dweller
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| DSD Album Suggestions Paul is in love with DSD...https://www.psaudio.com/octave-records | |
| Classical Top Five All of the "Fifths" are great but the music I heard atop Mt. Olympus was created by Alan Hovhaness. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? It Riles them to believeThat you perceiveThe web they weaveAnd keep on thinking free...Moody Blues | |
| Building a house It dawned on me that if you are setting up a permanent home-theater (i.e. will always be in same location), you should probably put some electrical outlets in the floor where your seating will be. Modern HT chairs have USB outlets, motors and regu... | |
| Dunlavy resurrection? If you want to know what's special about Dunlavy speakers, click on the link and goto the bottom of the page to the "waterfall" plot.This is the cleanest I've seen (a late-gen Wilson Watt had a similarly clean graph albiet with a lower amplitude).... | |
| What is a reasonable discount from MSRP from a local dealer? I remember in the '70s and '80s that 30% off was the norm. Sure, there was a "list price" but NOBODY was charging it. This may have applied only to the mid-fi market (didn't start buying Audio Research until the '90s). These days, nobody gives "st... | |
| Dunlavy resurrection? Looks like the question is: How much maintenance are you willing to do for great sound? We know the requirements of tube amps, i.e., tubes wear out and need replacing. Is great sound worth swapping out tweeters every year or so? I still remember m... | |
| Best blue ray player on market? If you're talking about ebay, go down the left option column and click on "Sold items". Next, go to top-of-page and type "Oppo 205", This will show only sold units and what people paid. BTW, the market seems to be cooling a bit. | |
| whathifi - viinyl revenue overtakes cds for the first time since 1986 I love both formats but CD/SACD so damn easy to use. I play LPs once or twice a year. Have quite a few premium vinyl platters that show impressive prices on ebay. Hope this continues until I can sell and recoup some of my investment. | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? Would like to have been there when Jimi opened for the Monkeys. Pat Benatar, The Go Go's, Pretenders... | |
| Tape deck repair in the Chicago area Call Van L Speakerworks and ask the owner if he knows anyone. Also, Call WFMT office and ask for the Technical manager -see if he knows anyone. Finally, call Saturday audio exchange (on Saturday).There used to be a good shop (Fullerton and Halsted... | |
| Question about SACD and DSD Good question. I’m confused about this too. I will say, when you have a truly good system (which I believe I do), what you crave are the best recordings available (few and far between). | |
| Building a house Room dimensions?Two options:1. Golden Ratio - Used in architecture2. Fibonacci numbers - Used in NatureGoogle them... | |
| What interesting gear has been realeased since 2020? I’d like to hear the new Boulder 866 integrated. Also, the Pass Labs Int-25. If I had high-efficiency speakers, the Raven tube ints. And would like to hear the NAD M33. Thinking about Acquiring some Klipsch Forte IVs. | |
| Building a house In case it wasn't obvious, the electrical outlets close to ceiling are for home-theater/surround-sound wireless speakers. |