erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| USB Extender ?? had any luck passing audio over an extender? Why don't you use a USB to USB extender instead? https://amzn.to/2JYNKfKNo reason to convert anything. | |
| Personal vs. Market Values No real worries. Instead of talking about truffle oil as a metaphor maybe I should have used gin. | |
| Am I the only one wiht speaker cozys ? I surmise you're not married/living with anyone.... True, but given how hideous some speakers may be to room decor, this idea is not aesthetically incompatible. Just have to pick the right colors and fabrics. It's not like my speakers look homel... | |
| Am I the only one wiht speaker cozys ? Need to, no, helpful yes. @prof - Hah! What an interesting idea! | |
| Am I the only one wiht speaker cozys ? In my view, I'm adding more damping to the living room. The goal is not to make the speakers sound better so much as improve room acoustics, and reducing the speaker to speaker reflections that can happen when you are forced to keep the speakers t... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest and the New York Audio a trend is emmerging This is good to hear. It is high time that the industry as a whole recognize that our industry would collapse if it cannot attract middle class families to participate and find something to love they can afford. | |
| Parasound HCA-2200 - Should I repair, or sell? Yes, this seems like a quick and inexpensive fix. Totally worth doing for a decent piece of kit. | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... Sorry, let me restate.I have never paid a lot of attention to Mac's so I personally don't have a strong opinion, but one that I have heard from others. That the one time I did any critical listening with Macintosh gear and it was terrible does not... | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... Have you yourself heard a Mac to verify this? McIntosh is not bright or harsh sounding. If anything, they are more laid back. If you haven't heard the McIntosh equipment yourself, then you really don't know what they sound like. I would ... | |
| Time for a Pre change? Need the wisdom... I've heard some complain about some Mc's being bright to harsh, but first, room acoustics and speaker placement. If you have bare floors between the speakers try covering them up with pillows or rugs as an experiment.Next, try crossing the tweets ... | |
| Help me add music streaming to my Home Theater I just looked up your HT processor. It has music streaming built in. You don't need to add anything. | |
| Help me add music streaming to my Home Theater Well, you could go in a number of ways. How much DIY do you want to do? :) You could build a very nice streamer for about $70 with touch screen to run Volumio for instance. https://volumio.org/The Pi now supports dual band Wifi / Bluetooth in add... | |
| Caps and Tubes Film caps don't age like electrolytic caps do, especially if used well below spec of voltage and temp, so no age reason to change them. Unless the OP has a sonic issue with them or a lot of money to spare I would discourage cap rolling here. | |
| Suggestions for Solo Violin Recordings A must have I think, if you want something outside the dusty canon and like composers like Phillip Glass : https://amzn.to/2DdJ8kq | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? This has become one of the most active and fun to read threads I've ever seen. Thank you to everyone who has been contributing. :) Best,OT (original troll) \\\\\\o| O O |o \ . ^ . / |