticat +1 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Simon And Garfunkel-Bridge Over Troubled Water Side 1 SQ* Foreigner-Head Games Side 1 Charley Pride-In Person Side 1 Billy Joel-The Bridge Side 1 SQ* Vinnie Vincent-Invasion Side 1 Barbra Streisand-Till I Loved You Side 1 SQ* Rampal And Lago... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Kathy Keane-A Classical Touch(CD 1999) Holly Cole-The Best Of Holly Cole(CD Japanese 2011) The George Shearing Quintet With Nancy Wilson-The Swingin’s Mutual(CD 1961/92) The Thorn’s-ST(CD 2003) A well deserved Sunday night vinyl is off with an... | |
| Is there a ROON sound? Roon is for the casual music listener. Streaming music still has a good 5 years to possibly equal the best physical music sources. | |
| Audio Research S-200 ARC has needed a refreshening for the past decade. With Val at the helm hopefully the product line will be cost competitive. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Rolling Stones-Undercover Side Front Side SQ* Daryl Hall + John Oates-H2O Side A Elton John-Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Side 1 Felix Mendelssohn-Herbert von Karajan(DG 2530 416) Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Who-It's Hard Side 1... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Dvorak-Piano Trio No. 3-The Borodin Trio(Chandos CD 8320 1984) Barry Manilow-2:00 AM Paradise Cafe(CD 1984/96) A mellow and noir vibe jumpstarts an unusual Monday night vinyl session. | |
| Building a second, vinyl focused system. Speaker advice needed! (<$10k) A very demanding list of qualities for an under $10k loudspeaker but here goes...The Acoustic Energy Corinium or 520 could meet most of the demands. The AE 520 might not have the fit and finish desired but will be less cable and component sensiti... | |
| Looking for new speaker cables As previously mentioned Cardas would make a great starting point. | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Valve Audio-South Africa | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? Sonus Faber speakers are a wolf in sheep's clothing. Starting with the mid-level models and up are very watts and current hungry but just as sensitive with electronics and cables. SF work very well with MAC gear and sounded sublime with Burmester. | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One @displayname Get the VPI Forever Model One. Another option is the direct drive HW-40 which can deliver near reference level sound. If cost is a factor with the HW-40 look for a show model or dealer demo, purchasing a used turntable is very ri... |