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| 10k Towers with biggest soundstage? Crusty is spot on. You just can't tell by listening in some other room, other than their potential to perform, or not. | |
| Physics Question: Why does cabinet volume matter so much to bass response? You have to brace the heck out a large cabinet though, or else it will vibrate too much and the bass will be crap. A lot of smaller subs with strong cabinets can yield some amazing results. | |
| Wyred SX-1000 Mono’s or PS Audio S700 Mono’s? The Schiit monos draw only 45 watts each at idle, plus they have that standby switch on the front. M700 amps draw 30 watts each, so only 15 watt difference at idle. Now the Schiit amps are not as efficient, so will draw more power as volume increa... | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? Mahgister and Moonwatcher are exactly correct. I was just making a joke. We should all be happy with what we have if it meets our budget, and we are satisfied. | |
| Good sounding wired earbuds - affordable? Hifiman 800's Silver List at $600 on sale now for $150. Real good sound. | |
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? Mid-fi is the cost of a nice vacation, and hi-fi is the cost of a new car. | |
| If a speaker cable added 1 - 2 ohms of resistance would that be? At 14 gauge it would need to be over 500 feet long to be around 1-2 Ohms. | |
| Question Regarding New Item Damaged in Shipping You should have picked it up at the dealer’s place. That way it’s none of your problem. | |
| Best cable for record cleaner, ever That's a good one for April 1st. Thanks | |
| Corrosion Is ljgerens really Walter White? | |
| McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no Sorry, I don't remember. It was 20 years ago. | |
| McCormack dna-1 upgrade or no I don't know... putting another $2,500 in an already upgraded amp that is around 25 years old probably won't get you much more. I vote for selling the amp, using the $2,500 and get something newer. After all this hobby is fun if you change things ... | |
| VM-1a: New RAAL SR1a Headphone amp YYZ, you post so much informative info on all your equipment. RAAL should just send you a Vm-1a for a few months review purposes. | |
| USBe Perfect I understand the use of one of these if you use a computer as a source, but what if you have a nice unit like an Auralic Aeries G1? Will putting one of these after the G1 improve anything? Please don't say try it and find out, because Underwood Hi... | |
| diyhifiaudiophile.com OK Benchmark AHB2 brand new at 50% off Coming from Indonesia when it's built in New York? Either they don't have any and are just trying to get your info to sell you something else, or they're a complete scam. |