mapman
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| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. Lots of good quality used gear out there. An economy is overrated. I eat eggs and oatmeal for breakfast. So there! I do go easy on the yokes though. Are we allowed to talk about breakfast foods? I don’t think they have much to do with audio thou... | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. Most rock stars are over the hill as well. Thank G-d for old recordings. Just saying. | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. Well the subject is tariff which relates to consumer electronics industry. Isn’t that a political thing? Fine with me either way. Words can’t hurt me. | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. I’m all for political wisdom. Let it flow! you can use the T word but not the P one. Can our beautiful hifis survive all the words? | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. I can offer an easy off for anyone finally ready to jump off the Trump bandwagon but too embarrassed to admit it. Just do the same thing the Dems did with Biden. “Well I like him but you know he is getting up there in age and subject to the same... | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. Yay add one more thing to the ruined list. This is really great! Winning is overrated. | |
| A Simple Pleasure: Sharing the joy @gdaddy1 I have Qobuz also integrated in Roon. Didn’t know Qobuz app was available for the Samsung. Will check that out. Thanks. | |
| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... @tomcarr you covered most of the ones that really matter a lot. I’d add the proper technical integration of components when dealing with separate as opposed to integrated components like impedance matching and also that amp is a good match to driv... | |
| Do You Unplug Equipment During Thunderstorms? It’s the safe thing to do. | |
| Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity? Yup. It’s the age of the “unmensch”. It started back in the 80’s with Morton Downey Jr. and has gained ground ever since. Things go in cycles. Maybe we are all ready for a change. | |
| Disagreements and Conflicts between Audiophiles have we lost our brotherhood and maturity? Lots of bad influencers in high places these days. The results are predictable which makes it even sadder. | |
| Send in the Clowns If the fruit smells rotten shall we still taste it to be sure? 💡 | |
| The new dCS Varese DAC...it is so good that all others are now relegated to history?? I’m sure it sounds very good. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? It’s a | |
| Impressions: SMSL PA200 GAN FET Power Amps I use Class D Audio (US based) stereo GanFet with Ls 50 metas. Outstanding pairing similar to what you describe so not surprised. Also have a Hypex Ncore based Cambridge Audio integrated. Very different sound, both enjoyable but the GanFET clearly... |