sokogear
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| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? @hilde45-time is money and once clicking I go down a rabbit hole for curiosity. Seems as if you are encouraging the divergence instead of sticking with your OP, and mahgister is encouraging you with a back and forth.My $.02, but note that I am s... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? What is this a philosophy, English or history class? If that was the subject of the OP, I surely would not have clicked in. Come on, I’m sure there are a lot of other forums out there that have readers who all want to hear about this stuff, but I ... | |
| What Audio Religion have you converted others to successfully? Wasn't a conversion, but a reawakening. 20 or so years ago, I couldn't believe how good a $500 manual turntable improved the sound over a more expensive one I had that broke. Told my brother in law about it who still had his college system with bo... | |
| Power strips- too many choices Furman elite 15 power conditioner gets my vote - You can get good deals on these used. Has separate banks based on equipment type. Better than a 4 gang box and you don't have to worry about starting a fire or hiring an expensive electrician.Don't ... | |
| How old are you? First stereo if you want to call it that was a Broadmoor designer all in one with built in 8 track tape player, tuner, hard wired speaker cables and fully automatic turntable from Korvette's (anyone remember that department store) that embarrassin... | |
| Why do some think "music" (not gear, trading, etc.) is the ultimate end? For me its about enjoying music that I like to the maximum possible level. If I could listen to every song I play at a concert (in a good venue) with non-animal fans showing up, that's nirvana. Unfortunately, many of my records are by artists that... | |
| Is Modern Jazz an Oxymoron? I think “modern jazz” is meaningless. Fusion, hard bop, funk, classic jazz, smooth are more appropriate. If you want to say when records were released, fine. I tend to like hard bop or classic- Miles, Trane, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Milt Jac... | |
| Has "politically correct" killed the used audio market? What audio equipment term could possibly be politically incorrect? | |
| Easily the best and most significant sonic tweak one could ever make! I wouldn't call it a tweak. Hope mine doesn't degrade proportionally with my age. I know highest frequency audibility is reduced with age with everyone, just like vision of small print, but those lucky enough to only need the occasional reading gl... | |
| Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good? There's theory and there's audibility. In theory, as per AJ van den Hul, who IS an authority on wiring all would agree, any time a wire is even moved, the sound changes. It reverts back if it just moved, unplugged, etc. So of course changing the t... | |
| Opening Record Store What is the $10K for? He's either trying to make rent if he owns the place or save from paying rent. If he's just trying to profit off of a cheap lease deal that he has, see what the real market rent is, and do a net present value calculation of t... | |
| Photos of my system Cool set up Hilde. But you need to play vinyl....I know it can eat up a good chunk of the budget, but you can't match the sound (I know a lot of posters here try....). | |
| Audiophile demographics? @emrofsemanon - I would bet against you. Probably much lower % - median is probably $50-75K. Demographics of audiophiles are older, many retired or semi-retired with time on their hands to play around and experiment with stereo equipment. Younger ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? IQ measures the ability to recognize patterns. That helps with solving problems. That can certainly contribute to one’s career success, but it is only component, and may be the smallest part.Some think of this as book smart. But that’s not right. ... | |
| Audiophile demographics? You quoted it as fact. How was it studied or measured, (gullibility and overestimating one’s ability) to lead to those conclusions? Sounds anecdotal to me. |