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| Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer I assume those of you throwing stones also refuse to use internet tools to find the dealer pricing on that new auto you are considering? Why are audio dealers a protected class?Why would you assume that? It’s just a flat-out wrong assumption. Ther... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? Listening further into bad recordings is not enjoyable IME — the warts just get easier to hear. Yes, there are some good pop recordings, but sadly not many. When I want to listen to poorly-recorded music I like, I just fire up my Bluetooth speaker... | |
| Suggestions for replacement for my old Nuforce AVP-18 surround sound processor I’d imagine home theaterphiles are about as few in number as audiophiles and that 90% or so are fine with an AVR. | |
| 2 Questions? I agree that with that genre your best and most cost-effective way to polish the turd is to use some form of EQ rather than trying to find equipment that somehow colors crappy recordings to make them sound good. The other benefit is that when you... | |
| Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm Moving to Vandy Treo, Joseph Audio Profile, or LSA 20 Statement would all be significant upgrades to your Paradigms IMO. Best of luck in your search. | |
| Suggestions for replacement for my old Nuforce AVP-18 surround sound processor There’s a used Anthem AVM 60 processor on US Audio Mart for $2300 that would be worth negotiating for. Best of luck. | |
| Best value IEM phones for travel use from Android. Not sure I’d be too quick to judge them. Even my cheap Sennheiser buds took a bit to break in and sounded much better after a few days of play time. Be interested to hear your thoughts after 100 hours or so. | |
| Floorstanding speakers - $2-3K Contact Underwood HiFi and ask what their discounted Audiogon price would be for their LSA-20 Signatures. If they meet your budget they offer a 30-day, in-home trial, but I seriously doubt you’d return them. That’s the best I got, and best of lu... | |
| Floorstanding speakers - $2-3K Are you looking used too or just new? | |
| Server/Streamer or Streamer/DAC? Go with a server/streamer like Innuos unless you love dealing with configuring computers, storage devices, etc. The Innuos (or some others) lets you rip all your CDs easily and directly into its onboard storage so things like noise, optimization ... | |
| Evolving from a avr to an av processor. Benefit? Is 2-channel or surround music important to you, or is this just home theater? | |
| Margin on speaker sales by high end dealer So you spend 10k on a pair of speakers. Seems very simple to do by a high end dealer. And most often done without an Instore visit.Why do you assume that? Where’s your evidence for saying “most often done without an in-store visit?” I’ve never bou... | |
| High Performance Audio - The End? there can be no denying that the vast quantity of popular music that we listen to is not particularly well recorded.That’s been the case for as long as I’ve been alive. People who only listen to pop music mostly just listen for fun and don’t reall... | |
| Amps for Joseph Audio Pulsar 2's? The most neutral amp I’ve heard in my system is the Liberty Audio B2B-100 made and sold direct by the designer of PBN Audio. In addition to sounding exceedingly neutral, it is excels at throwing a large 3D soundstage that I think would really wor... | |
| Looking for recommendations on Tube AMPS to drive Monitor Audio Platinum Speakers What sound/performance characteristics are most important to you and what do you like? |