mapman
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| interesting article about turntables and vinyl Most people buy turntables these days because used vinyl is cheap and a turntable is a novel device these days. Also they hear about how great vinyl sounds compared to digital, which is of course debatable. But the availability of cheap used vinyl... | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I think whether the 120 w/ch Luxman would cut it or not with the less efficient speakers would likely depend on listening habits, volumes, type of music, etc. Having powered subs in the mix would help if needed. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I've heard the Anats in a decent sized room. Very nice, at least with the acoustic vocal jazz recordings demoed.The audiokinesis and Classic Audio suggestions are probably a good one for use with the integrated amp. Less efficient speakers may nee... | |
| the viability of hi end companies "Who buys $50k products from two or three people operations?"i suppose there is probably 20 out there somewhere if one can find them. | |
| Can speakers be tested? Rodman got it right as I recall. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? WHoops, sorry, I of course meant to say 8500 cubic feet, not 8500 square feet.Sorry. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? John Strohbeen at OHm Acoustics has recently been touting some new models in the $10K range that incorporates large 15" powered subs into the model 5000 design that otherwise is advertised for up to 8500 sq. feet or so (and costs ~ $6500 or sowith... | |
| Opposite of Thiel Harbeth. Maybe Dynaudio.OHM or other omnis for a completely different kind of presentation, at least in terms of sweet spot and listening flexibility. | |
| the viability of hi end companies Gotta be a tough business these days! My hat off to those who manage to succeed and carry on. | |
| Best reasonably priced classic hi-end tuner Best tuner I've ever owned was the tuner in my Tandberg tr2080 receiver. That left little to want in terms of sound quality and reception performance. The Tandberg standalone tuners were always regarded as even better. These come up for sale occas... | |
| Best reasonably priced classic hi-end tuner Best tuner I've ever owned was the tuner in my Tandberg tr2080 receiver. That left little to want in terms of sound quality and reception performance. The Tandberg standalone tuners were always regarded as even better. | |
| New Logitech Squeezebox Touch CRuz,Thanks.I'm hoping when the time comes, my current .wav library would work as it does with SB without much additional work, but I guess I will not know for sure until the time comes.Not having to use a computer would be a nice enhancement. Cur... | |
| New Logitech Squeezebox Touch Cruz,Did you encounter any issues using a music library with Sonos after SB? Like any lost metadata or album art?I'm using mostly .wav files which might make a difference versus say FLAC.I hope to keep my SB stuff for as long as it continues to wo... | |
| Asking for guidance on my first hi-fi system... Go with the NAD. | |
| Is it too much to ask.... I have a thought about all this but you all should know what it is, so i'm not telling. Ha! |