mfili35

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Do speakers need to be re-broken in?
Yes the base will loosen up the highs will smooth out and so will the mids.. I would believe some high-priced speakers are broken in at the factory, but I have noticed that there is a huge difference after 100 -300 hours.. yes some speakers take m... 
No God No! Say it Ain’t So!
Oh well life goes on for the rest of us just because a company is purchased by someone else doesn't mean that the quality is going to necessarily change.. Volkswagen owns Bentley Lamborghini Porsche Audi Ducati.. And more.. I'm sure we'll survive  
Physically Comfortable Headphones
Grados are by for the worst I had 350s .. I had HD 800s I could not stand the way they touched my face because of their size.. I now have beyerdynamic T1’s V1. fantastic sound and only about 350 grams, have alcantera pads.. you can wear them for h... 
When I listen to my system.......
Alan Parsons puts a lot of time into their mixes and mastering once said people don't buy equipment to listen to our music they buy our music to listen to their equipment      
DSD coming to Qobuz streaming?
I have Amazon unlimited music which my fiio K5 pro and k1 portable dac both show a input of DSD.. I tried apple music which did not  Can anyone explain this  
Difference between Bluesound Node, Node 2, Node 2i, NodeX
Save yourself the money by a fiio K5 pro headphone amp ($150.00) with the ESS saber chip.. yes you are tethered to a USB cable but the Blue Node would not play music unless it was saved to my Amazon unlimited music.. I think the fiio sounds better... 
Noob question about streaming . . .
It’s Amazon unlimited music for me.. I had Spotify for a couple of years but they don’t do ultra high res then I tried Tidal, the music was tissier which made it appear like there was more information but there wasn’t..Amazon does 24-bit high res ... 
Noir album recommendations
David chesky "jazz in the new harmonic" has that eeriness you're looking for with top notch sound and instrument separation  
Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner?
I have used  power conditioner for around 17 years I thought it made a difference in the sound quality of my Denon 4308 and the picture quality of my plasmas, (oleds presently) . Denon still gives me phone support and always asks if I'm using a po... 
The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change
I did the same thing with headphones until I found ones that I really enjoyed and realized all the money I wasted up to then beyerdynamic T1s v1. I’m sure there are better but I’m very satisfied with them and I am done.. with everything else I spe... 
Throw it out!
One word.. streaming  
Integrated amp: Component weight
Why don't you just get someone to help you lift the thing into place and forget it instead of compromising  
Are your record surfaces as silent as CDs?
It's all high res streaming for me. play any song anytime with a Wide and deep sound stage.. I tried going back, clicks pops and cleaning dust off of a stylus isn't for me  
Please be gentle with me! 🙏
I doubt it. I don’t know what type of dac i I ordered the blue node and found that it only streamed music that was in my library on my Android using Amazon unlimited music which sounds great and as good as anything else.. (yes I’ve tried others).... 
Smaller plug-in AC Purifiers -- Shunyata, iFi, Puron...something else? What do you like?
If you ever call Denon support they always ask you if you're using a power conditioner and tell you that they don't recommend them. I still use one I'm not frying my system in the event of a storm and I do notice a difference also on my OLED