mapman
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| The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers New Stones song out for the pandemic. Best new thing from them in quite a while. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNNPNweSbp8 | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. Black and silver together do not clash and can actually look quite chic together. | |
| MHDT dac...and which streamer/server? There are so many good DACs these days that it must be hard to pick a reference.I am a fan of mhdt for their overall "musicality". I also tend to like the concept of NOS DACs.I had a mhdt Paradisea (tube) and Constantine (SS) both at the same ti... | |
| Silver is the appropriate color for everything but speakers. Lost in Space got it right. The best aliens were silver though gold was not unheard of. Oh the pain.......😫 | |
| Very basic subwoofer question Yep you just need a good powered sub. I use a Klipsch sw308 with my ls50s in a 12x12 room and it does just what you describe. Room size matters. Personally I would not recommend ls50s for larger rooms. They are just too small even if augmented by ... | |
| MHDT dac...and which streamer/server? I run Logitech Media Server and Plex servers on this and also use it concurrently for general computing. Very quiet. Mini PC Windows 10, Beelink J45 Intel Apollo Lake J4205 Processor 8GB/128GB SSD, Supports 2.5’’ HDD & SSD/4K/Dual HDMI/Dual W... | |
| MHDT dac...and which streamer/server? @spiritofmusic I say that because most devices capable these days are quite good including even most modern commercial devices like smart phones, tablets and other general computing devices. Its the source quality, software used to stream, DAC and... | |
| The Harbeth phenomenon Boxy Harbeth is very old school looking and not nearly as much competition there as in other newer designs. . I think that is part of it I’ve heard the latest 40.2 model in a very good dealer setup and liked the sound and looks but would be hard p... | |
| MHDT dac...and which streamer/server? I think most any good quality streamer will do well for you with a mhdt dac. I am still quite happy with my SS mhdt Constantine. The sound is similar on many ways to that off my Linn phono setup. I use an ARC tube preamp with both. | |
| Seems like a lot of folks are putting their Primaluna amps for sale... Probably just a reflection of good market share for Primaluna and Audiogon being a good place to sell tube gear for top dollar. | |
| New old or old new? No 35-45 year old components or speakers unless totally redone by someone who knows what they are doing please in which case they are essentially like new. | |
| Is my room size going to be a problem for speakers? I would expect those Magicos to do really well in a small room in that they are three ways with midrange and tweet in fairly close proximity not to mention they are Magicos helped out with not one but two subs. Very nice indeed! | |
| Tuning Collars on speaker cables - concept and any good? Tuning infers a process that is somewhat predictable. Randomly mucking with the signal passing through a cable sounds like playtime for bored audiophiles. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Trying to distort your signal in a good way that ... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? Real audiophiles always go topless so everyone can see their expensive circuits. | |
| Is my room size going to be a problem for speakers? Small rooms are the easiest to set up for good sound. The choices are endless. Most important thing: carefully manage the bass produced by the main speakers. You can always supplement them with a sub and get it just right but if too much/too big y... |