polkalover
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| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? The only way to answer this question is to listen to both in the same room in a blind test! If told what you’re listening to is the $50K speaker, the placebo effect kicks in - your mind not your ears tells you these have to sound better with zero ... | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs 2 from a great college band that had a smidge of success 1. She divines water 2. All her favorite fruit by Camper Van Beethoven | |
| If you had $2500 to spend on a new TT and cart.....what would you buy? These are all good- I asked because I am deciding and every table mentioned - minus the used suggestions (which are also good ideas that I have considered- but didn't research used tables) were in the running. I am leaning towards the Clearaudio C... | |
| You can go home again @douglas_schroeder I am bracing for the shock. Its all part of this fun little hobby. Here's hoping the sound improves as the room will be improved over what I had. For starters its on a slab with plush carpeting instead of being on a a 2nd flo... | |
| You can go home again From a different perspective, my system has been in storage for over 3 months as I am having a new house built. I currently listen to my tunes via sony bluetooth headphones(which are fantastic) but I am curious to hear what my system sounds like ... | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? I'll second the Mur Audio SP1's and the bigger brother PX2. I currently own martin logan ethos and have an opportunity to build another system and was eyeing up the SP1's as logans replacement. Based on what I've read the SP1's are light on the ... | |
| My battle with sibilance. I too once battled sibilance. It was a long hard road, but with the right therapy of repeated viewings of the Cindy Brady lisping episode of the Brady Bunch, I was able to come to grips with it and learn to live life with its existence. I now se... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Radiohead @ MSG July 2018The Cult @ Wellmont Theater Dec 2019Hall & Oates @ Bethel Woods Aug 2017 | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! I think a better question to ask is worst bands by decade. As each decade passes there have been bands that somehow got a recording contract and we all wonder why? or better yet - How?as for me -I'll start in the 70's - styx, KISS, REO, the ramon... | |
| What Integrated Amp do You use Musical Fidelity M6si. Has everything you need and nothing you don't. And she sings! | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Don't know what issue you are trying to resolve but after many tries with my system the one device that solved all the issues were the Solid-Tech feet of silence. They're fairly economical too at $500 for 4 - at least when I ordered them. Put tho... | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? The most important component to consider is YOU. End of story. I've learned that in this hobby to build a system based around what's important to you. This hobby is completely subjective so the most important component is YOU. If we used scienc... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Go buy Solid-Tech Feet of Silence. Solved the same problem. The turntable is actually suspended in air. I also used a 3/4 in thick cutting board to rest TT on and then placed the feet of silence at the 4 corners of the cutting board for stabilit... | |
| Mega dollar systems. 200k on up. What are their professions? The bigger question is does the $500K system sound 20X better than a $25K system. Given the law of diminishing returns - I’d say NO. Anyone who says yes - I’d call bullshit in a minute. It’s a placebo effect- you want it to sound better. | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? I can't say an actual number but about 10ft. worth. With the advent of streaming and being able to listen to anything- its given rise to buying more. Seeking out albums from years ago that you've discovered from streaming- and never mind discover... |