holydean
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| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? For many people who fancy themselves audiophiles, it is difficult to consider any mass market brand anything more than mid-fi. When something becomes widely available and popular, it is no longer "exclusive" and "exclusive" is one of the primary r... | |
| When are speakers considered Hi-Fi and not Mid-Fi??? Klipsch Heritage stuff is the original high-end Hifi. Audiophiles were using Klipsch before stereo was even a thing. My grandfather bought a single Klipschorn in the early 50's to use with his McIntosh tube system and then later had to buy another... | |
| Synergistic Research Foundation rca vs Atmosphere UEF Level 1 rca If you can buy the Foundation RCAs used, they are a great value and very easy to resell... but its tough to make a blanket recommendation without knowing your gear and your level of room acoustic treatment, et cetera. In my humble opinion, if yo... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! I used to put my Quad ESLs (aka "57"s) on cinder blocks. Perfect height and you can paint them any color you like. If you have a hammer drill and masonry bit you can fit them with spikes too. After that, I bought some solid 1" x 1" square steel ... | |
| Vintage MIT Terminator 2 speaker cable I took mine to the office and threw them under the x-ray. Looks like nothing but a peewee inductor soldered in there on the positive wire. I'd try popping that box open carefully and see if you can find a connection that came loose. If you can't f... | |
| Shunyata Altaira Grounding Station ........has anybody purchased this new product ? @kingrex Oh, the comments about how one should set up a plain ground bar were in a video on YouTube. If you search for "Shunyata Altaira" and then click on the one with "Mike & Rick," Caelin talks about it there. For a nice simple copper gr... | |
| "Audiophile Rocks" Yoby, thanks I'll check it out. Gladmo, Aside from equipment, where your favorite place in the room to put them? | |
| "Audiophile Rocks" mxpwladimir, OK... maybe I harshed on the Ebay rock guy a little too quickly. I retract my unkind words about the individual, and will reserve judgement until I hear for myself. But I will say this, he has achieved quite possibly the worst markete... | |
| "Audiophile Rocks" Koestner, he said "scamed," which must be the past tense of "to scame." So maybe EBM received a free rock and it gave him a bad case of scames. Cautionary wisdom we should all heed, and hope to avoid. | |
| "Audiophile Rocks" Well, after procuring a few potato-sized rose quartz rocks, I placed them on my monoblock amps, external power supplies, and source components. It did seem to make a difference, but not necessarily better... at least not for my system. I have ... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. After some reflection, I'd have to say yes, I do have some regrets. In the 90's I had Quad ESLs ("57"). I bought them in non-working condition, and I rebuilt the panels myself. My current speakers are some giant Wilsons and they just can't compare... | |
| The best plug in filter ever! PURON DOUBLE BLIND A/B TESTS I got my Puron in the mail yesterday, and did the first tests. I asked my wife to sit down and listen to tell me what she thinks. I started off without it, and played a song she knows pretty well. I turned my back so... | |
| "Audiophile Rocks" Thanks Kota On a lighter note... maybe someone here whose terminal audiophilitis has advanced further than mine has (I can still function in society, more or less) will want to test each of these items out and report back to the rest of us if an... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. WAF is simple. Buy her stuff and keep her happy. | |
| Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking... Miracle audio improvement: There are several YouTube testimonies that hearing acuity is greatly improved with the use of psychedelics. @geoffkait @mahgister Any conductive flat surface will act as an RFI/EMI barrier. Placing shungite on or ... |