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| Streamer software, what do you use? ROON, via Small Green Computer sonictransporter server and a Sonore microRendu (which will get upgraded to an optical Rendu maybe). Are there streamers with their own OS that sound better than Roon, like the $20k Aurenders and others? Maybe. I am... | |
| VANDERSTEEN dealer in Tacoma WA has reopened under new ownership audioconnection John, I really hope to visit you someday. This is what I love about all the Vandersteen dealers I have worked with and know—just very nice, kind, supportive people. Cheers. | |
| VANDERSTEEN dealer in Tacoma WA has reopened under new ownership Excellent, northbeach! I really want to buy some Treo CTs from Victor. I wish for him great success. | |
| VANDERSTEEN dealer in Tacoma WA has reopened under new ownership @tomic601 - Jim, I know you go way back with them! I volunteered to come down and help him paint the store, but I think he was shy about accepting. I really wish him well—he is such a good and hard-working guy. If I lived closer and was more quali... | |
| VANDERSTEEN dealer in Tacoma WA has reopened under new ownership @tomic601 - I spoke to him today, and he sounds pumped. I look forward to a visit. | |
| "The Ultra High-End Speaker." Good review of the Salon 2: https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/608revel/index.html And, they're on sale at a great price via Music Direct! $7500 each https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/speakers/revel-salon2-tower-speakers-pair/ | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @mijostyn Re "There is no such thing as a perfect room." I’ve followed the evolution of Mike Lavigne’s room for over a dozen years, and I doubt that many people will ever get closer to a perfect room. I’d love to visit it. Hat tip to M... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier @vinylshadow , THANK YOU again. That is good information. Part of my hesitation on the seismic podiums is I’ve been thinking about switching to the next model up in the Vandersteen line, and they have a different shape and footprint dimensions,... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier @vinylshadow — Excellent! I look forward to reading about your impressions of the Allegri. I have also been intrigued by the Townshend seismic isolation platforms for my speakers, but they are too expensive to buy without trying. I wish for a de... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier @vinylshadow re:Townshend Allegri Reference Passive Preamp Do you have experience with that or have you owned it? I am very intrigued by it. I have a good passive line stage that I used for years up until about 6 years ago. I still own it and ... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? @soix re "Frankly I’m pretty amazed by companies like Schiit, Rogue and some others who can play in the budget/midFi categories and still manufacture here in the US what with our significantly higher wages, health benefits, and overall costs of ... | |
| New Pass Labs Go To From his website (I hadn't seen it before now): Originally posted April 11, 2023; revised August 10, 2023: Dear Reno Hi Fi clients and friends: After more than 25 years in business, Reno Hi Fi will soon be closed, and Mark Sammut will ret... | |
| New Pass Labs Go To Wow! He relocated to Arizona, but did anyone have a clue he was going to retire soon after? I never purchased from them, but they were the go-to shop for Pass gear. Bummer. | |
| The Ultimate Audio Modification: Golden Ears Excellent post imo. As someone with 66 year-old ears, it resonates. I have listened to my Stereophile CD Test Disc recently to check my ears’ frequency responses, and I can still hear to 12Khz (I was hoping it was still 15Khz). What it doesn’t rev... | |
| Old CD player back from the dead—prompting many questions! Thanks, @bigkidz ! |