jssmith
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| Streaming for beginner Blind tests show that almost no one can hear the difference between 320 kbps and CD. There are several tests on the Web to try it blind yourself. However, as has been stated there are high-def options. I use Amazon Music HD through Alexa, making ... | |
| To venture back into vinyl or not,...that is the question. Not.Save your money. I get the nostalgia part, but other than that vinyl is less accurate, noisy, inconvenient, a space hog, and an incredible waste of money compared to streaming. I'd find a hobby that makes more sense from a cost/benefit ratio. ... | |
| Should a reference speaker be neutral, or just great sounding? djones5108-09-2020 8:51pmWasn’t it Harman that did a lot of speaker tests where the speakers with the flattest response were picked as the best sounding? No matter if it was professional listeners or Joe off the street.Yes. They can predict with... | |
| What have you been working on in 2020? I built a pair of Linkwitz LXMinis and made them completely voice-controlled.Chain is Alexa/Amazon Music HD > DTS Play-Fi skill > Paradigm PW Link preamp > MiniDSP 2x4 HD > two stereo power amps > biamped LXMinis. All equipment is... | |
| A challenge to the "measurement" camp " Why not do a blind test of measurement?"Already done. Harman can predict with 86% accuracy what speaker people will pick in a double blind test based on measurements. The most neutral speaker with the widest and flattest dispersion is preferred... | |
| Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments I play guitar every day. I'm good enough to play most of the non-virtuoso stuff. And I play bass once in a blue moon. I don't equate playing an instrument with listening to music. They are two separate activities for me ... unless I'm in a learnin... | |
| Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles? Yes.Since vinyl and tape (and tubes) add distortion, I would posit the opposite question.In reality, I think anyone who has more than an average interest in gear of any level is an audiophile. | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life Start with Ethan Winer's The Audio Expert.Like any other subject, you can go in blind, stumbling around, being pulled from one claim or review to the next, like almost everyone. Me included. Or you can educate yourself. | |
| Best debut album Van HalenBoston | |
| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? I just finished building a pair of LXMinis (Plutos are the old version). But I'm not ready to give an opinion on sound because I don't have them in the best location at the moment. And heaven forbid, I'm using a cheap pair of Chinese stereo Class-... | |
| If you had to start all over again in this day and age Wireless streaming of FLAC and Amazon Music HD (which I've already done). There's no difference between streaming and a CD ... except convenience and having a massive library at hand. Bits is bits.And I would have stopped creeping up the upgraditi... | |
| Unreal prices Only the top dogs have exorbitant prices. I have a few vintage pieces, such as a Pioneer SA-8800 and SX-3800. I bought mine either mint or refurb and I did it strictly as eye candy, although they sound the same as today's amps. Compared to today's... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! Listen to him. The man is saving you a lot of potentially wasted money. | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Buckethead270+ albumsSometimes his whole post-2010 discography goes on sale as a group for about $200. So I bought it. | |
| what's the point? What's the point indeed. The blind test tells all. As someone who has taken two blind tests it was a subject that interested me, so I looked for all the blind tests I could find and the only one that ever showed a hint of a possible difference in ... |