pinthrift
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| I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls.... Hi barkeyzee1 Another vote for the Schiit Audio Loki Mini+ here. Seasoned music lover with a serious/fun dedicated studio. My post history has the details. What I love about the Mini+ is its simplicity, yet effectiveness of choices. Any distu... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing Objective measured findings vs Subjective, time-tested listening help fuel our hobby, often with much howling. Thanks, chayro, in requesting calm on this topic. As an over-ripened audio guy, I plead guilty to "expected" changes in adding, replac... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap Hi incorporeus ...welcome. I have had terrific results in using an inexpensive, unassuming Panamax M4300-PM line conditioner in an extremely revealing 2 channel system, in a small (everything shows,) dedicated studio. I did a simple upgrade to a... | |
| Am I nuts? Hey argee, "NUTS" is pretty much a given in the hobby, no? :) This is a bit off topic, however, related and timely. Recent years, I have ripped my top shelf CDs in lossless to my PC hard drive to supplement online streaming, which is rapidly be... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Thanks for sharing your experience, Brandon... The greatest take-away from your post is the importance of "doing the work." Early on in my audio experience, I hooked up with passionate, energetic music lovers that were excited to do the work nec... | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information Now, if you double up on the lamp cords with precisely 7 twists, raise them, smear the ends with Furutech Nano Liquid, face East while tightening the bare wire...(this works well for 70's acid rock, only.) All other genres and periods, re-insert ... | |
| Great speaker sounds terrible in my room? (Pinthrift girds his loins before posting this) I've decided to risk the flac that will surely be coming, however, if it helps one music lover during these trying times, so be it. My studio is beneath our bedroom and my wife turns in early, du... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing Jim (jhills)...you and erik_squires illustrate important points, giving this topic added merit. We are indeed the sum of OUR experiences and knowledge which motivated me to post from a "hands-on," experienced position. Setting up my familiar sys... | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing ...oops, "preceeded" :) | |
| The worst sentence in audio writing Thanks for the topic, erik_squires... 20+ years of refining the sound quality in my dedicated, difficult (almost cube) small listening studio, proceeded by 30+ years of hi-fi experience, has been a journey, indeed. My other posts touch upon face... | |
| How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?” Thanks rvpiano, for a thought-provoking topic, Growing up in a musical extended family, non-musical sounds always defeat the belief for me. Once digital touched my emotions in the later 90's, begone! SOTA Star Sapphire (including Allen Perkins u... | |
| The hunt is over pesky_wabbit ahahahaha! | |
| The hunt is over Thanks, zavato... Let's not confuse "endgame" with an extended honeymoon. I prefer to think of this passionate hobby as a process. There are times, like now, that amazement and wonder fill the emotions. Instead of going TO the music event, the... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms Thanks, snilf! I'm drawn to the large MBL rig, having never heard them...what a setting! Local audio bud Chris (retired home builder, age 78, still practicing & playing sax in band) built his modest home near the mouth of Maine's Androscogg... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? Thanks for the question, Ted, Well-grounded, clean electricity is a great beginning point for a sound system. The biggest difference in sound quality is the interaction of your loudspeaker choice(s) and the room in which they are used. Happy Ne... |