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Have you seen the new McIntosh poster for $195?
Does this qualify as vintage art?  
Have you seen the new McIntosh poster for $195?
They call it a light box. This is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in my entire life. The logo is huge on the front. I like subtle logos Who is the brainchild that figured this out. So they're in a major big-time executive meeting and ... 
Have you seen the new McIntosh poster for $195?
I was able to pick up several and will now auction them off on eBay. The first one I put up on eBay is now up to $715.  I'm sure it'll go higher. I'm gonna make a killing.  Maybe I should've waited. But I have so many to sell. Maybe I'll keep them... 
Speaker placement Quandary
Do you do any DSP curves to measure the sound in your room? Before and after. I don't know too many people who actually do this because those dsp software packages are incredibly difficult to work with. The interfaces are horrifying and then you h... 
Speaker placement Quandary
I really love the red room light and curious to know how you achieve it. Because it’s getting closer to Christmas maybe you should enhance the room with some green lighting too . My thought is to introduce a few pieces of furniture into the room t... 
Tidal or Qobuz
tidal uses MQA which really sucks because they crop out some of the upper and lower frequency and compress some of the quality of the sound. It's horrifying to use tidal because of this. Qobuz pure uncompress sound. Although playlists are not so ... 
Bacch Dsp, True stereo?
@soix  I spent time on the website and really tried to understand all the various offerings and also how it fits into my existing System.  I had trouble figuring it out. Maybe I'm alone and maybe I'm not as smart as everybody else but it just see... 
Bacch Dsp, True stereo?
@low325  Thank you for your reply. The only problem I have with all this is that it's so very difficult and confusing to implement. I've heard horror stories from others when trying to work with their current equipment and this Baach stuff. The ... 
Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’?
@lynn_olson  Yeah I mostly see uncompressed PCM which my NAD processor calls ‘Direct’ and that’s mostly what I see these days. And I’m fine with that. YouTube videos with music tend to be better in stereo as it mangles things when some of the si... 
Why don't they record in ‘surround stereo’?
Fascinating comments above. I guess another huge obstacle is all the Cable connections would have to be increased coming out of the back of the components if you expand from two channel listening to more channels. Vastly complicating the cabling a... 
Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
@mikelavigne  This is a very thoughtful response and have to read it very carefully. Hoping I can learn something. Yes I Believe you have an extremely awesome, very extremely awesome, System in a very very beautiful room. You could make a lot of... 
Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
The secret is to biamp your system. Use tubes for the upper drivers and solid state mega power for bass drivers. This is a true reference system if done properly. What the hell is a reference system anyway. Does it mean it's better or just somet... 
Is my amp good enough?
Room size is very important. Bigger rooms offer more challenges, ceiling height is also really really important. And the color of paint on the walls also impacts your ability to perceive sound.  Also found the more money you spend the happier you... 
How long does it take your tube amp to warm up?
Is the benefit from an extended warm-up more so due to tubes warming up or the transformers? Seems the tubes would be getting warm pretty quickly. Since the transformers are larger maybe they take longer. My amplifier which has around 14 tubes i... 
How long does it take your tube amp to warm up?
Please let's not keep the equipment on all the time. There is a need to be somewhat concerned about environmental issues.