strawj
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| Surge protector Here I am In total silence due to my own neglect of a surge protector tho I have read Squire's missive numerous times. So very timely topic. Now I am waiting for my little unit to be repaired - Shipping $112, Flat fee repair $250- Peachtree- I hav... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? I have had a couple of power cords that I did not like on anything I put them on, now I just use sort of the most modern up to date cord I can afford on everything. Tho I did recently use some speaker cable that made an instant notable improvement... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. 10K$ People are funny about money, I came pretty close for $7.5 on the cheap but it was more trouble than it was worth. I just don't understand your capitalist driven system. | |
| Class D amplifiers. What's the future look like? Geese class D For Divisive?! Any way I actually love mine for one thing they save me a ton of money in initial cost -for -power and for running all night on streaming. Paired with some Harbeth 30.1's that are so easy to drive it works great. Only ... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Stream it and Let It Be (Self Powered) | |
| What do/did you do for a living? ya call this livin’?! | |
| Not sure for power conditioner my amp or not. You guys are great, I just got up and moved the plug on my little office Peach Tree Nova 300 (integrated) to a wall outlet and huge diff. Not kidding. During -While playing Dark Star 2-27-69 thru some Harbies 30.1's so diff was apparent to me. any... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Dave’s Pick 2/26/77 IWT Jerry Looks worried I got super Dosed | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. This is why I sold my old Krell and went Integrated.. | |
| How serious are you? Thru line - 5 let it Rock | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Exile Workingman’s Dead Sgt. Pepper | |
| Digital music questions Use Qobuz and Bluesound and DAC in your integrated and you will be fine till you can afford a LOT more$. Also Ethernet cord mandatory. | |
| AI and the future of music Much deep thought here; About as much chance of stopping AI with thoughtful cause as previously Slavery or Colonialism. At least AI "beings" will survive Global Climate Catastrophe. | |
| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? you will not like this; i think the DAC is almost a bridge too far vis a vis power cord and connects. the deal breaker for me is the DAC must be integrated in the integrated amp package. It’s just too many more variable otherwise. | |
| Baffled by Pricing Strategy Here's my theory; 1/2 the time guys don't really want to sell items, and this is true of other stuff like box sets, but to establish or maintain a market value for future speculation. Best JS |