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| Current Questions I'm going to shoot for a non-technical explanation which is what I think you are looking for. We'll take two examples. #1 is a speaker that has a nice flat impedance of 8 ohms across its entire frequency band. Devore speakers, for example, are de... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? Good comments above - I'll add a few points. Like pretty much all manufactured products, the quality range has compressed as the industry has matured. There are hundreds (thousands?) of speaker models available now and for the most part they are ... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap If you want something basic that is nice looking and will act as a surge protector there are used Monster Power Conditioners (i.e. 5100 Signature) that are available on eBay. I run three of these (one in a different system) plus a vintage Tice Pow... | |
| GIK Vicoustic and others If you are handy and want to DIY some acoustic panels here is an excellent video: IMO if you have a limited budget for listening room sound treatment you will be better off spending your funds on in-room treatments (absorbers, diffusers, b... | |
| Honesty is the best policy...I think. I have a PerfectWave Transport and I've been dealing with this problem for a few years. I'm going to tell a fairly detailed story to be fair to PSA but I am really disappointed. At the end I will give you a specific recommendation on how I would p... | |
| Thiel Cs 2.3 with neodium Tweeter of CS 2.4 There is a Thiel Owners thread on this forum. I would suggest searching for that thread and then posting your question there. A few members have rebuilt their crossovers and someone may have experience that will be useful. If I were in your situa... | |
| China built tube amps I don't have a tube amp but I can give you a dealer recommendation. Gig Harbor Audio (Gig Harbor, Washington near Tacoma) carries Line Magnetic and Eric is a great guy to deal with. I've heard a couple of the LM tube amps at his showroom and they ... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 @thyname This is getting even more confusing. The simple fact that you received a 1099 when you don't have a business throws a monkey wrench into the whole tax filing process. There are good links above that indicate that getting a 1099 from Paypa... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 @thyname Well, I've about reached the end of my knowledge on this issue. I didn't realize that Paypal itemized all of the transactions. At this point I'm sort of guessing but here goes. You would normally list any income and account for a 1099 on... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 @thyname : Here is some further explanation. The following is my understanding but I'm not an accountant and I'm welcome to be corrected if I get any of this wrong. Overall, I'm speaking from a practical standpoint as opposed to a strict legal sta... | |
| Paypal Changes for 2022 I agree with ghasley that this is a nothingburger. Here' why. The following assumes that you buy and sell gear as a hobby and that you do not have a business buying and selling things like amps and DACs. For 99% of the gear you sell you will take... | |
| How Big of a Difference? You will get the full range of opinions on cables in this forum so I'm going to add my experience to the chaos. When I test interconnects (RCA or XLR) I use a control to diminish Expectation Bias. I have two CD players (Marantz SA8005 and PS Audi... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good I'm always amazed how much good music is out there that I've never heard of. I have saved many of these to Qobuz or Spotify to listen to later. I'm going to stick with the OP's original intent (I eagerly anticipate every song on these albums) but... | |
| Streaming 102 I think you need to do some comparisons on your own to get a sense of how much difference a new DAC or streamer might make. Do you have a CD player? If so, the first step is to compare a CD with the Qobuz stream of the same version. Do this with ... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? This is an interesting question - I can relate. A few years ago I was wondering the same thing. My system sounded really good (it sounds even better now) and I wondered if it sounded so good because I hadn’t heard anything else for quite a while. ... |