tonywinga
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| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? My wife and I moved into our second house many years ago. After two corporate moves we had done very well. I was very proud of our beautiful 2800 sqft home in a beautiful neighborhood. My parents came over for a visit and were appalled when the... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Works for me. Now if only I could find someone who would be impressed… | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey A lot of cable bashing here lately. I know cables aren’t appealing like a shiny new DAC, amp or speakers; but they are just as important. Good cables and clean power are needed to realize the full potential of your system. I understand how diffi... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? Audio is a hobby like many others it has tiers like beginner, novice, advanced, expert and master. Think of it like flying. Piloting an airplane is like a live concert but many hobbyist enjoy piloting R/C aircraft. It is a much more affordable and... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey A couple of additional comments that I’d like to add about ultra hifi and mid fi. Ultra hifi is music reproduction on a grand scale. It creates life size 1:1 imagery as well as clarity and realism almost beyond real life. I once heard an ultra hif... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Audio: It is the best of hobbies and it is the worst of hobbies. It starts with a love for music but that quickly leads to obsession. In olden times life was simpler. One went all out with either a reel to reel tape deck or settled for a turntable... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? I finally figured out how to post a picture. This picture shows my spring platforms that I made for my speakers which I now use on my HT subwoofers. Trickle down. | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey It’s been 46 years since I bought my first stereo receiver and a pair of 2 way speakers. Since then I have maintained a two channel system and owned just 5 different pairs of speakers, 6 amps, 5 preamps, 6 turntables, and 5 CD and or DAC/Transpor... | |
| World's Best Stereo System ?... A man and woman are sitting at opposite ends of a park bench. So as not to scare off the woman each time he moves the man closes just half the distance. The mathematician says, “alas, he will never reach his goal because of his asymptotic” plan.... | |
| Speakers with deep/powerful bass If we start with the retail price of a product and work backwards from the dealer and from the distributor, then typically- not always the selling price from the manufacturer to the distributor is half the retail price. This is typical for luxury... | |
| Hey RICH Audiophiles Really? Who designed the VW Beetle? | |
| Hey RICH Audiophiles This is a fun thread. I love the self analysis as to why we do it. First and foremost to have fun. I think that I, as well as many here on this forum struggle with: if a little is good then more must be better. And that is certainly true- to ... | |
| Dan D'Agostino S250 MxV enough power for Wilson Audio Alexia V I’m using the Pass Labs X-260.8 monos with my Sasha DAWs. More than enough power. Powerful bass and they never break a sweat. The DAWs are 91dB at 1W 1 meter. | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? Oh yeah. Thanks for the correction. I was listening to The Who just the other day. | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? I have the Oreas under my Turntable platform. They do some isolating but mostly dampen vibrations. Works good for my Sota turntable. (Putting a second set of spring footers under a Sota is not a good idea. The double spring system would be uns... |