mark200mph

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What happens when you stop letting streaming apps pick your music?
You might have to use your brain,.enjoy the music.  
Is AI taking over audio gear research?
I love ai it's like listening to a politician.  How much can you believe. Covid comes to mind. Do your reasearch and make your own mind up.best if you can find a dealer and listen or audio club. Enjoy the music.  
McIntosh Double Box?
Just got a mcintosh amp shipped to me ups broke the whole front glass.there is a reason they double boxed.  Luxman,michi,and many others do it on their big monoblocks. You could always cut the box and fold if flat,fiber tape is a good thing.enjoy ... 
Is My System Toast?
I do like my furman 20 I. In the west we have many power issues and so far it has been good to me. It has an extra 60 amps in storage capicitors  for transients in big monoblocks.  There have been great suggestion above. Find another set of speake... 
McIntosh MA9000/MA12000
I certainly enjoy the blue meters and the house sound that goes with them. I have alot of separates and think you can get more wattage,separation of power transformers autoformers .most of the high end gear has the power suppply for the pre amp in... 
Focal Sopra long term enjoyment
I have the focal ot bought out by a new company grand utopia and love them. They have the flour array of neo magnets on back that work perfect. To me non fatigueing. Go see if you can listen to the focals. Just got bought out by a large company bu... 
Two DAC in One System Sound the Same?
Maybe the sales pitch didn't work. 100 thou days. Some computers are faster than others. I do like the different  dak chips over the decade in my cd players and you can tell the difference  but some are > decade old. So the new chips are better... 
HiFi Kit Building- have you ever built any hifi gear?
I did 4 years of machine shop in high-school and was raised by a nuc physics who made me build alot.nothing explosive although he did operation red wing but just could not tell us about it. All those experiences have helped me in the wee hours of ... 
speaker endgame upgrade recommendations coming from Harbeth C7ES-3 XD2?
Go take a look at the top of the line teckton for 20 k you could get the beryllium upgrade. I have it and its 95% of my focal utopia grand,kharma grand ,magico q7 at 10% the price. Ulfberhts. Call tekton and have a discussion. Its quite tall.enjoy... 
Question for Weiss 501 Owners
Guess i better plug mine in.im motivated now😃  
AGD Duet Monoblocks
Yes great explanation  from agd.i wish more manufactures would comment on thier development.  As a surgeon i had to have the same policy as i don't know what the other doctor did i was not there but this is how I was trained to do  it and would ex... 
Accessible, yet elite sounding, musical CD machines. Current vs next upgrade
As an aside mod wright, musical fidelity,and chi fi make tube buffers you can put anywhere. So you may get a fine cd player and add the buffer. I have alot of tube cd players  ar cd9,cary audio 306 200 has 8 burr brown chips,mcintosh 12000 tube or... 
Speaker cable termination options
If you want efficient gear it 10 gauge on amazon or todn 5 gauge for exotic. I don't think your looking for high end kimber > 5k. I've seen cables in > 100 k range . World best cable on Amazon or locking bananas on Amazon.  Enjoy the music  
Are you a keeper or a flipper?
I just have the old gear refreshed. Rotate alot of equipment and like the batch of speakers 14 or so that was mentioned above. I'll bet that's fun. Not all things sound the same. Its fun to rotate. Enjoy the experiment.  
Is anyone still using a CD Player
I must admit I'm a cross dresser. I use it all ,6 streamers,20 plus spinners ,6 turntables I've collected over the years .there all fun and changing it up is too.enjoy the science and the music. So is finding records and cd at the thrift store. It...