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| What is the best non-conditioning surge protector This Belkin surge protector is what I use for my audio, video and computer gear. It may not be expensive enough for y’all who think they have to drop $2000 or more for your components, but it does the job of surge protection right. Do your homewor... | |
| DSP vs. active analog crossover vs. passive analog crossover. What is your take? Here's WHY active crossovers are so very much better than passive. A single loudspeaker driver is an inductor, and provides a frequency dependent, reactive load to an amplifier. Looking at the image here, the blue line on the bottom is the frequen... | |
| The new dynamic in speaker pricing When you're a billionaire oligarch, you HAVE to have loudspeakers like this to demonstrate to everyone else just how wealthy you are. Why does this have to be about music? | |
| DAC comparison I've never heard the ARC, but I did get a chance to compare the Shitt Yggy vs my old Peachtree DAC-iT and it doesn't come close. The Yggy was edgy and nowhere near as musical as my 7 year old Peachtree. | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One There are a lot of good suggestions here, but @re-lar-kvothe has it right. Best all-time movie soundtrack album is from The Blue Brothers. Can’t beat "Minnie the Moocher." | |
| Best speakers for a small room What would probably be one of your best values and certainly the most fun, would be to build two 8 foot tall line arrays with 3" drivers. That would be something like 24 drivers/side for a total of 48 drivers. This one at the link is about $12 ... | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance P.T. Barnum was right. | |
| Analog vs. digital There are things I like about each format, better than the other. In the end, all that matters is my musical enjoyment of good tunes. There is a diminishing point of returns in worrying about perfection. | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Mark me down for speakers. They should also be the most expensive component in your system. Ultimately, it's the speakers that you are listening to. | |
| Why do hipsters prefer analog? P.T. Barnum was right... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? P.T. Barnum was right. "There's a sucker born every minute." You can build the Linkwitz LX521 system for as little as $6000, and it will stand up against the $50,000+ systems all day. You could easily drop $100,000 and more and get sound not as... | |
| Avalon Acoustics reputation No experience with their service department. I just think they're the Gold Standard for home audio. I absolutely love how they sound. I wish I could have afforded them. I run a set of Linkwitz Orions, which to my ear, sound very much like t... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage Build the Linkwitz LX521 system and you'll have your "forever loudspeaker." If you can't do the woodworking, then go to a local cabinet maker to have them make it up for you. It's a simple kit. The driver kit, pla ns, and necessary active cros... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy The most expeditious and lowest cost way to get into streaming is to use a laptop PC and a USB DAC or USB audio interface. The very most low cost unit is only $25 from Sweetwater. The sound quality is equal to your typical consumer grade CD pl... | |
| Advice from Audiogon family - best speaker $3k-$4k The very best value in a loudspeaker system at your price point is a used set of Linkwitz Orions. They typically sell for about $3000, as a full system of loudspeakers, active crossover, multi-channel amplifier and cabling. Most of the Orion sets ... |