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Responses from mark_hubbard
| Subwoofer for classical music listener I added an 18" Velodyne to our system (we too listen to 90% classical) and set it to a relative low level. Even though it is off to the side, the deep bass still appears to come from the center between our main full-range speakers. Bought it on Au... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? I just want to thank Mahler123, Neal, Jeff, Josh, Ryspyder and everyone else who responded with such helpful and patient advice to my questions. I will further research all of your suggestions. This makes much more sense to me now. I truly appreci... | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? OK, I'm even behind Josh in my understanding of all this. Does "app" mean you have to have a smart-phone or iPad to control your music server? What *is* a music server? We have about 2,000 CDs of mostly classical music and three or four good stere... | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple The only pair of speakers I ever regretted selling were our Vandersteen 4, although if we still had them our cat(s) would have shredded the brown nylon fabric covers by now, and they also would be decorated with dried dog slobber (we own a 170-pou... | |
| I finally fixed my HUM! Halalulah, and thanks for tips Thank you, Bob! My listening room / living room is at the end of our house where ceiling access is either not available or very difficult. Can dedicated circuits be run *outside* the house to reach our room? If you don't mind my asking, what was t... | |
| Review: Wadia S7i ( an extreme upgrade ) CD Player Chuck,If you are still active here (it sounds like you've found audio bliss, so I understand if you are not), can you tell me if this player listed last August (2016) for $13,500 was originally yours?https://www.audiogon.com/listings/cd-sacd-playe... | |
| High End Amp Price Collapse musings To the OP: For many of us, Audiogon has been making high-end available at affordable prices since their beginning. The bargains you are looking for are already here. My wife and I are a retired middle-class couple living on Social Security, and al... | |
| Best female vocal recording on CD? Regular old CD of Joan Baez's "Diamonds and Rust." The mastering was phenomenal! | |
| Budget Audiophile Looking For Amplifier Suggestions Muse Model 100, older B&K, Adcom, etc. can still sound great in a budget system. I'm still using a Muse Model 100 as my center-channel amp with no complaints, while my other amps are Mark Levinson. | |
| Schiit taking orders (as of Dec 23) on Freya preamp 1-2-17 Just heard back from Schiit regarding my amp + subwoofer question:"It has switchable output modes but the actual outputs are always active for both RCA and XLR, they are in essence identical outputs always.It will work with a sub and power ... | |
| Schiit taking orders (as of Dec 23) on Freya preamp I've just emailed Schiit to ask if both the balanced and unbalanced outputs are active at the same time, an important feature if one is running a subwoofer as well as an amp. I'll let you know when I hear back.... | |
| Your first component that was "special" The original Vandersteen 5 speakers with the external crossover, purchased second-hand from a friend. Revelatory! | |
| Mellow speakers Time sensitive info: Just received an email from Ohm yesterday (9/2/16) http://http//ohmspeaker.com/speakers/walsh-tall/#wt-1000 Walsh 1000 Talls for $749 each and http://http//ohmspeaker.com/speakers/walsh-tall/#wt-4000 Walsh 4000 Talls for $2099... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty On the eve of 2003, WHERE'S THE MUSIC?With all disrespect, how many music lovers are satisfied with the assortment of titles available on SACD (or DVD-A) as of December 31, 2002? It reminds me of a joke that the owner of Wilson Audio supposedly us... | |
| I need top quality banana plugs. Interesting. Where does one buy WBTs?Many thanks, |