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| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For Funny - I thought this was an amp thread til the last post or two. Moving to a semi-omni-psuedo-line array approach is what did it for me. Many components have come through upstream of my speakers, some of those being devices of absurd price poi... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread Didn’t PSVANE buy out the TJ FullMusic stuff when that company discontinued? I forget if it was large power tubes or all tubes. It would be of interest - where that could go. Seems PSVANE has less competition in China than before the pandemic, an... | |
| Importance of streamer in audio chain @brianportugal I’m among those who hasn’t been able to notice a meaningful difference when even partially controlling for different streamers in my home. I’ve stuck with my comparatively inexpensive DIY since I like the freeware interface well en... | |
| Starting Over and I need your help mrdecibel 3,025 posts 06-21-2024 at 03:28am Before you change anything, maybe your expectations are just very high. Is your room set up properly? Maybe try near field listening. I have heard six figure systems that sound as you describe. Ke... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? I remember when many of the Classic Records archives were hawked on eBay, maybe ten years back, a test press 45 set of the Zeppelin BBC sessions went up. I forget how much it ended on - it wasn’t cheap but I was a little surprised it didn’t go hig... | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? In many systems, the source is at least physically easier to replace than the speakers. What does that count for, if anything? | |
| Hardware or source materail @sbsail9 some of these answers look on the right track - yay. Much more bang-for-buck in improving your music source whether that’s vinyl or cd or drive-stored mp3 / WAV etc. (I don’t stream, so no comment there). If you know real world live sou... | |
| Stacking subwoofers FWIW one scenario I’ve found stacked subs to offer potential benefit (as opposed to the aforementioned careful placement throughout a listening area) is that in which sub(s) must handle higher frequencies ( > 80 Hz ) if the mains will not. If ... | |
| why expensive streamers mdalton 316 posts 06-05-2024 at 04:51am @12many Not sure what your dac is, but any differences you hear may have to do with different processing. The N150 definitely reclocks, for example. In addition, if the n150 is upsampling, but the N... | |
| why expensive streamers If all the opaque but purportedly game-changing technical differences in capability from increasingly expensive streamer models is so audible, why is streaming not doomed from the get-go since it’s sourced from audio-firestorm data centers? Those ... | |
| Youtube audiophile hi res sounds MUCH better than my Eversolo streamer YouTube subscriptions still shouldn't provide bitrates that are superior to other well-known streaming services, except perhaps Spotify. Add to that the variability among masters of the same track/album (that generally are not stated in metadata ... | |
| Leaving tube amps on. Where do most of the world’s KT-150 tubes come from? And where did all the semi-reasonably priced (if compared to alternative) KT-150 tubes come from? One large altercation later and those tubes aren’t being imported anymore. With Russia doing i... | |
| 5 steps in developing hearing I’ve never heard a system with strong PRaT attributes while playing music I dislike. Coincidence? There are many people who find great PRaT in car stereos and/or smartphones. Sliding scale? Terminology can become problematic when it’s concocte... | |
| An ANSWER....of sorts...... asvjerry OP 4,318 posts …UTs' are so overrated anyway.....If you thought 'auto-correct' could annoy when texting.... ...being directed to cement mixers instead of a restroom is but one example.... To me that seems more like... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? dill 2,451 posts 05-14-2024 at 05:08am "Unless there was something very wrong with your last power cord, or it was just a very poorly made one, you’re not going to here any differences other than those that occur within your own mind vi... |