moonwatcher
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| What to do with a large collection @kmcong I have a not "huge" collection of about 1200 CDs from the 1980s to today. Out of all of those I think I had 3 that got "CD rot" due to oxidation of the aluminum layer due to a pin hole in the acrylic plastic. 3 out of 1200 isn't too bad, ... | |
| Why "bookshelf" sspeakers? If you want and value "scale", then as they say, "there is no replacement for displacement." But not everyone has large living rooms that can do justice to big floor standers. I found it slightly amusing that Paul McGowan of PS Audio just recently... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? Oh, regarding HD radio or what have you for digital...Techmoan on YouTube often has bemoaned the fact that digital stations in the U.K. are compressed to hell and in order to do more in the limited bandwidth, they are often lousy bit rates of mayb... | |
| Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore? I still have my Carver TX-11 Tuner (refurbished about two years ago with new caps and such) and use it, maybe not every day, but at least once a week. There are some great college stations I can get (WNCW, WSGE), along with a nice classical statio... | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? Nostalgia, as other have mentioned. But finding a good deck and maintaining it today can be frustrating. Then, finding any new recordings in the format is problematic. But yeah, they were probably the pinnacle of analog sound reproduction for th... | |
| Happy Holidays to All Merry Christmas to everyone on here. Let's hope 2024 continues to bring some interesting gear to market and keeps pushing the envelope at every price point. | |
| A little gift for my fellow audiophiles Thank you. I visited the site and played several of the tracks in their playlist. Probably low rate mp3s but still VERY Nice! However, Windows did report this about that site (see below). It might be a bogus warning...Windows does that sometimes,... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? @stuartk good points, especially about the "melodic and harmonic limitations". From around 1956 to 1976 we had 20 years of experimentation and creativity on display within those parameters. That’s 20 years of music. Today, much is simply derivativ... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? I agree with @markmoskow ...I think '72 was great too. After than yeah, a long decline. I mean, disco hit in the mid-70s, rock music had died by the mid-1980s, now it seems "popular" music is just a vehicle to sell singer branded merch and make t... | |
| Aggrivated tinnitus from speakers? Your WiiM is fine - if it is the Pro Plus, with its much better DAC inside, (not the hockey puck one). Several reviewers on YouTube say if you use it to feed an external DAC, they are fine up to the price point of say a $2000 DAC to get as much f... | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? Well, if you visit his website, it pretty much tells the story: "In light of the response to Ron’s New Record Day YouTube video and the success at Capital Audio Fest, we are thrilled to announce the prompt initiation of production. Our order qu... | |
| Does Qobuz work @mojo771 you wrote, "there are no instructions that say you need to log out and then log back, and not by merely selecting the Qobuz tab, like you just select the Tidal tab. Insead, you have to go to a different settings page - not the main setti... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning @Initm Photo Flo is a surfactant like Triton X-100 which breaks water's surface tension and allows it to get down deep into the grooves instead of riding nearly on top of them. A few drops go a long way. In film photography and printing they call... | |
| SACD is VERY confusing @rbertalotto OK, I could see that...the thrill of the chase to find something, just as many do with trying to find 1st pressings of vinyl albums in VG+ condition. | |
| SACD is VERY confusing Interesting conversation here. But other than a few manufacturers still producing SACD players and selling them at considerable expense over regular Redbook players or transports, is there any reason today, here in 2023, to buy one? I mean, why n... |