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| Live (analog) vs Digital Home Audio I LOVE Nickel Creek! Their first eponymous album, "Nickel Creek" (from 2000) is one of my reference discs which I used to audition speakers. It is superbly recorded, imo, and was produced by the great Alison Krauss. Chris Thile, their child prodig... | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? hifiman5 We are kindred spirits! I had a McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe that I ran for almost 20 years until it died. I had considered upgrading it just prior, and ended up selling the chassis to SMc Audio and now regret it. Not long after, they came out... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile Good thread, and it describes my intermittent struggle. The yin and the yang. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Does the audio system exist to serve the music and is it the means to the end, which is listening to music? Or is the gear the ... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? mbmi re: Buy more speakers! OK—send more money! I approve of choices in booze too. Sad that in my older age (65) I'm now a lightweight...2 drinks and i'm ready for bed. D'oh! | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? I have 10 pair of speakers......all sizes...all brands...all prices. Each pair sounds different with different types of music. JBL and Klipsch Heritage and Tekton for Rock.....Triangle and Maggies for Jazz....Maggies for Classical. I don’t believ... | |
| Soulution 330 streaming I’d say keep the MA3 for DAC/streaming, and get the 330 without the DAC option. The 330 does not have built-in streaming capability with the DAC option. I’ve looked at the Meitner, to use as a DAC/preamp/streamer, since it has volume control. It ... | |
| Streamers made in America? For ROON, I like my SGC sonictransporter. US made. | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? jasonbourne52 I had a pair of Time Windows back in the early 80s, bought from a friend who has been my hi-fi mentor for 40 years. I replaced them with Vandersteen 2CEs, which I had for 20 years and then replaced with the newest Vandy 2CE Signatur... | |
| Is Magnepan still in business ? I emailed MAGNEPAN and got a reply from Eric in marketing, who said: "The Twin Cities metro was hit with a large snowstorm that started on Wednesday. Magnepan closed early and was not open for normal business yesterday. Magnepan has been in bu... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Awesome, bdp24. I did find one record by Johnny Staats using Roon ... not that one, but I will keep searching. Jerry Douglas... one of my all-time favorites! Have you heard the many Transatlantic Sessions he has done Aly Bain and with Irish/Scot... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Shout-out to yogiboy for sharing those PBS links. I saw part of the Burns series on country music, and have always meant to finish it. I did get the box set of CDs from it, and the ones from his jazz series. Ken Burns is a national treasure! a | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time What contemporary C&W music lacks is cow bell. 😅 LMAO! Should I post that classic SNL skit? So good. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time As bad as some of it is, no way its worse than rap.... AMEN! C-rap! It really grinds my gears. I don't like most of the new "Bro country" for all the reasons stated. How many songs can one hear about trucks, chicks, and beer, fercriminysakes! ... | |
| The LRS+ Speakers audionoobie My room is about the size of yours (11x15), so I wonder how you have your .7s placed? My understanding is the Maggies do best pulled out from the front wall about 3-4 feet. My speakers have to be on the long wall (Vandersteen 2CE Sig... | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature III — video review on YouTube by Steve Guttenberg (1/15/2023) tomic601 God save the generally factual ! Hey, I try my best too! 😎 |