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Somehow that doesn't at all surprise me. At my current level of knowledge the main scales by which I'm deciding on connectors are safety in terms of accidentally electrocuting myself and safety in terms of messing up and breaking/short circuiting something, and I do believe banana plugs win out...

I'm working under the assumption it's not the absolute optimal choice either, but I find that in any consumer purchase journey, after a certain point the balance of "optimal choice" and "convenience" starts tipping towards the latter. Where "convenience" includes things like "total time spent"...

Okay, so, I've gone and done some research, some reading, and even some basic math, and this is where my current thinking is: Elac DBR-62 Yamaha A-S501 Wiim Pro (or potentially super cheap bluetooth audio receiver while I figure out the streaming part) I used a basic dB meter on my phone to...

Thank you so much for this!! It's some of the most basic terminology that gives me the biggest headaches. I'm a great researcher, and could easily find basic definitions, but generally they're decoupled from context and relevance, and with the sheer amount of moving parts that I simply do not at...

Thanks so much for this, very helpful, easy to digest overview! I've got to run, but I'll come back to address your points in more detail. Super appreciate it!

Thank you so much! The moment I found this forum (and saw you all confirming that expensive cables are fully unnecessary) it seemed a lot more like what I was looking for than what I had found. Yes, I don't understand a word most of what anyone is saying, but I can recognize that it's based in...

That is an extremely useful perspective, thank you. I'm in a bit of a rush to make it to an appointment, so I'll have to come back to this later to address it properly, but just wanting to let you know that, yes, this indeed very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you! I have no idea what that means, but I can work with a standard term! And I really appreciate having another thread to work off that was looking at a similar issue (and who appreciates not wanting to destroy the aesthetics of one's space for perfect sound. Your home is spectacular, I...

Thank you! I have no qualms about going for a sound that sounds good to me personally. It's my money, it's my space, it's my music, I really don't care what any purists say. The problem is simply that by virtue of not understanding any of the technical concepts, I am somewhat reliant on the...

I am SO up for the challenge, or at least up for trying, which is partially why I'm continuing to bang my head against this despite the numerous headaches I've ended up with so far. "Buy speakers that will work for me" feels like it shouldn't be difficult, but it turns out there's a whole rabbit...

Thank you very much! May I use your response and recommendations as a jumping off point for some lingo clarifications that have been confounding me? Midfield (/nearfield/farfield) - my assumption when I've seen these terms is that this is speaking to the distance between the speaker and the...

Fabulous, thank you! After the Klipsches I've really been struggling with figuring out how to take recommendations and measurements and translate them into "will sound at least functional in my space". Very much appreciate having a straightforward answer and straightforward list from which I can...

Oh, thank you so much! That's extremely useful! Would I be correct in inferring from the structure of your response that the fact that these speakers are recommended suggests all of these would sound baseline listenable in my space regardless of the specifics (and inferiority) of its acoustics?

Hello all, I'm looking to move from my ancient little Bose Colour bluetooth speaker to something that gives me a listening experience comparable in enjoyment to what I get from my really not very sophisticated headphones (i.e. I don't have well-trained ears that need optimal sound as my cheap...