hilde45

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Stratospheric audio gear prices
Meditation about the ratio price/value is the ONLY necessary meditation for any audiophile...My 500 bucks system rival anything because of this ratio....Very good life advice which also has the potential to eliminate most gear and all room trea... 
Will the placement of casters on speaker stands degrade the performance
No 
Aurender sound
What do you use now? Have you been able to compare? 
Lack of popularity of Chord???
Found 2,252 resultshttps://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=chord+dac  
Dedicated lines — how many? Other advice?
Continued thanks for the advice. I looked back at some earlier threads about this and found the following. There is some good confirmation of one dedicated line from Almarg and some other views about more than one. There is confirmation of a whole... 
Dedicated lines — how many? Other advice?
Thank you for the advice so far. Since the entire room is being wired I do not think it will cost anything much more to run more than one dedicated line if that seems best. I see arguments for and against that so far but cost is not going to be a ... 
Power cable choice, does it matter for subs?
I contacted REL about this once and they said that they’ve done extensive testing on their units and did not find any real, hearable differences as long as the proper (minimum) gauge wire is used. 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
@mike_in_nc Have you gotten what *you* need from this thread? (MC putting people down and elevating his own genius is, as usual, a freebie.) 
Ohm speakers
http://www.michiganaudioclub.com/ 
Listening to digital and analog
OP, if your goal was to see if you could get analog fish to take the bait, mission accomplished. How easily they’re snared. Here's a rebuttal: https://youtu.be/feMKdVnXgbQ?t=16 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
@mijostyn Both the experts cited have extensive experience in audio, i.e., it’s their profession. Neither are subwoofer salesmen. In both cases, their answers were detailed, and in both cases, they explained pretty carefully -- in Poes’ case, with... 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
Another novice arguing that it can matter and it's not all mono. SOME benefits of running subs as STEREO. Paul McGowan. https://youtu.be/Pp-0vvqERAs?t=254But what would he know? 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
Here’s a key moment from the video above -- https://youtu.be/1X_n6kG9FOc?t=970Point: there is a difference, because there is such a thing as stereo sub effect, but these are limited cases and depend on the recordings; plus, even when it is in the ... 
Distributed Bass Array configuration
OP, I have this inquiry happening now, too. Here is a very informative discussion that moves past some top level opinions, one way or the other. https://youtu.be/1X_n6kG9FOc"We take a look at stereo vs mono bass in a multi-sub 2CH and home theater... 
Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions?
If you audition something via Crutchfield, as I did, some of the bigger speakers only cost $10 each, one way, to audition for two months. They don't carry everything but some of their stuff is excellent.