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everything sounded great until the upgrade
@ghdprentice  yes, I am going to buy it, it can't hurt. Worst case is that I will not get it.... But.... I am in it for the fun, and not to climb mountains up in the clouds with zero visibility :)  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@ghdprentice  1. Book: I wouldn't understand it. Not only that, it would frustrate me that I don't. It would also frustrate me that I don't have the budget to do more (more that costs $) I like technology but more than that I love the awesome and... 
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@retiredfarmer  Hi, thank you for all this, you should write a book about how to gradually improve a system. Some of these changes seem easy, like lifting cables/dice under cd player.  I will try those.  If you saw where they sit now, you'd scr... 
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@grossman616  Yes! Very helpful! However, should I really not turn it off? Ever? Doesn't it wear it out?  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@12many  That's a reasonable path, I find CDs becoming a pain, a clutter. Not that LPs don't take up space. So it doesn't matter where I store it, if it connects to a DAC, that's all I need?    
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@felixa  I need you to explain this to me via zoom!  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
1 week update: the sound from the MF A3.2 is definitely different. I noticed that different types of music sounds good with it, and so I changed what I listen to, all the instruments are brighter, more forward, vocals less harsh, less punchy. ha... 
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@itsjustme  Why did you buy something without hearing it first?  Because it's used, can't hear it anywhere @mahgister  design change is less impactful on listening test than acoustic and psycho-acoustic change in the speakers/room relation ... 
most beautiful (looking) speakers
not strictly a speaker but a pop-culture icon and design hit, for sure  
MIT Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker
I am not sure what's newsworthy here, it's MIT after all. If a paper-thin loudspeaker developed MIT researchers, that would be interesting!  
Large room with low budget for speakers
very inspiring post. who'd call 30K low?  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
@henry53  except that I need to stick with my speakers and test other options, cables, DAC, smaller improvements. I received so many great suggestions, I am still playing with my system ,  
most beautiful (looking) speakers
@prismdissonant  pretty good looking speakers! I am sure we'll stumble on a few forgotten items like these,  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
I would have said "that's dark" a few years ago but in the sci-fi we live in, reason can be a pleasant surprise :)  
everything sounded great until the upgrade
I should not have started with the implications of domestic dispute over audio gear. But I must not have been the first one on this forum worried about the happy wife-sweet sounding system balance