mlsstl
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| Any owners of Schitt Bifrost 2? You might want to check out a used Bifrost -- they come up for sale regularly. You could buy one and then resell it for about the same you paid if it doesn't float your boat or you just get the urge to move on. | |
| Fair Blind Test?? Besides YouTube's lossy audio, God only knows what microphone was used for recording the sound. For all we know, a cell phone was used. Amazing how they use fancy equipment costing thousands upon thousands and then show it off with 128 kbps audio... | |
| Anyone at home at Krell? I've been in commercial insurance for over four decades. It is surprising how many small companies have no succession/continuity plan in place. This is years ago, but we had one company lose the top three execs, all in their prime, in a plane cras... | |
| Need help choosing preamp for streaming I'd second the recommendation for a WiiM streamer. I have a Pro and a Mini. They sound good and are among the easiest digital products I've ever encountered to set up and use. They also have a Pro Plus which has a better DAC and they are weeks aw... | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? @audiotroy -- I was just offering info, not an opinion one way or the other. Your initial response to @brunomarcs gave the impression that you were not familiar with the situation. His comment -- a sarcastic jab -- was perfectly clear to me in li... | |
| Recordable CD/DVDs are vanishing too Probably the bigger issue with CDRs is that you won't have as many brands to choose from as in the past, but the product will still be available. Just checked the Microcenter web site and they are down to one brand - Verbatim. Amazon still has s... | |
| Advice on Sterling LS3/6 I haven't heard the Sterlings but did buy a pair of Spendors from Jeff Stake about 15 years ago. He was very accommodating for both the listening session and the subsequent purchase. (Looks like he don't carry Spendor anymore.) | |
| Best streamer to replace my Mac Mini? @audiotroy -- Bruno's comment was in reference to a thread on another audio forum where a 432 EVO user had issues and didn't get the help he wanted from the manufacturer. He posted pictures of the interior and the manufacturer responded asking the... | |
| Best upgrade path from Borresen X3s I'll just add my voice to those who have asked what the OP is trying to "improve." You'd think for the dollars in play that one would be able to identify some specific traits in the current setup that are weak compared to what he would like. | |
| 10dB resonant peak at 40Hz Another thought not suggested above -- add a high pass filter to the existing speakers and add a powered sub or two. You can try the sub in different positions to find the best spot to even out the 40 Hz resonance. Subs can often be easier to mov... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? Tinnitus is all too common as many of us age. I'm in my 70s and the problem started over 20 years ago. I've got a constant 9 KHz squeal both left and right. Ran that down by using a signal generator and a set of headphones and adjusted the frequen... | |
| Differences between Harbeth, Spendor, Graham, etc. ? I used to own Spendor SP 1/2Es and have listened to several Harbeth models. I haven't heard the Grahams. I prefer the Spendors -- the midrange and 3-D qualities are absolutely magic. The biggest drawback is the extremely small sweet spot -- you'r... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @bigtwin -- I appreciate your points, but high wattage alone doesn't tell you anything about how an amp behaves when presented with a low impedance load of 4 ohms or under. And wattage also says nothing about the other elements of sound quality. ... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @bigtwin -- the one thing missing in the info you posted is a reference to the listening volume in the room. Not everyone wants live rock concert volume in their home. The other common mistake concerns the level of peaks above the average playbac... | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers @renosteve -- you completely misread my question. The "Why?" was not inquiring as to why you were asking about speakers, but rather why you failed in multiple responses to say what speakers you currently have. For example, if you have (and lov... |