strawj
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| What happened to all the highend stereo shops Honestly now that I have thought about it I was mostly misled and ripped off and taken advantage of by "brick and Mortar"- I would rather research and order online and take my chances- I also love streaming- I don't much miss record stores either ... | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! I use some RockVille I got on sale at Amazon for 69$ for 29" but they may be too high for my Harbeth 3.0's. Metal single post I filled with rock and later I weighed down base plate in place. No children on site so structurally it seems ok, must wa... | |
| What happened to all the highend stereo shops And Stay Off My Class D Lawn Whippersnappers | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? Let’s see… a decent integrated is 7k - 10k, speakers 12k - 16k min. So if you avoid vinyl and shop cheap for all else you can do it for 25k. The system I use was put together over many decades with many false starts that cost money but in and of ... | |
| Lumin U2 mini vs Mac laptop sound test I use a Blue Sound Node and it is a bit grainy but after all it is just streaming. I also won’t use an intergrated amp without a DAC. I wish HiFI Rose 150 came with. | |
| Krell KSA 200s ground hum If I had only known… | |
| Why do almost all women today hate home audio? I wish I had a snarky answer for you. I have had more than one piece of equipment blown or broken by drunk dates or well meaning daughters to really know what to say. | |
| Listening to music with loud feedback as a tinnitus sufferer I just turn it up. SQ really matters tho. | |
| Krell KSA 200s ground hum Cool, I had that Amp, the hum was unreal, it would hum Loud when it was off on standby and kick up in the morning when the Mr. Coffee came on. It blew fuses and Tannoy drivers with abandon. Go to eBay and find those amp fuses now. Kicked ass tho. | |
| Does streaming music equate to high concert ticket prices I think so, I stream everything so I stopped complaining about High ticket prices. | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 I did one on 7k cause I'm retired and on a fixed in come. Vinyl is out for one and I spent 3/4's of the money on speakers and the rest on an Integrated amp. good luck. If I had it to do over I would really just consider KEF LS60 for the 7k. | |
| speaker cables under 1k for Harbeth 30.2XD? I have used a # of under 1k speaker cables with my 30.1's including Audioquest and for the money I like the little known and much maligned Mapleshade speaker Cables. I don't like all their stuff but the cables are real bright sounding. I use some ... | |
| what are your top "audio bargins" in your system history? Lovely Thread, this is news I can use. I like my Mapleshade Speaker Wire, They don't look like much but for the money they out perform everything I have tried in the (lower) price range. I added some cheap bananas and I use them with my SS/ Harbet... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? Always buy the Harbeths....By the by the only speaker I ever owned that didn't rock was a Tannoy but the issues were elsewhere perhaps...Tho I drove them with some Krell from the 90's. The JBL they say that rocks can just be shrill. Speakers that ... | |
| Why does it take so long to get stuff? I feel it too, Power cords, optical cords, front end equip. It all takes forever if you don't order from le' Amazon. And then of course you fear the knock- off could come for some items. And returns are a breeze. |