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| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? I can understand criticisms of Klipsch. I did not warm to sound of my early 80's era Klipschorns in original form. Shouty mids made them virtually unlistenable, and that with SET amp. Still, I could hear potential in them, so decided upgrades were... | |
| MQA is Legit! First off, you need MQA dac to hear full MQA unfolding. I've only heard MQA streaming Tidal through Roon on non-MQA dac, sometimes sounds better than non-MQA. I've always suspected different masters responsible for qualitative difference. Whether... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl And so if digital sound is so bad why do so many audiophiles continue to enjoy and purchase digital equipment? According to the vinyl only tribe, they must have tin ears. But what if that same person who enjoys digital sound also enjoys vinyl sou... | |
| Do you ever do this before you listen? I have the ear wax issue. Whenever I begin to hear channel imbalance and/or high frequency attenuation I clean ears, always get some measure of wax out. Agreed, don't use q tips. Sinus cleaning very effective as well, I use the NeilMed. Yes, be s... | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! Over many years and many systems. Synergy is everything and synergy is a constantly changing and evolving event. An upgrade in one area creates a weak link elsewhere. And this scenario continues until one dies or gets out of audio. Is it possible ... | |
| Turntables My experience with getting back into vinyl has been frustrating thus far. I've had top notch digital setup for many years, wanted to get vinyl setup that would be on or near equal footing.I've had perhaps five or six different systems over the pas... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Lots of good suggestions here, I've probably heard of or have about fifty percent of musicians listed. I've been a music lover and audiophile for over forty years so I'm aware of the older stuff. Most of my listening is now via computer based audi... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp Building a computer based system can be a relatively complex undertaking, more variables than disc spinners. Follow expert guidance, every single variable can be optimized. For instance, I use linear power supplies on every piece in this system, h... | |
| Your Forever Pieces? What and Why? Oldest piece is Harman Kardon T60 tt, purchased 1981, still use with a few mods. Dahlquist DQ-10's shortly thereafter, Conrad Johnson MV55 a bit later. Don't use these two pieces anymore, fond memories make some equipment hard to sell. | |
| What is the first album you purchased, and do you still have it? Jan and Dean, Little Old Lady From Pasadena. Before that only 75's. Extremely limited record collection meant you played your music many times over, strange to think playing the same songs over and over could be so entertaining. Doubtful I still h... | |
| Horns: Why don't they image well? My highly modified Klipschorns suffer very little in direct comparison to my highly modified Merlin VSM. Hard panned information does 'stick' to the Klipshcorns a bit more, the Merlins seem to disappear with the same hard panned information. I thi... | |
| For those of us over 60.. Impossible to distill to any particular band or any number of bands. No band or bands can describe the entirety of my life, too many changes.Childhood was top 40 radio, in adolescence the Beatles, British Invasion Bands, garage rock, later in adol... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Over many years and many permutations of my setup, relative cost percentages have changed and sometimes quite radically. I agree the listening room is critical, cost benefit ratio high here. Some tweaks work, others not. Tweaks with a long track r... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I don't often enter audio forums anymore, but 83 pages arguing about fuses spurred me to comment. I observe a consistent and repeated process here where the thread begins with someone reporting on the efficacy of some product. The process goes som... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Charles,You have a very nice setup, all Coincident equipment is major bang for the buck. The Carissa is modded to some degree, Coincident stock. The Coincident is higher resolution and more dynamic, tonality in my setup spot on, great amp. I've th... |