waytoomuchstuff
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| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change As a hobbyist, I’d call your condition "normal." I think there may be 3 (or more) clarifications for those in this group. - hobbyist: highly energetic, childlike curiosity about all things connected to the reproduction of music in our homes - a... | |
| At what point do you... There’s intangables at play here. Only you can place the "correct" monetary value of the experience of new vs used. While "the math works" on (credible) used gear, assigning a value to the emotional attachment of breaking the seal on new gear tha... | |
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| A.I. music @sfgak Great artwork!! | |
| A.I. music The term "AI" is, in itself, both artificial and unintelligent. There is nothing artificial about human engineering algorithms that process ones and zeros to reach outcomes directed by -- humans. Just faster computations by machines that can toil ... | |
| Throw it out! Laser cut album art | |
| The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in" @classicrockfan Interesting topic. I find that the technical explanation of "observable" phenomena can take the following path(s): Nothing observable happened. Therefore every explanation to validate it is BS. Something did happen. The entire... | |
| Dog pissed on speaker Lots of practical advice from from seasoned audiophiles. Urine good hands here. | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love First generation CD players. I set the bar in the stratosphere based on all the pre-release specs and technical discussion. They sounded awful. | |
| Dog pissed on speaker Dogs can hear well above the gentle 20kHz rolloff of the Klipsch horn tweeter. Perhaps the dog would prefer something with an AMT style tweeter than can dellver well beyond 20kHz. This is a form of protest IMHO. I'm wagering that the dog was ... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps Ancient Astronaut Theorists say that the megaton stones of the great Pyramids, Easter Island and Stonehenge were floated and put place with sound waves. Might be worth checking in to? Probably should put your neighbors on notice before implementi... | |
| For the love of...kits? @hilde45 40+ years "hacking" audio gear has revealed just how simple, easy, and cheap it is to make (almost) anything sound better. Sometimes with no more than a hand-held driver with flat/Philips/Torx bit installed -- and a couple of minutes t... | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 w/ NAD M33 A couple of thoughts here: If you are considering the purchase of an M23, that’s roughly a $3k investment. I’ll use that as a "baseline" for additional "financial headroom" in your system. I’ll go along with others who have suggested room treatm... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) I am pretty amazed by how much music can come out of vintage and/or inexpensive gear when you get things out of the way (inside) that make them sound worse. I am also amazed how inexpensive gear can fulfill an intended purpose: musical wallpaper,... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing Several things come to mind here: Very good tips on sound isolation/absorption. Keep in mind that powerful low frequency sound waves are very long and can penetrate feet (yes, FEET) of sound absorption. But,every bit helps. If you love your Ki... |