onhwy61
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| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" I think the title to this thread overstates the issue. Obviously the room is very important, but it's only a make or break situation if the listener makes seriously unwise choices in loudspeakers. It involves trade-offs. If you want full range ... | |
| LoFi I recently got a WiiM Amp for the bedroom. It feeds a pair of old NHT floorstanders. The loudspeaker positioning is determined entirely by practical room considerations and not by sound quality. There are no room treatments. The source materia... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Another Robert Altman film with a great soundtrack is "Kansas City". It has a cheesy plot, but the highlights are jazz at the Hey Hey Club scenes. | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? It's not just equipment. The best sound requires a dedicated custom built listening room of an appropriate size. That could cost you $250k plus just by itself. Spend anywhere from 100 to 200% of that sum on equipment. 90% of that sound quality... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. Similar to KOA are "National Ransom" and "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane". | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible Pt 1 & 2". Music by Prokofieff. | |
| Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation I'm not defending FedEx. I just trying to point out that their system works fairly well, but it's not perfect. And because of that you should be wary of sending something expensive, irreplaceable and/or delicate with them. I applaud those who t... | |
| Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation I stand corrected regarding UPS drivers' income. Decades ago I was at a conference where an exec from McDonald's gave a talk about customer service. He stated that if McDonald's was 99% accurate in completing customer orders that meant 100,000 p... | |
| Is it O.K. To Speculate Re: Company Stability Here? On the principle that bad info drives out good info should one not be very careful with their speculation? You cannot always know someone's intentions, but what's the point of questioning if a company is still in business. Reading from a reputab... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers Your current loudspeakers image very well. With your new found freedom you might want to play with how they are located in the room. Tell us what's already on your list. | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? How do you know what you know? How do you know what you don't know? Am I always right? Now if I project the answers to these questions onto other people, then I can only conclude that they may or may not know what they are talking about. It's ... | |
| Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation The sense of entitlement express here is off the charts. Delivery drivers (UPS, Amazon, FedEx, etc.) are not highly compensated jobs, yet you people seem to think you can use them to send very valuable goods anywhere in the world. Most of the ti... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? Unless a tube fails in someway, you never have to replace your tubes. Run them for 30 or even 50 years at a time and they will function. Now your equipment won't sound it's absolute best as the tubes age, but that's a very subjective observation... | |
| NEW Tekton Design Speakers - The Bonnevilles I actually like their industrial, pro sound reinforcement look. I have no idea how they sound. They are big, but they are certainly no uglier than any number of Wilson designs. | |
| Audiophiles and De-cluttering -- your journey toward both psychic and sonic improvement There are really good soundbars out there. They won't equal the better 7.2 and above dedicated systems, but they are so much easier to use, take up less space and cost significantly less. HDMI, wireless surrounds and subs are a gift from the Gods. |