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| Anyone know of a good hi-fi store in Nasheville TN? HiFi Buys is the only walk-in store I know of. Mostly conventional stuff. | |
| Food: what does the typical audiophile eat? Do "edibles" count as food? | |
| Help, my system seem to have slowly gotten " bright" Ironically, age related hearing loss can produce this. If we lose certain frequencies, others become more noticeable. So loss of highs can result in upper mids sounding prominent, especially in the sibilance range. Just another joy of aging. | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo @jbuhl That Vox Clamantis music is really nice. I was trying to figure out how many different voices I heard and I decided 12. I can hear where each is in space. Excellent recording. Then I looked them up, found the ECM bio and it was true. I t... | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo For live jazz: Bill Frissell Album: East West Track: Boubacar | |
| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Tom Petty Shadow People. Opening is mellow and open, breakdown in middle with great cymbals, bell like sounds, very subtle parts that are lost on lesser systems. Then it breaks into a full rock sound with crunchy guitar and drums. Great reverb ... | |
| Are your speakers losing air? I have vintage 12" 3 way JBLs for LCR. Each has volume controls for midrange and tweeter. I set them by ear and then run Audyssey. The end result is very clear and powerful sounding dialogue. Larger speakers push more air farther into the room. | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i I agree. I'm in the camp that sees digital data as very robust. Buffering and error correction results in the data stream transmitting an exact copy of the original file that gets sent to my DAC. Only in analog is the transmission of audio subject... | |
| why expensive streamers Jitter WAS an issue in early digital audio that has been solved. It was primarily an issue with digital recordings where things have to happen in real time. In reproduction, buffering allows the time for error correction. Any serious manufacturer ... | |
| Very faint hiss from tweeter FWIW, I have an A23+ with an LTA tube preamp, a Schiit Bitfrost 2/64, and a Schiit Kara. The LTA runs through the Kara in passive mode, or I use the Kara for SS. A basic Furman surge protector and no other exotic cables. When I put my ear up to ... | |
| why expensive streamers Many aspects of music perception are not measurable. But when it comes to altering electrical properties in any way, there should be something the designer used to decide how to alter the electrons that is subject to measurements. If claims are ma... | |
| why expensive streamers For those interested in an authoritative technical explanation of noise in digital audio, here's a link. https://audioxpress.com/article/audio-electronics-is-digital-jitter-really-a-problem#:~:text=Noise%20from%20the%20power%20supply,it%20can%20s... | |
| Bob Weir: "George Jones is my favorite musician." https://www.wmot.org/liner-notes/2024-03-18/larry-campbell-teresa-williams-from-30a-songwriters-festival | |
| Subwoofer Suggestions No love for SVS here? I'm also looking at the same choices and it looked promising. Is there an issue with them? | |
| Powered Minimus 7 substitute I've seen that designation but not sure which version it is. It might be worth checking out but I haven’t heard that one. I heard the original when it first came out and was really impressed. Check reviews. |