mike_in_nc
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| boulder and d'agostino dealers have all kinds of reasons for recommendationsin your price range, they should give you a home audition of eitherthat way, you can decide for yourself | |
| Portland (Oregon) Audio Club Hi, Zufan,We (the PAC) have been meeting on Zoom for about 18 months now. There was a brief period when we started having in-person events again, then Delta covid started raging and put an end to those. It was a pity, because we had planned the en... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago In that price category, I'd go the the speakers I dreamed about THIRTY years ago:Aerial 10T | |
| Why the difference in resale value? P.S. I said I "enjoyed the heck out of" my original Adcom GFA 555. Thinking back -- it was a long time ago -- that really isn’t true. I remember that the treble always bothered me, Nelson Pass influence notwithstanding. I sent it out for modificat... | |
| Why the difference in resale value? I suspect the meters have a lot to do with it. Gorgeous. The Adcom is just a black box. And I've noticed that many people buying older gear want not just sound, but appearance.Plus, Integra was Onkyo’s high-end line, like NAD Masters or Sony ES. A... | |
| American Audio Janszen Audio, maker of superb electrostatic speakers in Columbus, Ohio. If they've been mentioned so far, I missed it. | |
| Advice on dedicated room Here is a link to a room-mode calculator:Amroc room mode calculator | |
| Advice on dedicated room Regarding bass: I agree with the suggestion to use a DBA. My main system has two JL Audio F112 subs, and I was delighted by the improvement when I added a third (a small B&W ASW 610) as proof of concept. That improvement went up another notch ... | |
| Advice on dedicated room Have fun with the project, & let us know how it works out! | |
| Advice on dedicated room Sound isolation ("soundproofing") is an entirely different thing from the internal acoustics of the room. In my experience building a room in our basement, they can work in opposite directions. The less leaky the room (to sound), the stronger will... | |
| My first streamer- what spidf cable to use? Yes, the Blue Jeans cable would be a good choice. It’s as close to a 75-ohm cable as you’re likely to find. Mogami also makes a similar cable in the Mogami Gold line. With modern DACs, I have not heard differences among digital cables. | |
| Deciding if I like Class D. >> The purpose of this post is to give my opinion . . . and ask if the price tag on the Weiss, which brings the cost over 3000, is worth it or not. <<As @russ69 said, SURE it’s worth if, given you much prefer the sound.I’ve bought many... | |
| Deciding if I like Class D. I agree with @erik_squires and @fuzztone on this. Enough so that I won’t repeat their comments here.My experience with op amps is similar to yours. I much preferred the Sonic Imagery 990ENH TICHA to the Sparkos SS2590 in my setup (Apollon PuriFi-1... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? According to the interwebs, in 1765, Samuel Johnson explained it thus:It is not easy to discover from what cause the acrimony of a scholiast can naturally proceed. The subjects to be discussed by him are of very small importance; they involve neit... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics @three_easy_payments-- >> I also think there is an allure to the notion that a major improvement can be had for a relatively small cash outlay compared to amplifiers or speakers. Something like..."While I may not be able to afford that $2,50... |