yesiam_a_pirate
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| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? Sonus Faber Sonetto VIIIs are only $7000- you could go up to a Olympica Nova II for 10K. Sonus are "polite" warm speakers and not known for speed or detail. You could go to a Maggie 3.7i for 9K which seems to more closely match your listening pref... | |
| Streamer only I've had several including my PC and MAC as a source (my first source). I've tried some ChiFi (Suncos @ $500) and a sound card plugged into my first decent DAC (PS Audio Perfect Wave). I got talked into a PS Audio AirLens and have been very happy... | |
| The Music Room I've tried to sell both ways- here's my conclusion: TMR is reputable. Used gear wholesale is about 1/4 of retail. They will need to be lower than that if they're tying up their cash and taking risk on someone else's probable problem unit. Selli... | |
| Lowend amp Bryston 7BSSTs are perfect for low bass control. I use them as my sub amps and love them. 800 watts into 1-4 ohms. Figure 4-5K for the mint ones with lots of warranty left. | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review Soix- agreed. that's why I used "most". There are certainly some exceptions. | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review Most all reviews are now Infomercials. | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I think the used market is a good measure of the worth of something. After all the hype and incentives are gone you are left with a thing that will only sell for what someone is willing to pay for it. I wish the used market sites would post the ... | |
| Are You a Swifty? She is a talentless, mid 7, middle age bimbo media creation with low music proficiency that got her boost by having influence with a manipulatable voting block who won't show up to vote anyway. Cue the haters. Isn't this forum about musical exce... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change I respectfully reject your premise. I don' think yours is a condition that requires a pop-psychology diagnosis. You like gear and you like music- so what? How is this any different than a mechanic buying the latest Snap-on tool when the tool truc... | |
| SEEKING ADVICE: Which component would you upgrade first? Man what a cool trip back to the day! I wouldn't sell any of that stuff. Keep it because it's your first love. Now, If you want to pursue HiFi get in the mindset that you'll spend about 5K to get something you'll really love and be proud of. ... | |
| First Bi Amping Experience Well said @ellajeanelle. As a 62 year old man I still love the punch and slam of powerful bass. Cello, tympanies, string bass, lower octaves on the piano all demand a lot from my rig. Ditto for Rammstein's Du Hast Nich. Without slam it's just not ... | |
| First Bi Amping Experience @Carlsbad2; True as to a couple of watts. However it's the transients in demanding recordings that eat the daylights out of watts. Particularly low frequencies. It take a LOT of current to move woofers at high SPLs with difficult tracks. That's wh... | |
| You tube hifi influencers. Love them or hate them? I like some of them: OCD Mikey for example strikes me as honest- I states "I'm a dealer I want to sell you what I like" The Chinese Dude- Thomas & Stereo does a pretty good job unless he's pitching some ChiFi stuff. Way back when I bought a ... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? I have tried it both ways- in my case a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC to an Audio Research SP 15, an Audio Research Ref 6SE and direct to amp. My experience is this: If I don't mind having lower volume recordings preventing me from getting the DBs I... | |
| How does a preamp die from sitting unused for a few months? I had an ARC SP 15 that I bought from a guy who had it in storage for years. It popped a fuse the second I turned it on. After replacement it burned up a cap that was swollen and died again. I had to re-cap the thing! Soon thereafter the switched ... |