stingray26
Responses from stingray26
| How good is good enough? I really got into "stereo" when I was just a kid, maybe only 11 or 12. I could not afford anything and my parents just weren’t into it, and frankly would never have spent the kind of money it cost to buy the kinds of things I was fascinated with e... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Focus on good not perfect or accurate. Accuracy and perfection are illusions in this field. Realize that you'll probably never stop wanting more. Most audiophiles are never done building their "perfect systems." It can become an obsession and som... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I’m floored when I see people respond to this question with something like, "Snobs? What are you talking about? I’ve never met a salesman who wasn’t the salt of the earth and willing to give me the shirt off his back!" I’m not even going to go int... | |
| Weekly recap gone ? I found the setting. I turned off weekly recap and will turn it back on tomorrow. Profile menu -> dashboard -> account -> notifications | |
| how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable? For the least amount of money I believe the U-Turn Orbit is an excellent option. At their lowest price they don’t even have a cue lever, but you can pick the custom configuration and choose exactly what matters to you. On the other hand you could ... | |
| Weekly recap gone ? 7/23/22 I can’t find this week's recap. Does anyone know if there’s a place to sign up or discontinue it? I can’t seem to find that on the site. | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? I think it's a great question. I think the best answer here, from my own experiences, is that yes indeed our subjective assessment of sound quality, especially with something we can't "blind" test like headphones, is highly affected by the appeara... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. I have not been able to hear any of the new incarnation of KLH except the one's I bought on faith, the Kendall. The KLH 5 does indeed look like a wonderful speaker and I seem to see nothing but good press about it, but I have not seen or heard the... | |
| Recommendations for speakers that sound great at lower volume levels. A nice mid-fi low listening levels choice is the new(ish) KLH Kendall. They're about $1,300 USD and certainly certainly not in a class with Harbeth or most of the other things that are being suggested. But they are designed to sound good at low le... | |
| Does Age Matter? 55 years old - I think digital sounds better, but I do like using vinyl because it's easy and fun, and vinyl sounds plenty good enough on a good turntable.I and started getting my own stereo equipment at about age 11 - so about 1976 (paper route m... | |
| Will a $700 turntable outperform a CD player? I have a Technics SL-1200 family turntable and I absolutely love it. But CDs still sound better for the same money invested in hardware. Okay clearly that’s debatable. What’s better, potato salad or coleslaw? I like them both, but the main reason ... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth I've also wondered how soft vinyl can wear out a diamond. Other than random diamond particles in the environment or contaminating the vinyl itself, shouldn't the diamond last forever? Of course that theory doesn't pan out because we know very well... | |
| Don't like vinyl I love the the fact that I can obtain vinyl at garage sales cheap. Most of them aren't in great shape, but compared to the cost of streaming, it's really a pretty good deal. I also like the fact that having a turntable means being able to play som... | |
| Audio Technica VM vs. AT-VM series Thanks for your reponses. I have not tried to get in touch with Audio-Technica yet. I do see that they are offering a wider array of a new "AT-VM" line in the US than they are on the European site. There are 6 AT-VM models ranging from $34 - $200U... | |
| End of the World system It's not really an answer to this exercise, but in my post-apocalyptic world, I probably build my whole cabin out of speakers and build the walls of other audio gear. So that's kind of the most efficient use of materials, and I get lots of choices... |