simao

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Speaker cable length
I don't mean to be acrid here, but those of you is spousing really short speaker cable lengths seem to be out of touch with a lot of systems reality. I know if you have monoblocks and it isn't a problem, but I don't and I don't think many other au... 
Turntable Upgrade question..
Just to check it out, I scored a good used RP3/elys2/b330 combo in glossy white, thinking it might be good for my upstairs family system. (upstairs family meaning the family room where my family and I attend to hang out a lot, not that I have an u... 
Speaker cable length
@bkeske  interestingly, everything i've heard says the complete opposite - that the IC's should be kept as short as possible while speaker cables - which carry a very weak signal, can be much longer.  
Speaker cable length
@b4icu  - thanks for the amp update as well.  
Speaker cable length
@hilde54   Thanks for the link. that was a fascinating video and explanation.  
Speaker cable length
So I did the measurements just now. The right speaker is going to need 18 to 20 ft. The less speaker is going to need maybe 8 ft at most. Because of my triangle ratio with my listening position, a specials are about 11 ft apart and that accounts f... 
Speaker cable length
@b4icu. My amp is a line magnetic 518. My speakers are spatial audios M3 turbo s's. I would be doing the switch of the components off to the side purely for aesthetic purposes. I'm using a pretty narrow salamander rack and a low amplifier stand fo... 
Killer used integrated for <$500?
+1 on cambridge 851also, NAD produces some good stuff 
The Decline of the Music Industry
@mikeydred  and don't forget about Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedie in "Wargames" 
The Decline of the Music Industry
@tjkurita Just make sure you have a bowl of macaroni handy while you listen to "WAP" 
The Decline of the Music Industry
@tjkurita That whole album was pretty good when it came out. The original title of that track was to have been "Mediterranean Queen", but marketing music peeps thought that wouldn't appeal to the lucrative American audience, so Ocean changed it.   
The Decline of the Music Industry
@tjkurita "The PMRC went under in the 90s I think and now we have Cardi B singing about her WAP. Which I think is awesome. I’ve never heard the song but it made a good meme."It’s a catchy song that actually celebrates feminine sexual agency and po... 
The Decline of the Music Industry
@audio2design: "I think it is one of the reasons for the rise of black/ethnic "pop" music through the 90’s into the 2000’s. Everyone else had it too good, so there was not enough "emotion" to drive the song writing."I assume you’re African America... 
The Tragic Decline of Music Literacy (and Quality)
Branford Marsalis said that jazz ain’t for kids. The same can be said for classical for kids of the past x amount of generations. 
Shopping for new speakers-need ideas... Selling old DQ-10's...
+1 for TannoyAlso, there's a pair of Fontaines on sale here, though local pickup near Sacramento, Ca., only. Also, +1 for the LSA's.