rixthetrick
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| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? "All electronics,speakers invest less then 25% of its cost including the case work ,or cabinet actually goes into the cost ,the rest overhead ,and markup..."- audioman51 I do know that there’s one place that’s not the case, it is however very rare... | |
| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? When buying older speakers, be sure and make sure that the surrounds on the drivers are made of rubberized material and not foam, as foam surrounds break down. Unless of course you are skilled at replacing surrounds on drivers? Fortunately most mo... | |
| I need help trying to decide which bookshelf speakers to purchase Apoligies, ML1 ultimate and ML2 ultimate (ML2 ultimates are lined with solid copper plates, chosen due to copper's high Young's modulus) are the two best standmount speakers I've ever heard. | |
| I need help trying to decide which bookshelf speakers to purchase I agree with millercarbon also.Best bookshelf speakers I've ever heard are Lenehan Audio ML1 and ML2 reference. With the money you have, you may get a pair of ML1's against the Australian dollar. I currently run a pair of ML1 ultimates, with a Gie... | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) I used to build Curious Cables on the Gold Coast in sunny Queensland Australia (as an employee). If you use annealed silver off the reel the correct direction as the data signal wire and use (hope nobody gets offended) wire that was unused for USA... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? "...the children of the very wealthy. They end up as not very healthy or productive citizens right? If you can do anything, afford anything, you do not learn to make good decisions. Period." Clearly they're all lazy good for nothing......for e... | |
| Why all or most audiophiles are men? My wife can hear the difference, and she acknowledges as much..She's still happy to play off her iPhone around the house when I am not there to turn the stereo on.Admittedly I do use a fanless PC to a DAC to the amplifier, and I have (I kid you no... | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? I am loving my Datasat RA2400.I have liked the sound from Naim amplifiers and PS Audio BHK250 (with the pre), and a few small one off amplifiers unknown in USA. As mentioned before, the synergy of the system components together makes the overall s... | |
| An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/audiophileCambridge English Dictionary onlineAudiophile[Noun] a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for playing recorded sound, and its quality.It's already defin... | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! I formerly worked for a small but respected speaker manufacturer in Australia. (Used speakers made by them are higher than your suggested budget).Things I'd consider if were I in the market for loudspeakers.Cabinet design, the more it sounds hollo... | |
| My experience adding subwoofers to 2 channel I want to add my subwoofer to my stereo system, I run the DAC directly into my amplifier. The Dac has a volume control, and the amplifier is balanced with DB25 connectors with pass-through.Has anyone had experience here with an output decoupling t... | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? HD Plex 200W linear power supplySamsung 860 QVO 1TB SSDMad Scientist Audio - Heretical Digital CableCambridge CXUHD 4K playerDatasat RA2400 (used) |