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| Townshend Springs under Speakers Sound Anchors does apparently make stands for 2Cs as shown in this ad. I cannot speak to "most people," but my large monitors each weigh 105 pounds and have the densest cabinets of any speakers I have owned. They are mounted to 70-pound Sound A... | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers Putting the speak on a plate of steel……would seem to make more sense to me. They call them Sound Anchor Stands | |
| Townshend Springs under Speakers The physics is the same regardless of the speaker manufacturer. My experience with spikes vs. decoupling (using Herbies products and later springs) led me to believe in the benefit of decoupling on both suspended wood floors and on grade-supporte... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? Any of you who, are in the process of building/improving/evolving your audio system, believe there are significant sonic differences between cables, plan to try multiple audio cables in the future,are likely to spend serious money on audio cables... | |
| Room vs. Gear vs. time of life, ...and you? Great thoughts about life and looking forward @mijostyn and @roxy54 I was on a ride last week and stopped at a store for a water refill where a spry old woman approached me and said, "you are so smart to ride a bicycle - I rode one my whole life u... | |
| OK, so I have to ask. Is this real, or is this a joke? The interesting thing about these threads is how they basically don’t change. Some tweaky product comes out that is promoted by some as a total game-changer while others view it as just another get rich quick scheme. I am not judging what people h... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS I2S or AES/EBU. Metrum Acoustics Ambre streamer to Pavane DAC I had that exact set-up with Pavane and then later with their Adagio. I agree that with those pieces either I2S or AES/EBU sounded best. However, for my tastes, my Mojo server and DAC c... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? Are the cables burning (or breaking, or running) in, or are your ears adjusting to what they are hearing, or maybe a little of both? I have purchased many new cables and have made cables for the past 20 years. I have used the Audiodharma Cable C... | |
| DAC Choices - $5,000 to $7,000 I ended up with Mojo Audio's Mystique EVO B4B 21 D/A Converter, which I found to sound a bit better than the Mystique v3 it replaced, but cut from the same basic cloth. It cost a bit more than the budget I posted to start this thread last Decem... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS In my experience, the answer to your question mostly depends on how the associated equipment is optimized. I have used the USB, Coax, and optical connections that you asked about, plus AES/EBU and I2S. In general, I2S was intended for very short... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! @oldaudiophile - I have auditioned by way of purchase multiple large amplifiers (like Lamm M1.2 monos and Clayton M300 monos - each about 100 lbs per amp), many preamps, and also digital front end gear. There is certainly a cost and risk in ship... | |
| Keeping Audiophilia And The Love Of Music Alive & Well! Times have changed and if you are not in an area where you can easily access audio shops to audition equipment, then your options may include: Attending audio shows, In-home auditions from direct-purchase manufacturers, Joining an audio club wh... | |
| Different subwoofer settings for different albums? I agree with the others here. Going to bass limited main speakers (down to about 40Hz) and adding two subs was a major improvement to the sound of my system. Two subs was a significant improvement over one and the only other major improvement I ... | |
| Roon for high end audio? Sold my last high-end CD player about 4 years ago and since then the only physical media I have used are CDs that I then rip to my server and play in my vehicle.I started with a dedicated Mac mini server to play ripped CDs and added Roon (lifetime... | |
| Network Switches I have had an Orbi mesh system for a couple of years now.Although I run fiber from my main router to my main system and that works great, I operate my garage/outdoor system through one of the mesh satellites as described by @david_ten below with a... |