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Unfortunately, I live in a house with windows, and a neighborhood with other people and animals nearby. Dogs, birds, etc.. And often...

I think a lot of it really is based on industrial design, like you say/imply. Sonos stuff looks a great deal like much worse speakers...

Indeed you and I are in the same page. I also am not a Sonos, Bose, whatever fanboy, but I enjoy playing devil’s advocate when it’s...

I spent a few years selling large-ish portable speakers to mainstream consumers... I can tell you with at least a little authority that...

Me too. I have seen ~several tens of thousands of broken devices and MOD'd ~tens of thousands too and I appreciate working stuff that...

Indeed! I feel that there needs to be a community or section on ASR that focuses on simplicity and convenience in addition to good sound.

That's me too! Exactly. I just want the PC to work and be effortless.

I cannot overemphasize this. It is exactly how I feel and I think is accurate to how mainstream consumers want to listen to music. The...

They have built-in automatic room correction that basically anyone can use successfully, robust streaming features, a decent app...

I don't think this is true, they're just (to my eye) interested in IEMs first, headphones second, speakers third, largely for...

I made this a while ago. Most recordings are mixed at average levels between 80 and 85dB (depending on the size of the mixing room...

The Brahms string quartets are a bit different than the rest of his chamber works, but it has always surprised me how many people say...

For my setup, I'm running my recently-acquired KEF R3 Metas with a WiiM Amp for (mainly electronic) music and home theatre use. And I'm...