What’s your obstacles on the way of listening

been at this since the early 80’s... but for a few years prior to covid i almost stopped listening to music at home, playing with the hifi rig... it just sat idle ...

work, community service, parenting, golf, cars, cycling, live sports and musical performances, socializing with friends, and maybe too much cable news...

for better or worse the covid shut-in brought me back whole hog into it... i am glad it did... listening to beautiful music, marveling at the performances and the sound (sometimes of performers who have passed, long ago or recently), it makes me happy, more positive, and more balanced, more at peace overall i think - don’t think i will let it fall by the wayside again

@keegiam
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@ghdprentice  I had terrible sound variation due to A/C going on, both mine and all my neighbors on our transformer, it seemed.  I fixed it by using a PS Audio P-20 regenerator, and from what you describe, this might work for you, too.  Sounds great all day and night.

surface noise. tape hiss. sound of appliances humming and furnace roaring. air conditioner running. neighbor yahoo's 2-strokes and junky music. 

@jbrrp1

Thank you. It isn’t electrical... I have a direct line. It is the very slight background noice. My listening area is dead silent... well, except when the fan is running in the air conditioning. But I can always turn it off for a while.