pinthrift
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| In listening to your system(s)...what is most crucial to your enjoyment? Hey Folks. Thought I'd catch us up a bit. This was my first attempt posting a topic, and missed a bit of clarity in the goal. Thanks to those sharing so far! Rephrased, "In improving the sound of your system, define the one thing stands out as... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. Again..tenured music lover. As a hobby, it's natural to want to move on and "get closer" over time. For me, the home run is the music, and no nostalgia to what gets me there. I don't marry the gear. I'm fully awakened when a tweak or gear impr... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? 40+ years of getting closer. New house in 2000...lights dimmed when major appliances kicked in...Central Maine Power Company comes, tests, following Sunday at 10am a crew installs a new transformer (WITH NEW GROUND) outside house. Most recent, F... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? I run Class D amp with expert DSP adding a "hint" of tube sound. I just don't have the stomach and budget for GREAT tube gear. Cheers, Pin | |
| What do you LIKE BEST about your current audio system? ...DSP...without a doubt...and Folks, this isn't Dad's slider eq!...minute adjustments within 1/10th of a decibel. The 3D dimensional presentation possible in 2 channel sound with a good hi fi system, good source is simply remarkable. Great retr... | |
| Help with advice for high end speaker cables for my system! Blue Jeans or Luminous (better)...Cheers, Norm | |
| Best $40 I've spent...maybe ever ...every 6 months, rain or shine...clean em up! Old fart tip of the day...if possible, turn off and unplug things, go into basement and switch off the main power at the panel, turn off & on each circuit a couple of times, then power up the ma... | |
| Autoformers, The Benefits in matching amp to speaker ...this might not prove a common story, but here goes. I have the NAD M2 one box dac/pre/power into a pair of sealed Salk Veracity monitors. The NAD has the ability to deliver 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 Ohms. The Salks are rated at 8 but, after read... | |
| The 70’s are back ...that's Harbeth money...if you prefer music. Owned new L100's back in the day...YES, the orange grills! Fun little rockers in the day. Good luck & cheers! Norm | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations OOPs, sorry for duplication | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations Salks. Jim Salk is a true gentleman, will make lovely and to order, within your budget new...those RAAL tweeters with his designs simply make music at reasonable cost. Within your budget, new. Grats on your retirement and happy tunes. Best, Norm | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? Enjoyed Denon DP2500 which, last I knew, is still spinning 40 years later...at incorrect speed...has a strobe on-board with no adjustment. A better strobe from "The Tweak Shop" back in the day, revealed it ran fast. A "post Allen Perkins (Spiral... | |
| For those of us over 60.. so, topping 70....what was the question?....how in hell did I get in here?....oh, Jimmie Rodgers...in Nashville at Country Music Hall of Fame in 70's...sat alone in a little area watching "Waiting for a Train" historic film, thinking, "This is my ... | |
| Cannot find perfect sound Hi..ol' fart chipping-in (digital front end.) :) So many variables at play to simplify much advice. I like full body contact in music. My line is..headphones, ear-buds etc are akin to.."solo sex or making a meal of appetizers..pretty good at t... | |
| The Truth about Modern Class D Hey Folks. Interesting discussion to me as I've had the NAD M2 (not Dad's NAD 3020... $6K) for several years, now. My "flavor" of sound is the sound of vocals and un-amplified instruments in an actual space, my having grown up around lots of liv... |