devinplombier
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| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? Excellent advice from @vettegood And the Vincent 701 has its own external linear power supply. But to answer your original question, generally speaking you can spend $500 on a SBooster power supply or $75 on the AliExpress version. The differen... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Here they are, the ultimate divorce rebound speakers. Their purchase will speak to your ex-wife like words never could. https://www.soundroom.ca/products/wamm If, as has been alleged, they sound as fantastic as they are ugly, then you are truly ... | |
| MissingCDs and records @rvpiano I agree completely... The tactility of LPs, the jacket art, the glorious warmth and imperfection of the sound... Yes you have to get up every 15 minutes but so what. I am definitely a digital guy and maybe it's just dumb nostalgia, but ... | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. Looks-wise, honestly, I would welcome Vivids in my home. Wilsons, never. Different, weird, I can rationalize and even grow to love. Offensively ugly, I can't. Wilson designers actually went to great lengths to make those speakers painful to look ... | |
| BS meter is pegged! At the end of the day, Audiophiles need to be told a soothing story in order to purchase a $14000 streamer that contains $1000 worth of hardware. The nonsense @p05129 accurately discussed in the original post exists just to support that narrative... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @bruce19 If you already own the 2x4, there's no harm experimenting with an active crossover setup like you described, which sounds like it would work fine. If you're pleased with the proof of concept, then you can consider the DAC question. Just... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? @carlsbad2 Perhaps @lalitk meant a SDFB dongle that would plug directly into the equipment's receptacle, eliminating the extra power cable the regular SDFB requires. | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @ghdprentice I don't doubt it. I would welcome the opportunity to audition them.. What I don't get is why a person would tolerate these things in the beauty (hopefully) of their homes, candy apple paint job and all | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. https://www.soundroom.ca/products/wamm If a pac-man machine copulated with a traffic light Has any person ever bought a pair of these horrors, or are they just decoys meant to make the $500K ones look sensible? | |
| Where do I go from here? @mattsca I’m on a similar journey. So far I’ve (re)learned the crucial importance of good chemistry between speakers and amps, figuratively speaking; ditto between speakers and listening space. A large, low-ceilinged room like yours will accomm... | |
| Where do I go from here? @audiotroy good advice telling OP to swap his McIntosh gear for NAD but you're 2 months and 4 days early 😂🤣😂 | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. thecarpathian Recently there was a thread about some abysmally stupid statement YouTuber Rick Beato made in an effort to ingratiate himself with his geriatric audience. A lively discussion ensued, and not once did I mention his terrible sideburns... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? @carlsbad2 We are on the same page. Electrically, a closed relay is definitely equivalent to a straight wire. So are power cords, but folks still heatedly argue about them. If we accept that power cords - the essence of a straight wire - can h... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I like on many components that I don’t expect to fail, to just raw dog it with no protection and replace the fuse with a slug (some think this is crazy, they are entitled to their opinion). Reading through this thread leaves me open to the poss... | |
| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles There is a category of guys on this thread, who wouldn’t qualify as proper audiophiles, to begin with, i.e., they are set up in a living room and have to worry/conform to the spouse, spouse’s social club, the mother in law and anyone else This ... |