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Best songs to test speakers
Best songs:1.  Heart is a Drum by Beck2.  Give Life Back to Music by Daft Punk3.   Water Mellon Man by Herbie Hancock4.  4ware by Deadmau55.  Like Someone in Love by Diana Krawl6.  Nasty by Vincent IngalaNOTE:  These are great songs to test for ba... 
Interesting study
 A realtor sends me daily real estate listings so I can get an idea of what my house is worth.  I have received well over 500 of them and I am yet to see a pair of speakers standing in a room.  I am also amazed by how people spend $5,000 on an ent... 
New Place - What Would You Do?
I would put them where you are going to play them the most.  I would also add two large REL subwoofers.  That will help to fill in the space.You are never going to make things perfect.  Just put them where you are most likely to listen to music an... 
Signal break up on 7 month old Bluesound Node 2i
I think could connect a 2 channel amplifier to my ARCAM AVR 550 and us the ARCAM as a Pre Amp.  Not sure how much sound quality difference I would hear and if the ARCAM would introduce too much noise or more than what I have?  I wish I could have ... 
Signal break up on 7 month old Bluesound Node 2i
To wlutke,I hard wired my Bluesound Node 2i using CAT6 and this I feel is the way to go.  Before I purchased my Bluesound I was streaming using an Apple TV.  I had signal break up streaming wirelessly.  As soon as I hard wired the Apple TV using C... 
Are your speakers designed for your listening taste and hearing ability?
I must have listened to 30 speakers before I purchased mine.  I almost purchased a pair of Martin Logan Motion 60's.  I went back to the dealer three times and the last time there I listened for two hours.  Thank God I did because I discovered I w... 
Signal break up on 7 month old Bluesound Node 2i
I called Tidal and they told me to turn off the power to the Bluesound and let it reboot.  That solved the problem.  I am hardwired CAT6 from the modem to the Bluesound so thought signal interruption from the modem was not an issue.I wish I had no... 
How many speaker companies?
Not sure why anyone would care about this,  Just listen to some and buy the ones that sound the best.  I think you also need to find a dealer who knows how to match an amplifier to speakers.  I would suggest attending an audio show and to listen. ... 
Which amp would you go with
I would save up your money for a few years and wait.  $1,000 certainly will not buy you much.   
Which amp would you go with
I would save up your money for a few years and wait.  $1,000 certainly will not buy you much.   
Disappointing On Mcintosh......help
I personally do not know what people see in MacIntosh.  I think Parasound is better.  I aua/ditioned my ARCAM AVR 550 and the ARCAM AVR850 and compared them with MacIntosh and the ARCAM AVR850 blew its doors off.  I like their G amplification tech... 
Higher End DACs
I would buy one that can completely unfold MQA so you can take advantage of TIDAL.  I can hear the difference and sold a brand new DAC that was attached to my Bluesound Node 2i in order to hear the complete unfold of MQA.  The Bluesound sounded be... 
Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria?
Why would you ever buy a CD player when you can stream Tidal MQA for $20/month?  It is convenient and you can sit down view their library from your seat and enjoy a huge library.  CD's are a thing from the past.  I feel the same way about vinyl.  ... 
Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously.
Herbie Hancock (Water Mellon Man), Vincent Ingalis  (NastY) Daft Punk (4Ware) will get you started in the right direction. 
confused and don't know what to do
I am not a big fan of B&W speakers.  Where's the base.  However, if you buy a pair of REL S3 SHO subwoofers that would fill in the lower extension.I would look at ARCAM.  I have their AVR550.  However, I wish I could have afforded to spend $3,...