mapman
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| 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 ... | |
| Is it time that Klipsch Heritage marketing a subwoofer? Subwoofers are a relatively new thing compared to the vintage design models that the Klipsch Heritage line offers. So not sure it makes much sense to have a Heritage powered subwoofer. Would a heritage subwoofer look different than any other with ... | |
| What does Nominal Impedance mean? “Nominal impedance in electrical engineeringand audio engineering refers to the approximate designed impedance of an electrical circuit or device.” | |
| Shootout: Roon versus Plex, Qobuz versus Tidal: Who Won? I did some remote LAN listening testing with Roon Arc. Results were mixed. When the connection worked the sound was good. That was in the am. In the afternoon Roon arc indicated a weak connection and nothing much would stream. Meanwhile Plexamp w... | |
| WiFi extension for streaming Should be fine. Just need a strong connection. Use an extender if needed for that. I do. |