musicfan2349
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| Streamer Recommendation. @rbsaudio should you follow through on the mesh wifi recommendation, be sure you do not place the mesh node too close to your music rig! By definition a mesh node, or any wifi extender for that matter, generates RF which can interfere with your s... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? Except for my Node2i and DAC, I own 'vintage' gear'. Why? One: I can afford it and Two: I like the way my gear sounds. That said... I recently went to the Pacific Audio Fest and, as expected, I heard some great sounding products. (And some 'meh',... | |
| Get out and listen! Good day all. A few final thoughts on this, then I'll sign off. But first, @millercarbon - I haven't seen you in awhile. I think you encapsulated things best: "...I think a lot of what ails high end audio would go away in a heartbeat if only more ... | |
| Get out and listen! @ghdprentice - Sorry to hear about your sound issues. It'd be a shame if they screwed it up in the name of "progress". I live in Edmonds just north of SEA. The arts center is a really nice venue. Saw Travis Tritt do an acoustic set there and he wa... | |
| So I was changing a lightbulb last night… @durte30 DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT an electrician. Read on at your own risk. Please don't put a fluorescent bulb in a dimmable fixture. From what I understand fluorescent bulbs are designed to work in a fairly narrow voltage range. You can damage the... | |
| So I was changing a lightbulb last night… Grounding issue, as has been mentioned. I suggest you have two options. 1) You can hunt down why that light fixture isn't grounded properly. When you're touching it, your body is providing the ground. Luckily for you, you didn't get jolted. 2) U... | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. 8:40... "We need to start looking at hi-fi like a complete system." Truer words were never spoken IMHO. Happy listening. | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment @12many I'm with you: Wait for a time when you can work unrushed and with enough light that you don't make incorrect connections. It will also allow time for the equipment to acclimate to your room's temperature. You can also use the opportunit... | |
| BluSound Node and Node 2 @danimaz Are you using your Node2 via wifi? I've had my Node2 for a three years now. At first it was glitchy and connecting via the app quite frustrating. I then ran some Cat6 from my mesh extender to the Node2 and it was a completely different ... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES Here you go. HTH: | |
| Pacific Audio Fest I went Friday all day and listened in most of the rooms. Someone pointed out the strange layout of the show but the way the hotel’s wings are set up, I don’t think they had a choice! Once I figured out where the "wings" were it was easy to get aro... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Twenty Flight Rock... cover by Montrose. | |
| After the thrill is gone @inscrutable I'm rather where you are however my pop (RIP) made the choice for me. I inherited his system which was SOTA 25 years ago... I'll spare you all the full front end inventory. The electronics and speakers however are Jadis pre and Defy7... | |
| New equipment LOL... I feel for you sir. About four years ago I changed "one little thing" then went on a two year hunt and wound up changing everything but my TT and speakers. Oh well...🙄 Happy listening! | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp In a somewhat analogous situation, I ran a pair of Hafler DH-220s bridged into a pair of Acoustat 1+1 and RHLabs sub. I thought it sounded fine until someone smarter than me pointed out that the amps were likely quite unstable in that configurati... |