rbstehno
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| Should I upgrade from REL/510 subwoofer to REL/812 subwoofer? that is a pretty small room. I just went thru this process in my new 16 x12 room, and rel told me to get the 500 series subs for my small room to match up with my Revel's. Way over kill, I bought 2 of their t7x subs and they are perfect for my roo... | |
| Any modern rock recommendations? Dream theater-they are on their 40th year making music Tool Joe Satriani | |
| Network Switches Mswale-I agree with you. I was doing enterprise networks in 1990, doing token ring, Ethernet, and AppleTalk. I learned and mastered the Network General’s Sniffer where I could look at what was going on in each network. I could see the whole IP pac... | |
| All-in-One (Streamer/DAC/Amp) - Powernode vs WiiM amps I have the Auralic Polaris all in 1 for a second system, much better than the bluesound, not sure about the other. Auralic makes very nice equipment. I’ve had large Usher speakers hooked up to it with no issues. | |
| Midwest Hi-Fi Store you can count on… Shinemaster- it’s not the money. I have never gone into a dealer to listen to equipment then go out and find the cheapest price. Most dealers that I dealt with I bought from them decades ago, but since I started going to CES, THE Shows, RMAF, and ... | |
| ??? Are Manufacturers Killing Our Hobby ??? Since Covid, there have been many new audio manufacturers that build expensive equipment that doesn’t sound any better than what is currently out there. We heard $35k speakers at an audio show that didn’t sound any better than my small revels in m... | |
| Network Switches Why anybody would convert Ethernet to usb into a dac/streamer is nuts, going backwards in sound quality. Ethernet into the dac will always sound better than usb, anything sounds better than usb! I wouldn’t use any switch with a wall wart power so... | |
| Midwest Hi-Fi Store you can count on… I have dealt with a lot of brick and mortar audio stores in the past and have tried to stay away from them. I’d rather go to audio shows to see what’s out there and see if anything catches my ears. Then I would deal online with either the manufact... | |
| White cabinet popularity? Kef look great in white, blue and gray. I always like Ushers wood finishes, like a fine piece of furniture. I also have a couple pairs of new revels in silver and white and a new pair of rel subwoofers in white. Get a lot of compliments on the whi... | |
| Make speakers disappear. Simple, cheap I’m not painting my room black. Proper speaker setup will get your speakers to disappear. It might take you longer than painting your wall to adjust your speakers but it’s a necessity, along with treating your room which is also a must. Before pa... | |
| Is there a ROON sound? I’ve been streaming for over 20 years now with many different software applications: Apple iTunes in the early 2000’s, amarra, pure music, audirvana, lightning ds, lumin, (using upnp and minimserver), roon, and Qobuz connect. 20 years ago I got ri... | |
| How large (or small) is the audiophile market? KEF (U.K.) Rockford (U.S.) Bowers & Wilkins (U.K.) Pioneer (Japan) Dynaudio International (Denmark) These are not high end audio companies IMO, they are good companies except for Pioneer, but I wouldn’t own anything from them except if it’s... | |
| The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype There are many audiophools out there, you can see this on some of these posts on this thread and the guy in the video. You have people that claim they are the only people that can take a $200 piece of equipment and make it a giant killer, or if yo... | |
| RaidHo C1.1 vs Focal Diablo Utopia If you want analytical highs, then get the focal’s. The lower focal models have no low end and a light midrange. Keep the raidho’s or get the upgraded raidho models. If you like the raidho’s, check out the Borreson speakers. | |
| Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too? Bruce Springsteen and neil young. Their music is ok but not worth listening to their political BS |