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In very specific home applications, where the “bathroom” is large enough and someone is spending a great deal of time in that space (ex. A room your wife is also using it to do her hair and makeup) it might be fun to have a decent audio system. I can’t think of the last time I took a shower and...

The only thing wrong with a Rolex is when you tell people it is more time accurate than a $500 Apple Watch. I love watches but my Hamilton Auto is accurate enough if I want analog. Maybe I’ll buy a Rolex one day but not to tell time. Same with audio, you want $150k of gear? Go for it. Just know...

Amazing insight. I can’t tell you how many times I woke up on Wednesday and found my tube amp on from the weekend. My thought was always more about replacing the damn KT88s that cost me $90 each. Or the 6922’s at $100 each. On those days I almost wished the house had caught fire and I could file...

Damn. It really is the future. I’m gonna miss sexy amps.

My mother passed from breast cancer years ago and requested I play this song in her celebration. It’s amazing how hearing it just now on an iPad transcends SINAD and SPL. Thank you for sharing.

2.1 Elac bookshelves (Carina) and an SVS sub. Powered by a Yamaha RN1000a. Simple enough for me to enjoy with enough room correction that I’m not constantly fiddling with every song. I’m happy with 95% and quit trying for all of it until I have a better room. Maybe I’d swap out the Carinas for...

I’m shocked that a DAC would put out much heat if any (Schitt Gugnir). It seems to me the way you have it should be fine. Most solid state amps will give off a bit of heat, but from the photo it looks well ventilated. I suppose you could add fans and/or other rack solutions but that seems...

I think it very unlikely that even a non sequential pair would sound any different from a sequential pair. But some people like that if you ever decide to sell them. So I get it. I had a cat knock over a floorstander years ago that was so badly damaged I had to replace it with a new single...

This is not just cars, watches, handbags btw. I’m a hardcore fly fisherman and have a few rods that are nearly $1k each. If you want a custom handcrafted bamboo rod you could easily spend $3k+. And the bamboo rod likely can’t cast as far as modern rods made from hi-tech graphite. That said, Not...

Based on your 1st two options I think you’re a bit like me in wanting something a little sexy from your amp/pre. Most here will suggest amplification has been solved (it has) so something like an AS1200 is a big part of your budget and you’d be way better off spending on speakers. I can’t speak...

So I bought a Yamaha RNA1000 to replace my much more expensive tube amp in my second living room. Running 2.1 with an SVS sub and some Elac Carina bookshelves. Gotta say the amp is rock solid. HDMI is a big plus for me and really don’t need more speakers to introduce an AVR with more channels...

It’s possible to consider a crossover using high quality parts might last longer. That said, the quality of that part probably has little to do with price. But your point is 100% valid. The crossover either works within spec or it doesn’t. It’s not a difficult concept to understand. Many of the...

One could argue a perfect measuring speaker at $50k is no great value either. I would expect those to sound very clean and sparkly on first listen. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard them once at a show but I can’t remember wanting them. That said, $50k is more than was ever in my budget when I attended...

I was driving my B&Ws with a $4000 tube amp. I feel you brother.

The Talon speaker measurements Matt H posted truly are the most broken I’ve ever seen. The fact they saw the measurements and still put the speakers out to consumers is even more puzzling. I’m not surprised he subjectively disliked them so much. The Totems I believe I’ve heard. They weren’t bad...

There are too few independent stations left. It used a to be great way to hear new music. Now, when you aren’t sifting through commercials, you are hearing music decided on by some computer algorithm. As to fidelity, it never bothered me that much. I was always in my car, so it was never going...

I tend to agree though I can’t speak for classical music like rock or jazz. Unless the artist creating the music is involved, Im not that interested in reinterpretations that don’t involve the creators

For the last 15 years I’ve done Kuerig KCups. For Christmas this year I bought a DeLonghi TrueBrew with built in grinder. Read a bunch of reviews about it being a pain in the ass to clean. Gotta tell you, it’s pretty damn easy to clean it. And coffee suddenly tastes good again instead being just...

I’m a huge Yamaha fan boy and then this… just thank you for testing these. $5k is a lot of scratch.

I’ve found one sure way to be in the poor house in audio. Settle for something you aren’t happy with. Then in two years do it again. And so on…. :)