jl35

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At what price is one considered an Audiophile.
while Audiophile seems to technically have a formal dictionary definition, we clearly are all defining it differently, so this thread going in many directions...but generally fun...  
Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best,
Dali Epicon 8 and MS5...original DCM Time Windows were one of the first "high end" speakers I heard, very awesome...  
At what price is one considered an Audiophile.
Cost totally irrelevant...  
Where do I go from here?
streaming makes a great secondary or tertiary listening choice, but nice to have a good one around to explore new music...  
New Schiit, phono maybe big
They’re on the website but a 2-3 week wait for the phono stage. Otherwise I almost ordered one yesterday. Love the idea of the remote  
anyone else getting phishing popups ?
Getting lots today  
Significant steps? (DAC)
I replaced a Denafrips Ares ll with a very well reviewed and tested SMSL DO100 , as part of a downsizing. I felt the Ares ll was significantly better, though the SMSL a good value at it's frequent Amazon sale price...  
New Speaker advice
I also found there was nothing I could connect to make me like the older 3A...loved them for a few months and then not...though some do love them...  
Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel
I have it from many reliable sources, that there are many homes with a nice shelf of new records, but no turntable...like those old dens lined with hundreds of never read books...  
Rumors of CD Demise Exagerated? New Hegel
actually lots of good new CD Players have been released recently...Marantz, Rotel, Hegel, Denon, Leak and others,  transports too...  
CD Transport
260d needed new transport after less than 2 years. 230d needed transport repair. These were a few years ago  
New to Streaming
WiiM Pro Plus on sale for $175 ...  
Audio Research Financial Troubles
Great company selling lots of great products for 50 years, so always have been many used ones for sale...  
CD Transport
I have the Primare CD35 which I believe has the same transport as the DD35 and it's terrific...I had serious problems with 2 Sim CD player transports, though Sim service was great though not cheap...also problems with Nuprime transport and Nuprime... 
New Speaker advice
agree on good preamp first, before home audition...though you're picking all good speakers, which all involve trade-offs only you can decide on...