wspohn
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| My system is where I want it be and it sounds awesome... It is true that for many, upgrade-itis is a lifelong affliction, but it can be overcome. It is, after all, (or should be) about the music, not the stuff that produces it. Once you hit a happy place, resist the recurring urge to get back on the tr... | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? Too many hobbies!High end audio - based in both digital and analogue, I still have a main system, an electrostatic speaker based system, a system made up of some of my old gear I can't bring myself to get rid of, and even a system in my library al... | |
| Playing Vinyl in a Cold Room My thermostat is set at 18.5 C and it doesn't affect the sound in my systems. | |
| Why the woofer moves badly when playing certain LPs Put the speaker grilles back on. If you can't see them pumping it can't bother you. (Only partly tongue in cheek). | |
| Speakers that can reveal orchestral instruments' positions Both my Wilsons and Vandersteens are champs at imaging, side to side, fore, afte and height. | |
| Whatta Ya Think About Hsu Research Subwoofers? IMHO the best subs they make are the VTF-15H MK2.You really need two, located properly in the room, but they mate better than any other model I was able to audition. | |
| If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing? We all have an interest in keeping the local dealers around for when we might need them, so auditioning gear there and then asking what they can do on price is fair game.I once bought a pair of speakers that the local dealer didn't carry in stock ... | |
| Pure Class A SS vs Tube Amp While you can use the hifi front end for video, it may eat up limited tube life, depending on how much you watch. I found it easier (if more expensive) to have two amplification paths - one for audio, all tube, and one for video, solid state. Just... | |
| You just won a $5,000 audio gear only gift card 1/2 of a cartridge that I lust after. | |
| ripping CD collection; need help w bootlegs (metadata) is the right answer (given the constraints) to simply set up a desktop PC in another room with DB Poweramp and a RAID 5 NAS hooked up to it to store the music, and then find some other app later that will read FLAC / WAV files off the NAS when i... | |
| Interesting study The majority of my cars are British, but I do own one BMW sports car. ;-)Hopefully the British stuff offsets the German and I am only a bit of a jerk.....(Just another internet filler piece - ho hum) | |
| Considering getting a CD player (again). Used? New? Criteria? I still own one CD player, an Emotiva I picked up for when I wanted to audition new music before deciding whether I wanted to keep it (I use a network drive for my digital music rather than streaming). Have had no issues with the Emotiva. | |
| confused and don't know what to do I agree that if you really value stereo music, you can't use the same gear for video.Get speakers that suit both purposes and then set up your audio system however you like.Then add either an AV receiver, or do what I do (but it is far more expens... | |
| What Would You Do with a Sealed, 1st Press Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"? I would invite a few friends over who can truly appreciate it, and listen to a piece of history. Ask them to bring over a few bottles of a 59 Bordeaux. Sadly I am all out of 59s, but it takes a discerning palate to appreciate that the 59s are o... | |
| Cheap Speaker "Isolation" Solution for 300 lb. Speaker I take it you aren't looking at spikes and floor protectors?If not, suggest that you look at furniture dolly wheels especially if you have threaded holes in the bottom of the speaker. The rubber wheels give some isolation and also ease the posit... |