fatdaddy2
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| 15k USD Speakers for Classical and Pop Extended Listening, Near setup, Low volume Headphones. | |
| Wool Blankets as Room treatment Been using Pendleton blankets across a low wall for years. Acoustic treatment that looks great, and can be grabbed if the heat goes off! | |
| (20 year old) 1.0 meter Kimber hero xlr and Audioquest diamondback xlr cables If you've got Accuphase, don't cheap out on the IC; beg borrow or steal a few different (hopefully already broken in) and experiment. Your ears are used to the Heros, but don't let that "comfort level" stop you from trying something else. | |
| Best HIFI Stores LA/Orange Excel Audio, Newport Beach | |
| Annoying newbie CD/SACD player question Try cleaning the laser lens first. That may fix your skipping problem, if that's all it is. | |
| Finally...subwoofer that's aesthetically pleasing! Aesthetically pleasing? Highly questionable. | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? Only once. Boutique brand (Salk) which had no dealers; only sold direct . No regrets. | |
| Using PA Speakers In A Home "Audiophile" Application! Home theater, absolutely. "Audiophile" stereo/surround? Not so much. (Using JBL 212, 215, 225 and 18" sub w/about 3000 watts of power. Hard to beat for home theater. | |
| Speaker Pairing - First Watt F8 +1 Klipsch Heritage | |
| "Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"???? Only used by a 60 year old granny on Sundays. | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system 1. Find a good audio dealer in your area. 2. Pay attention to what he/she/they tell you. 3. Enjoy your new system. (remember: $100K doesn't go as far now as it did when you were young and had better hearing!) | |
| power cable Be open to the possibility that the new cable may not perform better than your current cables on either component; just because it seemed like "a deal" doesn't mean that it was one for your system. | |
| Prima Luna Vs Accupahse Assume you're talking used Accuphase, since if you can't afford a $10K speaker you can't afford a new Accuphase either. | |
| My High End Audio Gear As A Long Term Investment!!! Investment? Not hardly. | |
| Warm Up Time/Cost of Operation Luxman Class A owner here, 400 watt dissipation when on. Usually allow 30 min warm-up; leave on most of the day on weekends. Keeps the room nice and warm during the winter. |