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| How long ago did you catch the bug? I think I had what is probably a common experience: I had been going along using commonplace Sears Roebuck level gear, thinking of hi-fi nuts as weirdos as suggested by Mad Magazine, until I listened to music at the house of a friend who had a dec... | |
| What does the word audiogon even mean? Audigon is a trademark, or to give the subspecies, a service mark. The purpose of a service mark is to identify the source of the services being offered. The strongest type of trademark is completely arbitrary. A valid trademark cannot describe an... | |
| Underpowered? Reading all this discussion makes it all the more clear that the gear is as much an instrument in the music you listen to at home as anything that's recorded on a given disc. Talk about transparency or neutrality or specifications is kind of bunk.... | |
| What a pile of Schiit It's like things you buy at Walmart or Target - it's good for what you're paying. | |
| Beautiful listening rooms What are those Dr. Seuss speakers in the third picture? | |
| amplifier longevity What I have found as a general rule is that if you can afford it, it pays to buy quality. One characteristic of equipment that sells for premium prices is that it will have quality parts. Or rather, bargain products need to compromise on the quali... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I think there are two of kinds sound equipment enthusiasts, automobile buyers and hobbyists. To automobile buyers sound equipment is an appliance. You buy the best your income allows and drive it until your income improves or you get tired of look... | |
| Recommend an Entry Level Turntable (And maybe an integrated Amp) And so right you are axpert. I can tell right now from absolutely no information how I would have trolled you on all the lame gear you were going to recommend. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Grease Stain, that's what it would be. Awww, who am ... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? You know when a stereo sounds good when the instruments start sounding like instruments. When a guitar sounds like strings vibrating and wood resonating, and so on and so forth. When you walk by a closed door of a room where the system is playing ... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? The difference between consulting an attorney as opposed to a couple of dozen random jailhouse lawyers on a message board is that the attorney is likely to have an informed opinion about the law where you live. This costs money. Whether you want t... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? There are any number of record dealers who post clips on YouTube about large collections they've acquired. I would suggest you contact one of these dealers to ask their opinion of whether you have the right to sell the goods. If their response is ... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats A $350 turntable mat. I am reminded of the phrase "audio jewelry". | |
| Does a Subwoofer Make Spiking Redundant? When I put spikes under my speakers I could definitely hear a marked difference. If a blindfolded person could not hear the difference then I think it would be more a matter of The Emperor's Cloth Ears. The thing was, I wasn't really sure at the t... | |
| Does a Subwoofer Make Spiking Redundant? I looked at those Townshend Podiums. You must understand that those things go for about what I could afford to pay for a speaker. Of course, if you're playing a $299 copy of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida through an $8,000 speaker, it's perfectly proportional. | |
| Does a Subwoofer Make Spiking Redundant? Not the subwoofer, the main speakers. Or rather, the main speakers were spiked before I got the subwoofer. If it's true that they're two different things then that's the answer to the question. |