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| New-ish to Audiogon Forums... Is it always like this? This forum is a mixed bag but it is worth it for me to check in every day and see if there is anything relevant. I skip most threads that ask for gear recommendations for the reason you describe. Once in a while the question is structed in such a ... | |
| About to invest in room treatments; GIK, RealTraps, DIY -- what is your experience? Here is a really interesting video on DIY panels made from towels. The guy tests several different materials and cotton towels work the best. I haven't built any yet but I'm going to try it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pABvTWSxOes&t=29s | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Thanks for all the informative posts in this thread. Unfortunately, I'm a little late to the party and the Happybuy cleaner is out of stock at Amazon. I see that there is a separate record spinning attachment available but it appears to be out of ... | |
| A question to the Sound Engineers out there I had a home studio and recorded bands in the Portland, Oregon area for about 10 years from the mid 90's. I was a one stop shop - I did the recording, mixing, and mastering. Here are a few observations from my own experience.Most well known master... | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ First, thanks to @b_limo for posting the DeVore video. I hadn’t seen that before and it is the best explanation of the relationship between sensitivity and impedance I’ve ever seen.Several good answers to the original OP question but I wanted to a... | |
| A deeper more holographic soundstage. I've heard two pieces of equipment that increase the depth of the soundstage - one I own and the other I heard at AXPONA.A company called BSG Technologies made a processor called the QOL (pronounced coal). This unit is a refinement on phasing proc... | |
| Is this how a Subwoofer Crossover is supposed to work? Except for the name calling this has been an interesting thread. I've learned several things.I realize that I'm not answering your question but I would like to take a step back and look at this from another angle.1. Your Moabs are spec'd to 20 hz.... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? @ three-easy-paymentsQuite the contrary. The vast majority of records I own are completely analog. It's true that some of the newer vinyl releases were recorded digitally or a digital master was used for the vinyl production but 90% or more of my ... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? I think the original question was reasonable and sincere. Here's my take on the issue.I have dived pretty deep into this rabbit hole. One of my eccentricities in this hobby is that I like to collect formats and versions of my favorite recordings. ... | |
| Openning a hi fi shop The question you are asking really needs to be turned around and looked at from the perspective of what type of customers are you trying to serve. If you are starting a store in Redmond and catering to Microsoft millionaires you might want to focu... | |
| The survival of the fittest. There are hundreds of reasons why one speaker brand succeeds and another fails - just like other businesses. I can cite one great speaker brand that went out of business (it didn't really fail) for a very particular reason. When Jim Thiel died his... | |
| The cost of LP's and CD's - an observation The decline of CD prices and the rise of LP prices are due to lots of factors but here are a few of them.CD pricing followed a typical pattern for any new technology. At first they were expensive because manufacturing efficiencies hadn't been full... | |
| Who is still making CD transports? You can pick up a used PS Audio DirectStream transport for a good price. This unit buffers and reclocks the data which gives your DAC a better signal to deal with. I have one of these and I can vouch for it.Or, if you go with a regular CD player a... | |
| $7000 preamp vs $700 receiver - Is the difference THAT significant? I'm late to the party but I want to amplify a point made above. Your desire for Macintosh gear is a complex issue. Yes, you want to make sure that you will get an improvement in sound but it's obvious that you have an emotional connection with Mac... | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers The most impressive speakers I've heard to date at anything near your price range are MBL 101E Mk II. They are $70k new but I've never seen a used pair for sale.I'm currently running a pair of CS6's. The MBL 101's are one of the few speakers I've ... |