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The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
glupson-I was prepared to spend another $50,000 if the room was 25’ X 20’ X 14’, the site of my extra land adjacent to my family room. However, on 3-17-2017 the City of Los Angeles passed a anti-mansionization law that downsized to 20% buildable a... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
You are correct.  The room acoustics and power quality are paramount to maximizing the abilities of the electronics/speakers.  That's why I spent more on my room construction than on my audio equipment and it paid off.  See near the bottom of Page... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
My experience with live recordings using a Tandberg 310 back in the early 1980s with chrome? Sony and TDK top cassettes had really low noise/hiss levels without Dolby.  I have transferred my recordings to CD using a Alesis Masterlink and they play... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
The 8' door is supported by six industrial hinges and the 6'8" door has four.   Each door has the same structure as the walls:MDF, Acoustiblok vinyl, MDF, 3X12 frame, 2X12 and 4X12 interleaved blocking, 4" 4 chamber carbon filters, 4" insulation, ... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
@glupson My listening room cost about $155-165,000. It has 16" thick, acoustically engineered walls per AcousticFields designer with activated carbon filtering, a 3000 psi 12" thick steel reinforced slab, 2 ton low noise HVAC, dedicated power pane... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
I used a Tandberg 320? and a Nakamichi zx7 for recording live choirs in the 80s along with a Tandberg 9000 R2R.  The DAT deck was superior.  However, the cassettes I made were of superior quality to nearly all prerecorded tapes.  There lies the pr... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
geoffkait has made many interesting and educational audiophile posts which I appreciate.  Then he goes off on I'm right and you're wrong attitude which is shear arrogance.  I've had much worse trolls that put me down on a personal, race and religi... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
My circle of friends include Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman, Robert Pincus-all well known remastering engineers. Maybe you hate their work-most people don’t. Other musician long time friends include a conductor Noreen Green of a private symphony whose ... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
rluciano - Similar to my system.  Phono-VPI TNT6 super platter, SDS speed control, tricked-out SME IV arm, Benz Ruby 3, Townsend Seismic Sink, Audio Interface SUT and custom made subminiature tube phono stage.  Cost over $22K plus cabling.  Digita... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
YOU ARE SOOOOO WRONG!!! I have a custom built listening room with ONLY the equipment I use to hear music. I have two book libraries, a separate custom shelving room housing the music collection which I actively listen to and a Tuff-Shed with the s... 
VPI's new "Vanquish" Ultra High-End turntable is a STUNNER!
@mijostyn    I agree with your previous post about the competition.  I own VPI products including a 19-4 turntable (which had a semblance of isolation with rubber and sprung/spring platform) now used as an excellent 78 rpm turntable.  My TNT VI ... 
The 5 stages of making a bad audio purchase
I have made some purchasing mistakes in my time.  I remember an "audiophile" CD player which I bought for 40% off, the Muse Signature 9, somewhere around $2000 back in the 90s.  It was awful, cut off beginning and ending transients.  I guess I bou... 
How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog?
I have 25,000 LPs, 7,000 78s and 7,000 CDs.  Sure, I love playing analog.  As of yesterday, I now have more than an analog-like sounding CD front end (EAR Acute).  I purchased a COS Engineering DAC (D2).  I have entered to realm of great digital p... 
REST IN PEACE - TIM MROCK
My condolences to Krissy and Tim's family.  He was such a nice man when we spoke.  His ingenuity was above 95% of all audio engineers.  His products live on in my system as in many others.  Hopefully, more audiophiles/music lovers will get to know... 
Recommend speakers for a large living room
gammajo  That's even larger than my former listening room.  Do you think that the 55Ks would be okay in a much smaller room, 15' X 20' X 10' high?  The room is extremely well insulated (16" compound walls/12" 3000 psi reinforced concrete floors-$1...