mapman
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| What became of schubert, more recently aka jim5559? My understanding from posts here is schubert was a vet and witnessed horrors in his life that set him on the path of seeking to soothe his soul. To him classical music and Bach served that purpose as it does for many. Yes he believed rock music d... | |
| What became of schubert, more recently aka jim5559? God bless schubert wherever he is. Appropriate that by chance I happened to have some Bach playing when I saw this. | |
| Top two most important sound qualities Clarity and dynamics. | |
| Best way to A/B two different streamers It’s not that complicated. Compare two ways and decide. Then compare to other options as needed. Yes, do play a variety of music of interest to you. Resolution of source material matters. The one that sounds best sounds best. A sound meter in addi... | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? Women tend to not like ugly things. | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. This could be the end. | |
| Can This Really Matter? You have to assemble the 1s and 0s correctly to produce an accurate waveform to correctly reproduce the music. That is where almost every product, be it hardware, software, or both, will differ somewhat. How different and how much it matters case ... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones It’s a custom designed material used as an alternative to wood so probably inherently better suited for the task. Wood is wood. But either way can work well if done right. Done right usually cost somewhat more. Is that what KEF uses in their LS ... | |
| Dual speaker system Variety is the spice of life. | |
| Best way to A/B two different streamers I just did a shootout like this a few days ago. 1) Connect each to whatever inputs available that both support the source resolution for testing. 2) Stream the same source material with both concurrently 3) Compare. I’d use a sound meter or sim... | |
| All Stocked Up and Nowhere To Play In a sense it’s fortunate that many do not play their records. Records get damaged easily and most people are ill prepared to handle them properly. That has always been the case but in the past records were the way to be able to hear the music you... | |
| All Stocked Up and Nowhere To Play My 21 year old daughter bought a couple records by one of her favorite artists a couple years back. She has an inexpensive player and I have several. She keeps them as collectors items but has never played them. She streams these all the time thou... | |
| Audio Research Owners Worried? It’s tough times for makers of tube gear no doubt. I got many years of enjoyment from ARC gear and am exceedingly grateful for that. Iconic stuff! | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Very sorry to read about this. The times they are a changing. | |
| Next step into Digital Streaming I’ve done exactly that with both Plex and Roon. Roon is more expensive but delivers a more complete user experience as well as better sound quality at home. A lifetime Roon license costs <$1000, so in the same general cost ballpark as many ... |