mahler123
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| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» None of this is news. We are dying off and most of our prized gear and physical media will end up in landfills or museums. I feel for the younger ones that are feeling lonely; hell I feel lonely; I know perhaps one audiophile in my bubble of the... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? I’m not surprised that the OP found primarily older men in the gear store. I am more surprised that he found an actual store that sells gear | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? In the streaming era, this is like arguing about angels fitting on the head of a pin. It has completely lost relevance to the modern landscape. fwiw I’ve never known any of those stereotypes, people that owned high end systems and played only dem... | |
| LoFi My record collection, my pride and joy, was wiped out in a flood in 1985. By coincidence the flood occurred the night my triplets were born, August 6; also the anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb, so a portentous day. I couldn’t afford to buy a CD... | |
| Hearing Aids @lloydc so what brands do you recommend for listening to music? @larsman thats an interesting Costco comment. I don’t want to cause any issue for the Techs, as I suspect they don’t determine what the store carries, but I will speak to manag... | |
| Hearing Aids I have the Phillips from Costco and the only setting that makes music listenable is the hi Fi setting, but even that is iffy. I was at an opera recently and they were so screechy in the treble that I removed them. I also don’t like streaming musi... | |
| McIntosh DS200 I’m with the OP. The company knows that audiophiles love to play with different equipment. It’s also stupid for their business, as Mac customers have great brand loyalty, and they could market a megabucks Mac DAC to them down the road. Mac cust... | |
| What is the best place to archive my digital music files? OP your original post is to short on information. What is your current source for your digital files? Does your Marantz amp come with a streaming module? Does it have an included DAC? If the answers to the two questions above are yes, th... | |
| New HT/2CH room What exactly are you requesting assistance with? New speakers? Were you interested in changing your electronics? Are you ok with your sources? | |
| Melco Audio N100 Won't Pair with App I’m on vacation and away from my server but thanks for the update. Something to look forward to on my return! | |
| Digital Advice New Vaults are over his budget. Personally I would stay away from a used Vaults. I don’t know what refurbished means, except they scrubbed the hard drive. My Vault started failing after about 3 years, right when the warranty was up. I think he is ... | |
| Need a Streamer Are you sure it isn’t a Tidal thing, if Qobuz sounds ok? I would try to listen to the offending Tidal tracks on another streamer and compare the same tracks on Qobuz | |
| Digital Advice Our posts must have crossed. There are posters here that will routinely dismiss CDs and tell any one inquiring about a new CDP to just stream. They aren’t right or wrong, it’s just a preference. | |
| Digital Advice @mybuddy How have you ripped CDs to the Mac? If you use an Apple Optical device as the ripper, it can also be used to play CDs if it’s attached to the Mac. If you then add a Wiim streamer or Bluesound Node you are under budget. Personally I wou... | |
| Best 4K Player in Terms of Transport Mechanism I own Oppo 105 and 203. The transports seem identical, and I would assume that the 205 is identical but perhaps a 205 owner can confirm that. I just bought a Sony OLED. For comparison I played a DVD of the musical The Music Man and compared it wi... |