kennyc
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| Long hiatus from audio, getting back into it, speaker/room help please @n6gqGlad to see you smelling the roses again with high-end audio. Perhaps a used ML speaker coupled with a used Hegel H360 pre/amp/DAC would safely fit and likely exceed your expectations. | |
| Why the cost increase? @oldhvymecI kept the rents the same for 10 years. Same renters for the last 15 years.My income is the same. I hate to pass it on to my renters.. My siblings and I inherited a choice San Francisco property in Chinatown North Beach area. My parents... | |
| What's your dream speaker? @jackskyThis thread is about owning the speaker. I’ll soon open another thread w speakers one would like to demo.Austin Martin to know it’s my dream car.I like Porsche for the performance, comfort as a daily driver, and lowered fear that people wo... | |
| What's your dream speaker? @havocmanI would get the monitor audio Platinum 500 II, I have the Platinum 200 ll and I absolutely love them.I demoed the Monitor Audio Platinum 300 II and was on my short list to purchase. +1 @douglas_schroederabandon the search for "the One", t... | |
| Power cord choice? @rsjm80I picked up used Kimber Palladian pk-10 and pk-14 cables based on Audio Bacon Power Cables shootout:https://www.google.com/amp/s/audiobacon.net/2019/08/17/27-audiophile-power-cables-reviewed/not going to change if the improvement would just... | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? I'm feeling like a lab rat. | |
| Magnepan, Best midrange? I’m hoping for further news on the "Magnepan 30.7 for Condos" - bass integration impressions were very positive: https://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/magnepan-focus-group-event/ | |
| LSA 20 Statement Speakers @mbennesProbably the safest upgrade bet, how about moving up the Monitor Audio speaker line starting at the Silver 300, or maybe purchase a Gold 200 or stretch to a Gold 300? You may move even farther up the Monitor Audio line if you buy used. ... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! @hilde45Don’t fully understand the stuff about Cisco switch; have been using wifi rather than ethernet cable because I’ve read that ethernet cables are susceptible in real waysRead increasing reviews of the sonic benefits of an audiophile Ethernet... | |
| Just wondering about speaker cables Very bad idea could never work.good luck.I've read reports of sonic improvements but likely an unwise strategy because the $ spent for 2 SC pairs maybe better spent on another better SC. | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? Vibration - What are the Main Sources?Possibly living to close to a brothel?Vibration is not a simple topic. It is far too complex for this forum. IMOMy thinking so far: Electrical parts (capacitors, resistors...) vibrate when electricity is appli... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! @hilde45Which of the tweaks on your list were most important to deal with first?I'm probably an atypical audiophile. After 5 years of research I'm nearly finished completing my bucket list high-end analog/digital audio chain hoping to land somewh... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! +1 @millercarbonYes, impossible. Impossible to rank these.Too much effort to rank, and for me it’s better only as a checklist as what one needs to address (or not) in their own system. | |
| Amplification: what are the biggest advances of the last 40 years? @bobbyddThe reply was something to the effect that "well, the technology and parts quality of these newer generation " units are far beyond what was possible a few decades ago. Also, that circuit design has advanced tremendously as a function of t... | |
| Noise floors Worrying about what you cannot control seems to be a waste of time and it subtracts from enjoying one’s audio system. If non-audio system ambient noise is bothersome then maybe headphones better, but like most/all things audio there are trade off... |