toro3
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| Surround Sound Questions By “adjusting your settings” after placing the new speakers, this included a new calibration, correct? I ask only because this step has been missed from my own experiences - too excited about the new speakers. | |
| Kingko KA-101 Integrated Tube Amplifier I spoke with Tom at Big Ear last summer and what I had gathered was that there was some import fees that were driving up the price of this amp. Sounds like he still services the Kingko, which is good. Tom is responsive if you shoot him an email th... | |
| Spotify HiFi Totally agree with the comments of Spotify having the superior curating algorithms from my experience with all of the streaming services - Amazon included. Per my spouse, Apple’s algorithms are also up there with Spotify’s. Also agree with the com... | |
| NAD C 658 DAC To be honest, I almost passed on the NAD due to the negative review from Audio Science Review, as well as the many complaints on AVS when this unit was released. Essentially it had a bad rollout. One of the the things that caught my eye was the ar... | |
| How much do you listen? An almost 20 year old thread!I was going to ask the same question, but here we are...I’ll add my hours (hopefully more will chime in). I’d say 10-14 hours for myself per week on average. Wife. No kids. Full-time job + extra shifts if desired. Late... | |
| TIDAL on SALE! Great post, Mofi.I went through the transaction process and I didn’t need a Best Buy credit card account, but I did need a Best Buy user account. | |
| Tidal vs Quobuz @electroslacker I see where we’re missing each other.I was referring to accessing other users’ playlists when completing a search such as “dinner music.” Instead of results only curated by Qobuz, you also receive results from other users’ playlist... | |
| Tidal vs Quobuz I’ve used Spotify, Deezer, Amazon HD, and Tidal over the years. For the past month I’ve been comparing sound quality and selection between Qubuz and Tidal through an MQA capable streamer. Given all the praise for Qubuz’s sound quality on this foru... | |
| Subwoofer for nearfield Omega Compact Alnico Monitors setup OP, did you pass on the DeepHemp 8 since it didn’t have XLR inputs? I think the biggest issue will be finding a sub that keeps up with the Omegas in terms of pace (especially if you listen to EDM) - Omegas are a quick speaker.If you don’t need XLR... | |
| Does Age Matter? 39 and digital. Music discovery is extremely important and digital provides this, as well as accessibility that I would have never thought possible while working at Tower Records 20 years ago as a poor college student. Vinyl, at least right now, w... | |
| How old are you? Frank - you're 1 of 6 who has responded that's over the age of 80. Updated numbers below. 20-30: 330-40: 240-50: 1850-60: 4560-70: 9170-80: 2980-90: 5 +1 (Frank) = 6 | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium Pre Amp +1 for HiFi Shark since you can filter by region (UK for example) and receive daily or weekly email notifications on the product you’re looking for. | |
| How old are you? For the past ten years I've wanted to ask this simple question. Greatly appreciate the responses, everyone. I especially enjoyed the stories and insight. By chance did anyone run the numbers for us to determine the average age of respondents? Don'... | |
| Will streaming ever be "audiophile-worthy"? I think it's already here, too. I also think it's one of the few pathways for tapping the next generation. | |
| "The War on Drugs" create music from a "cacophony sound" of reverb, echo plex, etc, I would agree that some of the reverb and distortion can be distracting at times, especially with some of their tracks through a good majority of their albums.Definitely not something I’d put on to test a system or late night listening. On the oth... |