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| Does Hearing Loss Disqualify Me from Audiophiledom? Regarding "loss in the higher register, tinitits and unbalanced hearing" The first and third are problematic, but certainly don't disqualify you from being an audiophile. The second symptom, however, is another matter entirely. | |
| Streamers made in America? I don't know why people fail to understand that any and every technology product is itself the product of a global supply chain. Where did the copper come from? Where did the aluminum ore that made the aluminum for the chassis come from? Where did... | |
| What can beat Wilson XVX for less money? @jpwarren58 "Sort of like buying a Porsche while living on a very small island with one lane dirt roads." Nailed it. | |
| Biamping Bi-amping requires 2 amps plus an active crossover adjustable to meet the frequency, level, and slope of the original passive design. The benefits are many, most notably a 6dB increase in dynamic range and better woofers control by eliminating the... | |
| Best POP audiophile recording/album... Eva Cassidy - Songbird / Live At Blues Alley Charlie Haden / Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky Aaron Neville - Warm Your Heart / Bring It On Home Jackson Browne - Running on Empty' Rolling Stones - Stripped Eric Clapton - Unplugged O... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? @czarivey What is this 'poor dynamic floor' on high sensitivity speakers to which you object? Never heard that term before. | |
| RIP David Lindley I have been a huge David Lindley fan since I first heard him on Jackson Browne's 'Running on Empty' cut 'Stay'. His plaintive falsetto "Oh, won't you stay ... just a little bit longer" always cracked me up. Then I learned how great a musician he w... | |
| Please help with setting up a streaming system If you need to upgrade your network, don't bother with an extender, they just add latency and halve your bandwidth. Rather, invest in a decent mesh router that supports WiFi 6 and a dedicated backhaul between nodes. The big advantages are far bett... | |
| How do you stop house guest from damaging your speakers? In college my only source was a turntable, so I'd just pull the headshell when the party was over. Later I got a second headshell and a low end Audio Technica, but removed all my MFSL and other references. Today, I have a VPI with a JMW Memorial u... | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? I have the original LS-50s and have heard the Metas. There is a small but distinct improvement in the high end without doubt. More amazing to me is KEF keeping the same pricing. All that said, the LS-50 is one of the most frequently mis-used speak... | |
| My Home Theatre Room Challenges - Is It Worth It To Upgrade Speakers The basic premise of a surround sound system is to replace the room acoustics with the surround sound acoustical environment. To succeed at that room treatment is an absolute necessity. Given that your room is almost a cube, you are going to notic... | |
| active crossover recommendation The DBX 234XS is the best overall choice I know of. At $319 it supports 2 X 3-Way channels if need be with easy setup. It uses the highly desirable Linkwitz-Riley 24 dB/Oct filters, which generally aren't used in passive designs because of parts c... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? To understand the nature of recorded music consumption one needs to break it down into endpoints and the drivers associated with them. Consumption endpoints characteristics include fixed vs mobile and solo vs shared. Mobile further breaks down int... | |
| Passive Bi-amping using XLR Y-adapters Using two amps running full range into passive crossovers is NOT bi-amping. Sorry. Bi-amping requires bypassing the original passive crossovers and using an active crossover between the preamp and power amps matched to the design crossover frequen... | |
| Made in USA All my equipment is made on Earth, by humans. Beyond that it gets very complicated, and kinda pointless. |