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| Audiphile Press: Am I jaded, experienced, or has it declined? At age 69, I've been reading audiophile magazines for 50 years. I've cut back to just Stereophile because their mix of equipment, music, and personalities is consistently the best. But to survive, they need to attract a younger, newer, and less af... | |
| The problem with absorption panels- it kills the fine details OK, it's clear a little clarification on acoustics is needed here. Not trying to mansplain, but just to provide some context. 1) Speakers provide input into the listening space. What you hear is the direct sound from the speakers plus the reverbe... | |
| Should I upgrade my Advent 5002 speakers? I am a huge fan of the Large Advent. Henry Kloss worked some magical engineering into the voicing that still amazes people today. That said they are not the last word in definition and dynamics. Time moves on. Footprint and architecture-wise the S... | |
| room size question. A few speakers are designed or are tunable (via port stuffing) to enable placement closer to the rear walls. It's just a matter of how the load the room acoustically. Monitor Audio Silver 300 7G are one. In my room, I am able to get them within ... | |
| Help me make sense of this - Midfi system sounding better hifi. I agree, the room is the most important component. But after that, the speakers. B&W (and KEF) are known for their tonal balance and imaging, not so much their dynamics - Pace Rhythm and Timing (PRaT, as the Brits call it) and slam, certainly ... | |
| Changes in my life, new system, need new speakers A bookshelf on a stand takes up just as much space as a small-ish floorstanding speaker. Since you are already familiar with Monitor Audio, you might consider the Silver 300 7G for about the same money as the Gold 100s. I did, and bought a pair of... | |
| Heist/ crime songs "Lincoln Park Pirates" by Steve Goodman. Funny drinking song "Long Black Veil" by the Chieftains with Mick Jagger. You can feel the chill. "Pancho and Lefty" by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Check out the YouTube video with a cameo of Townes ... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? You can enter the world of HD streaming (24-bit/192 Kb/Sec) for under $200 and $13 a month via an Amazon Echo Studio and Amazon Music HD. Oh yeah, you get voice control and a home automation hub thrown in free. Add another Echo Studio for real ste... | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. Nearly 70, and 50 years of audio experience, as a music lover and listener. A HiFi store owner, formally trained acoustical consultant, systems design architect and engineer, live sound engineer, home theatre enthusiast, and audiophile. Besides t... | |
| Which integrated for Wilson Sabrina's @audphile 1 1) People buy integrated amps specifically for the simplicity and integration, and to avoid having piles of boxes and cables. The 5805 has a full feature set of rather uncompromised design including analog, digital, linestage, headpho... | |
| Cartridge Recommendations for SME V Arm I am very happy with my Hana SH on my VPI Prime /JMW 10.5" 3D arm. Just listened to Sara Maclaclan's version of Hallelujah on the Leonard Cohen Memorial album. There are a couple paces where her voice and the piano could easily send a lesser combi... | |
| Floor Standing Speakers That Would Sound Good With the NAD Integrated Amplifier. The latest Monitor Audio Silver 7 300 or 500 are spectacular values and a good match for both your amp and room size. The dual 8" 500s go a bit lower and louder than the otherwise identical dual 6" 300s, but the 300s work better closer to rear wal... | |
| Which integrated for Wilson Sabrina's The Mark Levison 5805 250 W/ch 4 Ohms dual mono intrgrated. Impeccably designed and built, fully specced analog, mm/mc phono, and digital including 32/384, 11.2 mbits/sec DSD and MQA. At 62 lbs it lacks for nothing on the front end or power amp an... | |
| Has anyone tried the new Synergistic Research UEF Performance Enhancer - Ethernet Filter? For copper, digital zero is <300mV, digital one is >3.8V. That means anything below 300mV is ignored. Plugging into an unused switch port is ignored because the switch is 1) ignoring a passive component component. 2) Because a switch only al... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions I had a similar situation, only I limited myself to $5K. I decided on a VPI Prime and Hana SH. I have absolutely no regrets, even with the JMW 10.5" Unipivot arm. I handles the relatively low-compliance Hana MC easily. The two biggest advantages a... |