grislybutter
Responses from grislybutter
| full range or mini's and a sub I think it's generally cheaper to put together a quality system with small/under 25" speakers and sub(s), more flexibility with the placement, swapping components in and out, etc. I am a big fan of small speakers with big sound.... | |
| Monitor Audio G4 Gold 100 or Proac Studio125? Apples and oranges Monitor Audio is 5 times bigger than ProAc (economies of scale). On the other hand, ProAc https://speakerchoices.com/?brand=proac products are higher end. Resale value: Monitor Audio Quality: ProAc Sound: whatever you hear.... | |
| Acceptable to ask seller for option to return a component? even if you return something on Crutchfield on Amazon, it's not without a lot of costs and consequences, so I am usually very careful with the return option. Most seasoned buyers on audio forums have a different approach: research the hell out of... | |
| Small factor phono stage Moon LP 110 v2. Unfortunately it's only $600 so it probably won't work for you | |
| The Emperor Has No Clothes!! must have been Lauda | |
| Rockport Lyras I can shut down threads and I am a terrible speaker | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) I don't have a big budget but that doesn't mean I can't have great sound. And if I had to choose between time and money, for what would benefit me more to improve my system, I would choose time (learning, searching, experimenting). | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing for the price of Townshend podiums, you can get decent subs and speakers with isolation feet, like the Arendals. | |
| Replaced Everything, New Gears waiting to be installed... Those are nice speakers. With the speakers 5 feet apart, 10 feet seems a bit far but only you know how it sounds. Living in a cabin must be fun! | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing 1,400$/mon. for 55 sq./ft that's the size of a king size bed. The door would need to open to the hallway, otherwise you couldn't get in. | |
| Replaced Everything, New Gears waiting to be installed... btw I bought that Stones album twice, it was poor recording both times. Not sure what's up with, and if it had a better version | |
| Replaced Everything, New Gears waiting to be installed... what are the speakers? Why are they so close to each other? | |
| Seeking Budget CD Player Suggestions I would stay away from multidisc players Cambridge Audio is generally good. Marantz - flaky (mine broke twice in 6 years) NAD and older Rotels - not the highest quality Audiolab gets rave reviews check out https://shopgoodwill.com/item/192342... | |
| Audioholics Steve Guttenberg and John Darko. I found them entertaining and a good entry into watching reviews but not very educational | |
| Steve Guttenberg reviews an ATC active? for the ATC SCM40, here is a list of speakers in the same pricerange https://speakerchoices.com/?pricemin=7000&pricemax=9000 |