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| What song have you played the most? Years back in my twenties l had a buddy over and he had too many beers while listening to my stereo rig and he passed out in front of my speakers So first thing in the morning l quietly put on Pink Floyd's song Time and really cranked the volume ... | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search I love my Oppo BD 105 Blu-ray player!I have both my subs connected to it and use the Oppo's built in DSP to control themI have a portable hard drive connected to it to access 100's of songs Oh and l use it to watch moves on my 5.1 system, play CD... | |
| How do you listen? I have a very powerful amp to drive my Maggie's and it's very capable of dynamics sound stage and inner detail To me it's not the volume, but the quality of thevolume Based on my stereo equipment and my room room dynamics l like to typically lis... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? In my 96 911 993 Turbo l have a $8k systemand that still doesn't complete with that glorious sound of that flat six l'm also restoring a 1973 2002tii that's a bit of a resto mod and I'm tlhinking of installing the Pioneer head unit (single din)tha... | |
| fisher stereo And if you want to get real fancy you could also get something like the Audio Engine B1 Bluetooth that will connect to your Aux RCA and stream music via Wi Fi for low cost | |
| Speaker Upgrade ... Please Help Me I totally agree with the TRITON REFERENCEsuggestion as l have their step brother that l purchased years ago, the Definitive Technology Mythos ST's with built in sub woofers In my case l downsized and also had a difficult small listening room If f... | |
| Cable co. is forcing me to rent or buy what they call a I got tried of overpaying for cable company TV fee's extra cable boxes, additional user fees all adding up to $160+ So l went with YouTube TV all controlled with the Amazon fire stick and now paying $49 per month I also have to pay for high speed... | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. Most people that come over and l invite them to listen to my Stereo system, l have to somehow convince them to not stand off to the side and actually please sit in my listening spot. When they do l can tell most are not really understanding what t... | |
| and 30 min later.... Thanks MC! I Was nine in 1960 and the youngest of four Brother's so l heard these songs all the time What a voice that Brenda Lee had! A fews years later l was doing the twist as it was all the rage At age 13 l saw the Beatles perform on Ed Sulliv... | |
| Porsche I've paid my share of the Porsche tax! Had 87 944S track car, 88 944 Turbo S Silverrose track car, 89 944TS stroker 2.85 400hp track car My street Porsches 96 911 993 speedyellow Turbo 3.8 conversion 600hp/595 ft lb's of torque on pump gas @ 1 ba... | |
| The best room upgrade: $2250 For those that don't want the expense of a spray foam attic or silicone application, you can add an attic fan The one l have is controlled by my smart phone It lowers my attic temp from the 120's to high 80's but there is the additional electrica... | |
| The best room upgrade: $2250 If it was spray foam insulation you used it will also extend the life of your roof shingles I did my attic several years ago and my attic temp went from 120+ to typically 78 degrees on a very hot day My AC service guys love it when they have to g... | |
| AUDIO RESEARCH VS VTL Bought my ARC LS15 and VAC amp back in 1995 and they are still going strongOnly service was cap upgrade on the LS15 and just replaced the tubes in both just recently | |
| My New Magnepan 1.7i's sound dull and lifeless on the top end...why? I have the Maggie's 0.7's ( room won't support 1.7's) for money spent I'm very satisfied with the performance of my Maggie's As most know they need watts/currentI tried using my VAC KT88 tube 100 watt amp that has 8,4,2 taps l also felt l was mis... | |
| Speaker Cables? why all the hype for expensive speaker wire? I have the Pinetree Audio Kinietic Bi Wire 9AWG stranded pure copper c/w locking banana connectors, 10 foot length 12 feet was $125 USDExcellent build quality, and most importantly they look really cool!! |