jaxwired
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| the viability of hi end companies Taters, he's right, they don't buy anything. They are all buying from audiogon or under the table with dealers. Tmsorosk, that's the attitude that is killing the industry. I don't know where you live, but if you think brick and mortar high end dea... | |
| the viability of hi end companies Well, alot of the more established companies are hurting themselves because they stubbornly refuse to embrace the internet and accept that their business model must change. The companies continue to protect the brick and mortar dealers even though... | |
| Do you ever just listen to music Nonoise, fair enough. Just calling it like I see it. | |
| Monitors that play huge The C1 or the S1.4 would both fit the bill. Few monitors (if any can compete). I actually think that for a big room like that the S1.4 is the better choice since it has even more bass output than the C1.Other monitors that play big:Joseph Audio Pu... | |
| Do you ever just listen to music All I can say is, the OP was eluding to the VERY common condition of focusing on equipment flaws rather than enjoying music. And he gets a bunch of responses like this is NOT common at all and he is alone. Very untrue. There's a reason this site i... | |
| how do i get more bass w/o adding a sub Almarg is probably right. It's your pre/amp combo mismatch causing this. If you, demo a good integrated to see how much it helps. I can tell you the NAD C390 has fantastic bass and a built in DAC. | |
| Schitt Bifrost or Jolida FX tube dac? Never heard the Jolida, but I have the Schiit Bifrost in my headphone rig and I find it to be excellent. Very transparent. Had to beat for the price. | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes Wow, talk about an inability to think clearly. The point of listening to music is to enjoy it. That has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not our ears are infallable measuring devices of sound quality. My premise is pretty simple. Listening... | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes "That's a non sequitur and a gross generalization. That some A-gon systems feature several tweaks in no way proves that "our ears can trick us." Since we're audio enthusiasts for the way things sound and the way the music makes us feel, then what... | |
| High End Hi-Fi like Drugs Another vote for the equipment making the difference either way.And if you are going to spend time and money trying to get great sound, it makes a lot more sense to focus on digital. Assuming both formats are capable of great sound (which they are... | |
| When's enough, enough? Atmasphere basically said what I was going to say, that the biggest culprit is that you get used to the sound no matter how spectacular and it becomes less amazing due to how familiar you are with it.The other major culprit to merry-go-rounding is... | |
| Power Cords - Just Say Yes Doug and Don,The problem is that our ears can trick us. Look at the systems on audiogon and it doesn't take long to find systems with every tweak in the book employed. Nobody wants to be a sucker. I do have an upgraded power cord for my amp, but I... | |
| music drop out--new router I'm lucky, I have an ethernet jack right behind my system. I use a physical cable for my AirporExpress. However, when I was using wifi I never had any drop outs. Since you only exprerienced this after changing the router, that must be the culprit. | |
| What, if any, component to upgrade? Advice? Your system is very different than the direction I have gone in this hobby, but I'll throw in my 2 cents anyway : )How about a Schiit Bifrost DAC? It's a great DAC and cheap. Should improve on your Rotel CDP quite a bit. Plus it gives you the opti... | |
| Best Monitor not over 1K, new ot used There's a pair of KEF LS50s for sale right now that is fantastic. It's KEFs flagship statement speaker to celebrate 50 years. It's over 1k, but just barely. If you stretch to it, you'll be very glad you did. |