dean_palmer
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| Is a home theater even worth it or doable? Most people (people not nerding out here on an audio forum) can enjoy a good home theater and most people spend more time watching TV and movies than anything else. Streaming a movie, or playing from a BluRay disc doesn't really matter, a decent s... | |
| MQA Declares Bankruptcy It's a compression schema that has no future relevance, so not surprised. Hi-Res digital audio has now gone beyond the need for the specific capability. As others have said, it was never accepted as a viable choice by many, and called a scam by ot... | |
| Budget re-cabling I've been having a great experience with a brand called "World's Best Cables" shopping on Amazon. They give you choices for a lot of combination of cable and connector. I've replaced most or my older cables with this brand and they are not expensi... | |
| Streamers made in America? @Ghasley What was wrong with what I stated? I NEVER stated that I only bought things made in USA, just stated that I made the effort. I thought about adding statements of disclaimer and details, but did not think it was needed as I never stated t... | |
| Streamers made in America? First off, it's about buying things that support your particular country, state, neighbor, or whatever. It's not always about better quality but that can also be a factor. We all know that just about everything electronic has parts that MUST be so... | |
| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? Someone said it well already, we form the soundtrack of our lives when we are young, and no matter how much new music we may find, we have in our heads music that is linked to memories of previous times and places that is custom to only our person... | |
| Ripping CD's to hard drive I'm using DB Poweramp for ripping on a PC now, and the bitperfect feature is reassuring. I have already ripped my entire library on lesser software and going back to re-rip some due to some found errors. I was troubleshooting what I was hearing as... | |
| AUDIO SCIENCE REVIEW and $50 to spend......... ASR provides a perspective, that’s all. It’s only one tool in your toolbox to evaluate a device. Not sure why some folks can’t see why the measurements matter in some cases, and not in others. If a company is promising high level performance on th... | |
| Streaming Services Nothing wrong with using your Macbook into a DAC for streaming. It’s the same raw signal coming into the device and then going out to the DAC, and the DAC becomes the important part. The Macbook is kind of irrelevant. I stream mainly from my iPad ... | |
| How long do speakers last? They can last a lifetime, but you may need to replace a driver or components over the years. Some plastics, foams, glues, etc degrade over time regardless of the conditions they are kept in, so not uncommon for things to fail over decades. I still... | |
| Made in USA I just stopped by to say that too many people get wrapped up in the details when talking "Made in USA" but damn, that was a real understatement. The conversation seems to have turned to all kinds of crazy. Buy things made in your country or close ... | |
| what cd player ? Just an idea for flexibility and sound quality, I bought this unit for CD and video as well. Panasonic DP-UB9000P1K. Audio section gets great reviews. Balanced output for 2-channel. | |
| How long does it take a decent quality speaker to "wear out"? Depends a lot on the usage and the environment. A lot of my gear that has always been in the house and under climate control has lasted 37+ years so far with only minor service, not due simply to age. A few caps in amps and some speaker drivers ha... | |
| When were the best tube amps made? Someone above made a Harley Davidson reference, and it fits well in this discussion. The best tube amps that ever existed are being made today, but they still include the same important electrical physics element, inherent distortion. Currently Ha... | |
| Did you ever buy too much bass? You can't buy too much subwoofer, unless you get to the point that something physically does not fit into the space you have. You can turn down a large sub and make several types of adjustments depending on your system to make it transparent, but ... |