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    Dolby, dts processing or raw stereo

    That makes a big difference with the dolby music settings on my avr thanks for the tip doesn't sound as tinie as the stereo settings on my avr which I am beginning to think needs an upgrade it's about 9 years old and not performing the way I want compared to friends Sony or Onkyo my harman...
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    Dolby, dts processing or raw stereo

    For example: apple music streams lossless format. So why would I select dolby or dts decoding on my avr if Apple does not code in either of those formats. Atmos aside. To my ears and IMO either sound muffled and flat. Dolby has way too much grey noise and dts sounds drab and flat. Using an older...
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    A Call For Humor!

    Octopie - 5.5088055 on a sliderule
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    Closed headphones below 500

    DAP may also refer to a company that sells products such as sealants and spackling compounds. Basement junk.
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    Closed headphones below 500

    Well since we're talking about closed back headphones under 500 what about AKG? K553 MKII
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    Closed headphones below 500

    So much for the processor for the cheep cell phone he's using. Goes well with the knock off pseudo Hawaiian shirt
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    Closed headphones below 500

    Yes like champagne or caviar. Scotch or cigars. ...
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    It really sucks living in an apartment

    There's a lot to be said in that a mortgage is the least you can pay and rent is the most you can pay not sure about other European countries but here in the US along with the mortgage comes all of the taxes and utilities that have to be paid and if some maintenance is needed you can't call the...
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    Closed headphones below 500

    Ultrasone open back
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    Power conditioners

    Furman PST-8 only 149USD Well worth the cost. Saved my equipment several times with power surges.
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    What are we listening to right now..

    Fripp and Eno - No Pussyfooting
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    Can anyone explain the vinyl renaissance?

    I can remember spending an exorbitant amount of time going through table cases and table cases of 99 cent and up albums at Sears 45 years ago that was a great deal when minimum wage was about $1,60 /hour
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    Extreme Snake Oil

    Ah the wonders of gross capitalism as long as the government is willing to pay 17,000$ for a screwdriver at NASA then why should we miss out on the opportunity to get the best money can buy.
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    What advice you wish you could have given to your younger self or someone new to this hobby?

    Remember all those 8 tracks you had to replace with cassettes? Remember all that vinyl you had to replace with cd's? Remember all the upgrades you've made to your sound system? First for quadrophonic then for Dolby then for... and now you just listen to pandora. ( talking to my self way to much)...
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    Speaker Cables - Indication.

    Call me a heretic but coper clad is just as good as solid coper as a matter of physics. https://www.energyone.com/electricity-does-not-flow-through-wires/
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    Speaker Cables - Indication.

    IMHO it all depends on how much you are willing to spend for the placebo effect and bragging rights consumer coper is coper is coper. Now if you really wanted to go all out you could opt in for 6N silver cable.
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    Speaker Cables - Indication.

    1 American and 2 Japanese companies fascinating so much for cheap Asian imports with high profit margins.
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    Speaker Cables - Indication.

    Out of pure curiosity what AV cable company operates its own copper smelter considering there are only 3 primary smelters and 6 secondary smelters in the United States and 2 in Canada and the vast majority of coper produced in Mexico is exported to China
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