toro3
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| 1st Impression, Join the Forum? My first impression of these forums is there are a lot of fake audiophiles who don't really know anything about this hobby or the science of sound in general. Many folks simply fall back on marketing jargon and spew ignorance like expensive speak... | |
| Items from audiophile's estate, list and photos link provided; helpful advice appreciated! @foxwaves also consider interest already voiced here since we know the context. The fees are a little higher here, unfortunately. Direct links to your listings on this thread may be beneficial. US Audio Mart would also be encouraged before eBay.... | |
| Items from audiophile's estate, list and photos link provided; helpful advice appreciated! @foxwaves There’s quite a bit of good gear on those lists. I’m also going to presume that the gear had been taken care of if he was a former audio reviewer. Reading the “Audio Letter” it looks like you arrived at a little over $13,000 for everythi... | |
| REL Classic 98 Sounds like OP is leaning a certain direction and has been in contact with REL. Here’s my $0.02 with dual 98s: Preaching to the choir here, but as a reminder for future readers interested in the down-firing Classic series: don’t ignore your floo... | |
| Do you buy new, used or new or used gear? Typically research for months and then often wait for years when purchasing used - saving and waiting for the right deal. Main system is roughly 90% used. HT system is used and refurbished. | |
| Is Budget Audiophile an oxymoron? To answer the title, I don’t think “budget audiophile” is an oxymoron. A few years back I sold some speakers to a guy who wanted a demo with his gear at his residence. I took a trip, demoed the speakers and then listened to his budget home theat... | |
| Does the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 speaker play rich and full bodied at 50 Decibels Agree with others - 50 dB seems pretty low. For low-level listening I always thought that crossover-less, single-driver speakers (perhaps from Omega Speaker Systems) and a SET or small push/pull amp would be ideal. You’d have point-source imaging... | |
| What one change to your room, system, or setup made the biggest improvement? Only problem was that the new room sounded horrible. What finally changed it for me was purchasing two corner bass traps from ATS Acoustics and placed them on the front wall corners behind the speakers. Best $600-700 I ever spent. There was an i... | |
| I built a music discovery app for Tidal and Qobuz users. A lot has changed since launch. Sent another tough artist and sub-genre at your platform this evening - curated Tidal playlist that integrated into Roon was flawless, as well as the results. Being a former Tower Records employee whose worth was measured by your recommendations... | |
| I built a music discovery app for Tidal and Qobuz users. A lot has changed since launch. Pretty awesome, Alessandro. I was able to create a Tidal playlist from a rather obscure Russian band to test its limitations - the results were more than impressive given the genre (Post-Punk, Dark Wave) and artist exposure, which is very much non... | |
| Am I no longer allowed to consider myself an Audiophile? @french_fries holy smokes! I was way off with my response, but appreciate the clarification. | |
| USB cable recommendation ASR or assumptions about other people’s systems, @nubiann Please, as if ASR doesn’t say the same about members in this forum. Though your posts are thoughtful they are also in a “USB Recommendation” thread. I know we all want to be saviors... | |
| Potential upgrade to Lampizator DAC its not that its covering up harshness its more like it makes the music bloom with space air and decay @rikkipuu is pointing in the right direction here. Night and day difference between an MHDT tube DAC and Lampi from personal experience. Bo... | |
| Looking for New AV Processor There’s lots of conflicting info out there on topics like LFE only or LFE + Main, so open to further advice on setup. For context I have the AV-7705. There’s a pretty good Audyssey thread on AVS Forum that I had followed some years ago. LFE w... | |
| Beware of doing business with Joshua “Josh” Schor!! I’m genuinely asking, but what real recourse is there for the buyer since the transaction was PP F&F? It sounds like the transaction was from a private seller named Joshua but shipped out of Musical Artisans in Chicago who is suspected as th... |