mattmiller

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Brian Wilson
I cant help but feel how directly influential the Beach Boys were to the Manson murders. I mean after Dennis picked up the 2 girls of Charlies hitch hiking, then  Dennis gets to know Charlie, he gets Brion to come out to the farm so Charlie can au... 
the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile
My older sister was dating a rich guy , it was the late 1970’s I was around 13-14 years old, up until this moment I grew up with a father that loved his big Pioneer 4 channel and huge home made speakers listening to classical loudly. I walked in t... 
Immersed in the Music
Give me some mushrooms and im right there with you! :-)  
Streaming music and movies from tv
Yes there sure is a way, for years i used this great little device from Monarchy Audio, its called a DIP, it has inputs and outputs for the digital signal, it will take the optical IN and allow you to use a Digital XLR or RCA out! Wonderful device... 
Idea for a new component
  Also, I recommend the Mytek Manhattan $6,000 new    https://mytek.audio/shop/category/manhattan-line-3   Maybe i'm not understanding what a Phono Head Amp is?  
Idea for a new component
Find your self a used OPPO 105, good condition ones go for around $1000.      
Best Cheap DAC Streamer
Whatever you decide, do not buy a Bluesound, its way overrated for the crappy SQ you get, spend your money on something worthy.   Matt M  
Does other Audiogon members' opinion carry any weight for you ?
Not anymore , the ones that did are all dead!   Matt M  
Will AI. Minimize the Design differences of audio
A.I gets its data from the Internet so its wrong half the time.   Matt M  
How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital?
I have moved up the vinyl ladder over the last 20 years and I can tell you things get a lot more sensitive when you get up in the $5,000 and over range. Hopefully you have a lot of clean great sounding original records, because if your comparing t... 
Genesis
Hands down Three Sides Live with that incredible version of Abacab, Hell Ya! Peter is a whole different story...The album Security is amazing!   Matt M    
Amazon abilities but with digital output... Sonos?
Not sure what Big System Means?? Are you trying to connect physical cables? like a pair of RCA inputs? What Alexa device (Echo)? Normally you can connect the Alexa device via a 1/8 audio jack cable to RCA.  
Ethernet cable - but which one?
Any decent quality CAT 6a cable with good quality connectors made of metal not plastic should be a great upgrade from standard CAT 5.   Matt M  
Toslink optical cables: Audioquest Optilink 3 vs Glass?
Why are we concerned? Toslink is the weakest of all digital connections, the most jitter ect... Would it be better to upgrade our digital connection somehow?   I'd be working on that, Toslink is so limiting for proper digital sound.   Matt M  
Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues
Technics was never a high end brand, back in the 70's 80's they made mid fi equipment or worse. Suddenly after so many years they are now charging a lot for  their "updated" products. I guess they made one certain turn table that DJ's loved, but t...