mrmb
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| $35000 to $40,000. speakers what would you buy and why? As others have said check-out as many speakers as you can. An audio show is a great event to get a feel for what different kinds of speakers do and don't do. That is, decide what your preference is based on the various types/designs available ... | |
| Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Have u put in solar panels at your house to help generate power and make yourself energy self-sufficient? If not, then I dont think you have the credibility to chastise others." Why "chastise" anyone, unless you're member of the communist cab... | |
| Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nearly 100% of an average American's modern lifestyle depends on fossil fuels, directly or indirectly, across clothing, housing, food, travel, entertainment, waste disposal et al. Modernity guilt being expressed on a forum featuring (quite un... | |
| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? @hilde45 It's a nice reminder that people with limited budgets can become audiophiles, too. 100%! As an example, I once visited a friend who was an avid vintage (mainly wood encased) radio restorer and collector, with a penchant for highly r... | |
| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? @hilde45 and @peter_s I've enjoyed your Tête-à-tête. The topic you’ve engaged, is always difficult to discuss. It's better to do so in person and with a system at hand. But @hilde45: Your following post (to use a music analogy) struck many ... | |
| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? @peter_s Yeah, being a seasoned citizen, I began with a JVC integrated and later, Phase Linear 400's. The Aragon came later. Speakers were ESS Heil AMT3's and later, Martin Logan's and then the Apogee Stages and finally SoundLab (full range es... | |
| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? Decades ago, coming from, or wanting to believe (because of cost) the view of “Stereo Review’s” Julian Hirsch, that all amplifiers sound the same (i.e., they're sonically indistinguishable) as long as the individual amplifiers were operating withi... | |
| What is the One Test Track That Tells You Almost Everything About A System? In general classical is the hardest to reproduce... and I would say and interpret what is good and bad about a component if you are thinking analytically. Because of its complexity. I concur regarding classical in general. As far as compres... | |
| Whole home audio - wired or wireless? Never noticing the following: "...trying (through Roon) to have four endpoints in the house. It worked, but my wireless speaker options for the bedroom and bathroom that were Roon endpoints often had network issues. AND, running multiple Roon ... | |
| Streaming to Multiple Systems around the house WiiM devices (as well as FiiO devices) also receive a from me. I just put into service a Roon Ready WiiM Pro connected to a Marantz AV8805a pre-pro. The Marantz pre-pro does airplay (Roon); but I wanted Roon Ready synchronization from it, while... | |
| Replacing Roon - What Should I get? I've been running a Roon, ROCK, Intel NUC 11 (11PAHi7), with a 20TB USB HD, a 500GB SSD, 32GB of memory and a >200k library 24/7, for over 3-yrs., minus a single hiccup. I use it for my 2-channel EMM Labs DAC audio room and to distribute mult... | |
| Replacing Roon - What Should I get? I've been running a Roon, ROCK, Intel NUC 11 (11PAHi7), with a 20TB USB HD, a 500GB SSD, 32GB of memory and a >200k library 24/7, for over 3-yrs., minus a single hiccup. I use it for my 2-channel EMM Labs DAC audio room and to distribute multi... | |
| Real world Loudspeakers what does very good cost ? I've found audio expos to be a good place to hear many speakers and speaker types at once. No matter the upstream components, or the room setup, you should be able to get a feel for types -- e.g., box speakers, open baffles, panels, horns etc. an... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? I had a recording studio for 10 years and I can assure you that to a recording engineer, soundstage depth is "a thing." Depending on the band and the source material, I worked very hard to create an illusion of soundstage depth using several well... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? Talking about differences of amps, they jumped on me pretty hard too. Their king is anything from Purifi/Hypex. Last week I talked about how system synergy is important and I got absolutely destroyed. I'll never go back there again, it is not a p... |