moonwatcher
Responses from moonwatcher
| What defines mid-fi versus high-end? As cd318 stated. "Mid-fi" was and is mostly a marketing term to make you think you need to spend $$$ more than you want for a given level of quality in sound. Everything is an engineering to price compromise at ANY level. But the goal is or shoul... | |
| Do you build anything for your high fidelity system? If so, what do you make? Years ago, I made a 6 shelf equipment stand using oak plywood (from Lowe's) and applied edging, stained it many times, applied some Urethane clear coat. Used 6-foot long black anodized threaded rods (McMaster Carr), wide stainless steel washers, n... | |
| Speaker Questions In the reviews that Cheapaudioman did, the new lower end Polks did well. I came very close to buying their Reserve R700 last year when I found them on sale for $849 each (and I kick myself for not getting them). Currently in my den I have a set o... | |
| First CD player help! noske, I had been looking at a Yamaha CD-S303 but had a live chat with a Yamaha tech and the CD-S303 does NOT have gapless playback. That is so aggravating in the sub-$500 price point region. Otherwise for $380 it had everything else I wanted...... | |
| First CD player help! I recently bought a new Denon DCD-800ne CD Player for $499 and love it. I had not bought a new CD player in 30 years (my Sony and even older Magnavox were mostly doing fine). However, nothing lasts forever, and I have a fairly large collection of ... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? Inflation and government over-spending is harming everyone. Even SpaceX had to raise their prices of a Falcon 9 launch from $62 million to $67 million. Fuel and shipping costs, raw materials, and of course labor (if you can find people to work) ar... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal I don’t give a rat’s ass about Neil Young or CSN or if Cher jumps on the bandwagon. But MQA isn’t part of the equation to me in the first place. I subscribe to TIDAL’s fairly new Hi-Fi tier that tops out at CD quality without MQA which is fine by ... | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? As a young kid I was always into technology. The more buttons a gadget had the better. Around 1965 my brother-in-law bought one of those all in one wooden cabinet stereos on legs. I loved using that thing to play music. I’d sit right in the middle... | |
| Speakers for daughter If she has room for them, I would choose the Wharfedale 12.2 over the 12.1. She'll end up with better bass and they can potentially play a bit louder or play with more dynamics. I use them in my den powered by a Denon A/V Receiver, and they do ju... | |
| Who uses ADS Speakers Still have my ADS L520 in my bedroom and use them almost every night. I still put their bass extension, imaging, and ability to play at lower volumes but still sound FULL up against any speaker south of $1000 today. Loved that they used crossover... | |
| flabbergasted with reviews on speakers Electrolytic capacitors are not "bad" in and of themselves. It’s just that over time, *some* of them, especially in a hot environment, will begin to dry out and change value. How long? Usually, 5 to 10 years or MORE. If you are willing to rebuild ... |