loomisjohnson
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| Best earphone for the value per jaybe, earphone technology is evolving at warp speed, and (mostly chinese) manufacturers are cranking out incredibly cheap models which far surpass mainstream models from just a few years ago. the headfi website is ground zero for all things h... | |
| In-wall speakers vs. bookshelves plus subwoofer for Stereo/HT setup don't do inwalls. get the regas, or if you can afford 'em paradigm signature. | |
| Can anyone hear the difference when you add REL subwoofers when playing two channel i added a q150 to my revel f30s, which extend pretty low, but needed some more fullness and dynamism, esp. in the midbass region. i found the rel very easy to integrate and a significant improvement. | |
| There are actually 2 seperate hobbies here. i'd like to say i'm 95% music, but that would be delusional--in fact i vaccilate between 50%-80% music, since i'm always at least thinking about the gear | |
| ADVICE PLEASE if i was just starting out and didn't already own a warehouse full of gear i would forego cd/vinyl/dvd and just stream from tidal or spotify--you can do this as cheaply as adding a google chromecast audio device for $25 (or get a bluesound node fo... | |
| Used 5ch Amp (Classe, Krell, Rotel) +1 auxinput--i don't understand the overt hostility to the poster. fwiw, i owned an arcam avr450 and thought its preamp section sounded very good. for a 5ch amp, since you didn't like parasound i'd look at ati, which is very clean sounding and exc... | |
| DENON, ONYKO, MARANTZ i agree that anthem is better than the mass market brands, but it may be more avr than you need for your speakers--i'd go to accessories4less and pick out a yamaha or marantz--they have great prices (40/50% off) and you can get a lot of machine fo... | |
| adding second set of speakers i fully agree with millercarbon here--adding more speakers, especially of a different brand, will give you more decibels, but will very likely sound worse--you're probably better off with one well-placed set | |
| The Science of Cables tedious | |
| Adcom GFP-710 to Schiit Freya - upgrade? fwiw, i used a gfp710 for years before "upgrading" to rotel and subsequently to arcam--i always regretted selling the adcom, which had much less coloration and was detailed without being fatiguing. haven't heard the schiit. | |
| Vintage Fisher Int Amp Model CA 2120 or Kenwood KA 8100....Opinions agree with mr d | |
| CD/SACD Player that is at least as good as OPPO BDP 103D as per uberwaltz, i also have a pioneer dv79avi (for which i paid around $100 used), which sounds better to me for cds than my oppo 103--i haven't compared it directly to the oppo 95, but it's a very serviceable player if you want to save some $$$... | |
| Nominees For Worst Recording Of All Time springsteen's commercial breakthroughs were produced by jon landau, who was a rock critic by training--why springsteen wanted that hollow, unnatural sound is a mystery to me, esp. since his first two records sounded good in a conventional way. | |
| Nominees For Worst Recording Of All Time i always though born to run sounded horrible. husker du's zen arcade is another vg recrod that was bdly recorded. | |
| Build a system for $1000 the google chromecast can be used for internet radio and should sound good through the optical in on your avr (alternatively, they could use their computer as a source)--this'll free up most of your budget for speakers. |