ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| Which is the most important part of a stereo system? I'd call the "synergy" among the components and the cabling the "most important part" of a system.If I'd put more emphasis anywhere, I'd go with the sources. "Garbage in, Garbage out". | |
| Love the gear (or listening to it) as much or more than the music? Sacrilege! Back in the late 70's/early 80's I was a salesman at some high-end shops in the DC area and I learned that people who seemed to be listening to the equipment not the music hardly ever bought anything. So I took a lead from my more experienced co-... | |
| What kind of listener are you? Interesting!Before auditioning a speaker at one of the dealers I visited in my search for a new pair of speakers, the salesman asked me if I preferred "analytic" or "musical" speakers. For me the choice was "musical".When I've auditioned some of ... | |
| Equipment Warm up, but What About Listener Warm up? Interesting thought, that the listener and the equipment have a "warm up" time.I remember reading the results of a study of blood pressure changes while watching TV, and if my memory serves me, it took the subjects about 10 minutes for their blood... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! We are in the early stages of building a home, one with a "bonus room" above the garage for my "man cave".Since we had all sorts of options to customize, I decided to have the builder install a dedicated 20 amp circuit to where my component rack w... | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. Black is where it's at... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! I heard the PS Audio Stellar S300 amplifier driving some Harbeth 30.1 speakers and was very pleasantly surprised! I see PS Audio is now introducing their M1200 class D monoblocks, with tube inputs. I suspect they'll sound awesome! | |
| Older And Wiser or just Tighter and Deafer? As we prepare to sell our house and move I've been keeping my shredder busy lately. I'm only keeping seven years of my tax returns and business receipts, as I was going thru my papers I had memories of all the good fortune I had, in my 21 years o... | |
| Long distance move - Trust moving company unpack We are about 6-8 weeks from moving, once our house in Maryland goes to settlement, down to Asheville, NC. One of the long-distant movers called me the other day and for a policy to cover our stuff while in transit, with my high end system, the co... | |
| When Did Your System Disappear? ...when I boxed up all the components and loaded them up in a "climate controlled" storage unit, in preparation for listing our house for sale...But seriously, after I got the room acoustics under control, the synergy of all the components really ... | |
| What, in your system, have you owned the longest? PS Audio DirecStream DAC | |
| My list of seller red flags Most of this equipment depreciates quite quickly. How much is a used piece of equipment worth? As much as anyone is willing to pay for it. I agree with all comment in this post, good to see that I'm not the only one who has dealt with sellers w... | |
| How I spent my time at home To prepare our house for listing, all my equipment was boxed up and moved to a climate controlled storage unit (thanks to my son and his strong friend), my bass traps were un-installed and donated, etc. While those showings were happening, we dro... | |
| Do audiophiles have a high divorce rate? We are going on 40 years, I enjoy listening on my high-end system in the "man cave", my wife enjoys Spotify on her iPad in the living room, kitchen and garden, and I'm good with that! | |
| Dedicated 20 amp line Thanks for sharing your experience.We are in the early stages of building a new home and for my "man cave" I selected the option to run a 20 amp dedicated line, just because "why not, when it's easiest to do". Glad to hear that it's a good choice. |