mahgister

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Your audiophile chair
I used two old metal horizontally gliding chairs,not real rocking chairs, ( they are easier to move from the slighest movement of the body especially when my body is extended between the two chairs)... The two facing one another with the right nu... 
Subwoofer
Thanks for your kindness ...  My very best to you.... @mahgister  Glad to see you are here again seemingly healthy. At our ages, you never know when one may have passed.  
cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970?
The sad thing is the Tannoy were much too big for my desk .... I sold the Tannoy because i had decided to try headphones too.... After few years of desesperation with 9 pairs of headphone, even if each one of them were modified with success, not ... 
cheapest speaker made in the last 10 year that can beat any speaker made before 1970?
Me too... My past Tannoy  12 inches dual gold , i owned them 45 years , were so good, even today are easy to sell up to 2000 bucks...    
Subwoofer
I can assure you the Akg K340 are now optimized and so good i will never go back to the difficult task to tune a room... I dont need because  the three dimensional "out of the head" soundfield of my headphone beat my past speakers or rival them  .... 
Headphone break in?
I have no experience about headphone break-in... I dont negate his existance though ... Each component need some optimizing working time... My AKG K340 headphone need warming time to be optimal... Because there is a transformer and a crossover ... 
Best sounding headphones you have owned?
For me the AKG K340... They were the flagship of AKG 40 years ago... Their double new innovative technologies at the times are always new even today... First : Hybridation of dynamic cell with electrostatic... Second: An array of tuned Helmholt... 
Subwoofer
I think grislybutter is right... I bought a subwoofer years ago because my MIssion Cyrus never go down 45 hertz really... With an organ music album it is a pity... But the sub alone dont cure the problem and worsened it because the unbalance it... 
Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome?
I have not read all opinions in this thread to be frank... :) But most wife at least half of them, dont think about speakers being a beautiful design but an annoyance to keep clean which obstruct their free walk in the room and dont go well with ... 
Best Forum to hear experienced audiophiles exchange thoughts?
The worst forum i ever encountered, and i tried three or four times on a 8 years time, arbitrary applications of rules, gang like behaviour, financial evident interest for some company, same few ego driven "star", guru/disciples relationship ... e... 
Jazz for aficionados
Discovering a new magical musician thanks to you deserve a warm answer... My best to you...  
Going back to headphone ?
Thanks for your welcome... I will say to comment about your post that for sure everyone of us not only own different components but live through very different situations... There is not so much general rule which can be applied to everyone... ... 
Going back to headphone ?
Thanks for your kindness toward me... For sure i wish you the best in this tumultuous world... @mahgister Welcome back!! Missed you! Glad you were able to excel on your previous incarnation. Which was also fabulous. Yes simplifying is freein... 
Going back to headphone ?
Thanks for your kindness toward me... I wish you the best...  
Jazz for aficionados
Alexatpos, This Jan Johansson is a genius, i suffer because there is no way to buy a cd files ... I listened to him on Youtube and his way of playing is addictive... he die very young and make many albums now impossible to get our hand on... It w...