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| Has Your Hobby Changed? moonwatcher, re: After I add about $5K in new speakers, a streamer and a DAC, and a 2M Blue cartridge, I’ll be done and ready to just enjoy the music. Yeah, I’m sure there is better sound out there, but can my 65-year-old ears really hear it? N... | |
| Has Your Hobby Changed? Dear mikelavigne, CONGRATULATIONS! I say that as someone who spent "only" 10 years (two 5 year tours) in the car biz, and I retired last fall. 49 years is amazing...I couldn’t have done that (though I did some digging and learned you were in uppe... | |
| trying to upgrade speaker cable: Audioquest type 9 or Rocket 88 The Audioquest (AQ) Rocket 88 with DBS system would be a noticeable upgrade, I suspect. AQ cables are a great match with Vandersteen (I have the 2CE SigIII). Vandersteen often uses AQ cables at shows, and most Vandersteen dealers sell AQ cables. Y... | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? If you had even 10% of Elon's money, you (well, I) WOULD spend a fortune on audio gear if you love it. Why wouldn't you? Even if you were "only" worth $100 million, you could spend 2% of your net worth (even 1%) on a room and a system that would b... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. Post in this thread: https://www.audioshark.org/audio-research-corporation-arc-36/future-audio-research-21912.html?highlight=future+audio+research Re: The Future of Audio Research Hello, everyone. This is my first Audioshark post because I w... | |
| Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones Sorry, johnk, but this is wrong: Alunimun is a cheap material marketed as a luxury item in audio because audiophiles don't remember that it's used in beer cans. The machined aluminum cabinets by Magico and Rockport (for example) are both compl... | |
| 2023 DAC comparison: MSB Select vs dCS Vivaldi Apex vs Wadax Atlantis Reference The Wadax DAC and server seem extraordinary, per Robert Harley. In the stratosphere costwise, but if price is no deterrent... WADAX server Excerpt: Most of us have experienced the thrill of hearing a favorite album in a fabulous remastering. Th... | |
| Live (analog) vs Digital Home Audio I LOVE Nickel Creek! Their first eponymous album, "Nickel Creek" (from 2000) is one of my reference discs which I used to audition speakers. It is superbly recorded, imo, and was produced by the great Alison Krauss. Chris Thile, their child prodig... | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? hifiman5 We are kindred spirits! I had a McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe that I ran for almost 20 years until it died. I had considered upgrading it just prior, and ended up selling the chassis to SMc Audio and now regret it. Not long after, they came out... | |
| un-becoming an audiophile Good thread, and it describes my intermittent struggle. The yin and the yang. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Does the audio system exist to serve the music and is it the means to the end, which is listening to music? Or is the gear the ... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? mbmi re: Buy more speakers! OK—send more money! I approve of choices in booze too. Sad that in my older age (65) I'm now a lightweight...2 drinks and i'm ready for bed. D'oh! | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? I have 10 pair of speakers......all sizes...all brands...all prices. Each pair sounds different with different types of music. JBL and Klipsch Heritage and Tekton for Rock.....Triangle and Maggies for Jazz....Maggies for Classical. I don’t believ... | |
| Soulution 330 streaming I’d say keep the MA3 for DAC/streaming, and get the 330 without the DAC option. The 330 does not have built-in streaming capability with the DAC option. I’ve looked at the Meitner, to use as a DAC/preamp/streamer, since it has volume control. It ... | |
| Streamers made in America? For ROON, I like my SGC sonictransporter. US made. | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? jasonbourne52 I had a pair of Time Windows back in the early 80s, bought from a friend who has been my hi-fi mentor for 40 years. I replaced them with Vandersteen 2CEs, which I had for 20 years and then replaced with the newest Vandy 2CE Signatur... |