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| Perfect Pop Songs I Am an Astronaut by Ricky Wilde | |
| What did your system look like 30 years ago? I'm guessing, at best, it was a Teddy Ruxpin tape player. | |
| Why so many angry audiophiles? Because they've realized, all too late, that chasing this hobby is just chasing the dragon and the returns are always diminishing. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Deftones, Around the Fur | |
| Inexpensive MM Cartridge Get the Shure m97xe and upgrade to the vivid stylus. A fantastic combo. | |
| Speaker suggestions under 4k Have you looked into Omega Speakers? Excellent quality and made BY HAND in the USA. | |
| Looking for a speaker for my LM 845 Premium I'll tell anyone who will listen that, if you want high efficiency and incredible mid-range, go with Omega Speakers. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Blondie: Parallel LinesFailure: Fantastic Planet | |
| Are all of these NOS tube inventories real? How have we not consumed them already? @dill I also agree about the Matsushita 7DJ8. Upscale is good. A little pricey, but they definitely do their due diligence with tubes. | |
| Sparko Labs Discrete Op-Amps... Yeah, I just added voltage regulators to my phono pre as well. Not as dramatic of a change as the op amps, but a definite improvement. | |
| Best streamer given my constraints Get a Raspberry Pi, install Volumio, attach your DAC of choice (you may need to buy a DigiCard for TOS) and then configure for Spotify, AirPlay, whatever. | |
| According to the RIAA, It doesn't look good for physical media For my absolute favorite albums, or just albums that I think set a good mood, I do vinyl. For albums that I really enjoy, or maybe just that have a decent number of tracks that I really like, I buy used to CDs and then rip them into FLAC. Everythi... | |
| Where do you buy your CDs these days? Discogs is good | |
| purchasing US made speakers I'm partial to Omega Speakers. Hand made in Connecticut. They use their own proprietary drivers which are also made here in the States. The owner, Louis, It's also great to deal with. | |
| High value, giant killer speakers? I'll tell anyone who will listen to check out Omega Speakers. Their 4.5 inch drivers have a quick and wide presentation and sound great with a sub. Their Alnico drivers have great tone and have a really compelling "layered" kind of sound. Plus, al... |