mswale
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| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. Weird, also have Forte's, 10ft apart, 10in off the wall, each toed in 2in off the wall. I sit 8ft away. Good soundstage, good depth, feels like my stereo cabinet (sitting between the speakers) is talking to me. Used to have them 20in off the wa... | |
| Qualified service technicians disappearing! Recommendations wanted Why do you think you need a Mcintosh certified repair shop? Any qualified storer shop can fix Mac gear, it's not specialized, or overly complicated. 1yr is ridiculous, just find a good local shop, or something kind of local have them take a look. ... | |
| HumminGuru vs.Degritter How can you even compare them? You can buy 5 HG to one degritter. It's a superior machine in almost every way, but you pay for it. I have a HG also used my friends degritter. I prefer it over my HG, but it's out of my budget. You can use TERGIKL... | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS Physics is physics, and math is math. Those are usually not open to debate. Generally, quality goes up in price, generally higher parts are used at higher prices. Also there is a law of diminishing returns. Think we all know a $100 cable will ... | |
| Trends in value of vintage / used audio equipment? my vintage setup has meters. Part of my day is searching the web for cool vintage gear. Search a few sites and a few manufactures. Sansui, Marantz, Mcintosh, Klipsch, Accuphase, Luxman, and a couple others. Inventory has definitely gone down ... | |
| Tweaking Your Speaker Placement Put my speakers on sliders, easy to move around. Use a tape measure, put tape on the floor. write on the tape my thoughts on the location. Rinse and repeat, till the "spot" is found. Just did this last month, while on vacation, spent almost an e... | |
| Thoughts on Speakers for a Small Audio/Video Room Looks like a very nice room, if only it was a few feet wider. You might have too much speaker for your space. Think high quality bookshelf speakers with a sub would fit the room perfectly. Maybe a mellow speaker with lower efficiency? There are... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? It's been tough since COVID. Used to go to several shows a year, would pony up the money to see bigger bands. Once did a VIP thing to U2, 2 tickets were almost $1k. Also had side stage GA to The Rolling Stones. Think that was a $250 ticket back ar... | |
| Which subwoofer should I get? Also looking at adding a sub to my 2ch system, went to my local dealer to listen to a few. Was thinking about SVS, REL and Rythmik. Of course you can't addition Rythmik unless you buy one. On the same system, with the same 3 songs, back to back,... | |
| Help for me, money for you. Usually when this stuff happens, something has changed. So what changed? Do you have autoupdate turned on? Did it do an update? Before you do anything else, have you redone all connections, and of course "did you reboot?" If you did get an upd... | |
| HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? @calvinj I enjoy my system every day! Listing right now as I type this. Good sound is like a drug. You don't know what you are missing until you try it, then you get hooked and want more. Every time something gets changed for the better, just w... | |
| Analog invites you to turn up the volume Think I tend to do the same thing. Crank up vinyl, not so much when streaming. At times streaming does have more detail, more of everything. But it can almost sound fake, at times compressed, of course fatiguing. Vinyl is like a warm blanket, ... | |
| Room is way too bright. I feel your pain! My listening room has 2 4x10 floor to ceiling windows, hardwood floors, and a stone wall at one end. It was bright. 1st reflection is the stone wall on one side, then an open doorway on the other side. 1. rugs, blankets over fu... | |
| Starting my showroom again That is a hard question to answer, are you just looking for validation or really asking? What else is in the town? What is the demographic? What are the income levels? House princes/sizes? What is the area's disposable income like? Is there a thr... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? Feel like we are talking about 3 different things. 1. Bloom 2. Overly bright systems 3. Overly detailed IMHO, they are totally separate, but can also be part of the same issue. My vintage system sounded great to me, my TT was the standout per... |