deep_333
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| Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there? Loafers --> fine Cigars ---> rub it down with whisky ---> light it up on patio or deck outside (don't smoke up the listening room dude!) | |
| Tips for Auditioning equipment for low or zero expense a) Network/Socialize/Make friends with local audiophile in your area. b) Audit gear in their houses, let them audit your gear/room (catch flaws with your setup, etc). c) Start a gear loan program with such dudes. You loan him something for audit... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system @skyscraper , At age 71 and with associated age related overall hearing degradation, you are not going to do a whole lot better sonically with a 100k than what you already have (Magico, Luxman, VPI, etc). Pack/take all your current audio equipment... | |
| Getting into the music @rvpiano , Stagnation in discovery of new artists/music can lead to the above mentioned. The thrill of new music discovery tends to save me from all the cons of audiophilia OCD. | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Women tend to have larger music collections than dudes (on average) and can appreciate great sound from equipment when they hear it. They are probably just wiser about economics than dudes. If you tell a female music lover+audiophile that a piece ... | |
| Integrating video streaming into a dedicated audiophile system @classicalpiano , If you wanna just make do with your existing components, i.e., you don’t want to get a dedicated multichannel/atmos processor, additional speakers, etc, do as follows: a) Get a Apple TV latest gen box/Nvidia Shield/Google Chrome... | |
| 3-Dimensional Soundstage I have appreciated a quite nice separation of instruments in my system’s soundstage. I have read many times about people experiencing depth in their music and have never appreciated this. Category 1: Least expensive If you are happy/satisfied ... | |
| Interesting video on cables I have an MA8900 integrated, the Denafrips Pontus II 12th Anniversary, the speaker cables are Vogue Audio Silver Strand cables, OSD Aurum power cables for the DAC and the integrated and Fritz Rev 7 SE speakers sitting on 24” sand filled speaker s... | |
| Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023? Besides the Borresen room (cost no object) and OCD Mike’s room ( surprising bang 4 buck) , a whole lotta everything else was a big downer at CAF (not to mention the miserable moronic choice of music the audiophooboos resorted to). OCD managed to d... | |
| Maybe the Journey is Over?........Well...... Well, if you a) have deeper pockets and b) you're sure that you won’t have to start alimony payments anytime soon (i.e., don’t have such worries).... keep the "what if" question perpetually open and keep buying all kinds of things. | |
| Focal Sopra n1 - mids are a bit recessed compared to Lumina IIs @rsf507 @deep_333 when I heard the the Sopra 1s (and Kanta 2s) at the hifi store on a MacIntosh 12000, I did not detect recessed mids at all. In fact, I feel in love with the sound! The MacIntosh 12000 has a EQ, is that why? @dman777 , Here's ... | |
| Focal Sopra n1 - mids are a bit recessed compared to Lumina IIs Ah, the dealers/pied pipers/V curve ferals, etc have started to arrive for damage control and stating that the OP’s experience is illegitimate. These dudes will soon claim "It’s not the speaker, it is you!!" On a half moon night for exactly 14 mi... | |
| Accuphase Bookshelf Speaker Pairing recommend The list is long and the budget and used vs. new and cultural preferences (British/American/Scandinavian/etc) would narrow it down significantly @grislybutter , "Cultural preferences" on a box, crossover and driver....Hmmm, can you elaborate a ... | |
| Focal Sopra n1 - mids are a bit recessed compared to Lumina IIs @dman777 , You are not going to get away from that Focal house sound you experienced on the Sopras (which you didn’t like) with the Kantas either. But, if the Kanta, 11k/pair is in your budget, you should take a serious look at the Wharfedale Elys... | |
| Tune of the Day My younger daughter introduced me to this Norwegian poppish stuff... been drinkin/dancin to this sht on repeat all night...😁 Audiophili dudes, get the 24bit studio master lest your system didn't sound its best!! (Oooooo)....Happy thanksgivin y'al... |