photon46
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| Buying used: how old is too old? The driver manufacturer Accuton says their speakers are designed and engineered for a lifespan long enough to be enjoyed by your grandchildren. | |
| Hearing aids for audiophiles. There's a potential problem with compensation for high frequency hearing loss by utilizing system tone control corrections. Our neural processing tries to compensate for hearing loss and we become habituated to whatever our "normal" hearing situat... | |
| Hearing aid suggestions Oh, and as to the issue of rechargeable vs. battery operated, the vast majority of folks are going with rechargeable models. You do trade off a slightly larger case to hold the rechargeable battery vs. the models with batteries that need replaceme... | |
| Hearing aid suggestions Getting the right hearing aid model is extremely dependent on your own particular issues so any blanket recommendations would be meaningless. The biggest hurdle is finding a reliable, honest, well trained audiologist that is up to date on the late... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices Well, the newest Rolls Royce Boat Tail is priced at $25,000,000 for the three lucky owners who will get one. So your pricing model assumptions aren't that far off. | |
| Cat Scratch Fever? Using the lack of decline in SS payments as a reason to doubt Covid mortality figures is specious reasoning. There are multiple factors in play determining SS payments. According to the Social Security Administration's published monthly statistics... | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? Rare to get hit by lightning? Guess that depends on where you live. Here in central Florida you can depend on your home's power lines being hit by electrical surges caused by lighting every few years. While a direct lightning strike to a home's po... | |
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us Like others have already said, experienced listeners know there's no such thing as "best" and a component's excellence or lack thereof is partially dependent on system and room context. Our cultural media environment encourages dumbed down and sim... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? The RCM has worked extremely well with my Ortofon Kontrapunkt H and Transfiguration Axia S, which have slightly more output than the Cadenza Black (.4 mv vs. .33.) In particular, the combination of RCM and Kontrapunkt is very engaging, full bodied... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? I'd also mention that it might be worth a call to Mehran at Sorasound and see if he has a demo deal on a RCM Sensor Prelude. He often has unadvertised items for a good price. That phono stage is under the radar but the reviews you can find online ... | |
| Luxman E-250 or Sutherland 20/20, or something else? From my experience with the Sutherland 20/20, which was quite underwhelming, I'd opt for the Luxman (although I've not tried that model myself.) That said, there are so many different combinations of equipment in an analog phono setup there's no u... | |
| How do I know when to use a subwoofer? Our impression of being immersed in a performance venue is dependent on more than just music. For instance, when listening to many of the performances in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's live recordings, one can hear all sorts of low frequency... | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? Regarding experimentation, when setting up my current system location I tried GIK 244 panels with scatter plates, GIK Polyfuser absorber/diffusers and them GIK 2A Alpha Pro panels in the first reflection points and the differences were apparent in... | |
| Speaker advice for first hi-fi setup - Monitor Audio Gold vs. KEF R series! In the end, it's questionable how much relevance is to be gleaned from other's preferences and someone else's interpretations of adjectives like "warmth" and listenability. Personal preferences, partnering equipment, and the room all make one list... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Concertgebouw Orchestra (their RCO Live series is great,) J.S. Bach, Stravinsky, and then Dead Can Dance. |