baylinor
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Listened to The Hu tonight, vinyl, all 3 sides, amazing music and sound from this Mongolian metal band. | |
| How long do good speakers last? Recently bought a pair of used PBN Montana XPS speakers. From the serial #s, they look to be from 2006. They are near flawless in every way and I don't see why they wouldn't last for a few more decades. Of course all speakers are built to differen... | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? Well, it has now been 10 days since the Denafrips Ares II has been run continuously on full power as recommended. So time to give you my final impressions as to the Ares II / Marantz CD6005 combo. First off running the Marantz through the Denafrip... | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio Buy all your vinyl pressed prior to 1982. That way you are guaranteed to get analog pressings. | |
| Music Direct and my recent exoeriences Two bad experiences with Audio Advisor, inexcusable ones. Not any issues with music direct. | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… This discussion is in need of some serious psychological advice before anyone sinks any further into the deep end 🙂 | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Musicality to me is when my system draws me unconsciously into the music rather than me trying to decipher all the little parts of the sound I am striving for. That is the best feeling when you realize you have been totally engulfed into the mus... | |
| Advice on dedicated room You can take a look at my system in my house of stereo. It includes construction pics and details in the comments section that may be helpful to you. Have fun with the process. Be patient. | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? The Denafrips Ares II came in early! Got it yesterday noon. Spent a few hours testing it out with my Marantz CD6005. Here are my impressions:First off, the CD6005 needs to have the audio EX setting OFF. I had it on audio EX 2 and no sound came out... | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? @pindac, I really appreciate your detailed journey regarding CDs.It does point to me that digital can be a plus to anyone if done correctly, even to those who's systems are strictly analog vinyl. Way to keep an opened mind! | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? No computer/wifi in my dedicated listening house, and intend to keep it that way. But I hear the ones who swear by streaming. Different strokes for different folks. Or more simply, different pace of living. Music to me is not a technology miracle,... | |
| System building; a meditation Mike's room is one of the many that I researched with much interest before I built mine. Thanks for some of the invaluable info you provided me through your room construction postings. | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? Google and google some more. Like are high frequencies more harmful than low frequency. Plenty of info out there. | |
| System building; a meditation My brands:VPIPro-jectPuffinSchiitPS AudioPrima LunaMarantzParasound HaloRythmickPBN audioAnd these are the main components, not two of the same brand. Weird, right? | |
| System building; a meditation This is not going to be very helpful as far as synergy goes and the what the magic solution may be. But here is how I pick my equipment. I research each component very carefully through multiple reviews and pick the one that has the best reviews i... |