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| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? @ghdprentice There are a couple of ways to go DIY. It's great fun to do your own engineering. You learn a great deal. But you can always let someone else do the engineering and you just build their design. You suggest that a DIY guy isn't... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? As others have said here, we are hesitant because of the money involved and the cost of mistakes. This is supposed to be enjoyable, not a worry. You're supposed to love what you're doing, not agonize over the reality that perfection is unattaina... | |
| 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... |