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I have four such Chinese items: one DAC, one HP amp and two amps. None had any issues. All bought from Audiophonics, so covered by a warranty, despite a border to cross. An issue known beforehand, which might have turned into a problem is such items were "junk", which they are not.

Here are my darlings Tamiko the pomeranian and Vikki the chihuahua The third one was Lili, our first family dog, a most excellent female chihuahua, now referred to as "Tante Lili" (Aunt Lili), whom Vikki replaced.

I sincerely hope the video in #483 is not true. As I wrote earlier in this thread when we considered taking our daughter (10 years old) the tickets were $600 - for placement that seemed to be worth it. My country is supposed to be high income but such prices for several family members are half...

Presets is something I'm looking into as well with Roon presets as I don't have an AVR at the moment. No success as of yet, but these things take some thought and experimentation. Reason is music can be on for hours as I work from home, and necessarily is kept at a low volume for a good part of...

As I understand Dirac doesn't have a dynamic volume/eq which to me is a problem.

I actually need less not more: less inputs, less channels and smaller size while retaining advanced DSP features. But I understand your point: AVRs in any form are complex and expensive beasts to manufacture.

It is true that HDMI switiching from the TV works fine. Realistically if WiiM offered a proper loudness/dyn volume feature that may well be all I need. It would be worth it then to buy an Umik and learn REW. It may be sacrilege to some but all I'm using at the moment to power my Revels is a...

All anecdote but I had just about convinced myself that wireless was the future when the Sonos app fiasco happened. Instead of Sonos 5s I went for some Revel M16s - in retrospect, my first pair of good speakers. The other day for the first time, my wife, with my daughter, played some music on my...

I learned the other day Lincoln cars in the US have Revel speakers :cool:

Same dilemma as you.... watching thread with interest. I'm leaning more towards an AVR for the reasons stated here. BTW I used to have an AVR but didn't enjoy it fully because my main speakers weren't very good at the time. I now understand that adequate speakers should be 1st priority. On...

I have, but a bit superficially to be honest, because I would need hours of study in order to able to comprehend all the complexities and arcana of that extraordinary system. It so happens I visited Japan with my family earlier this year and it was love at first sight and a truly unforgettable...

An absolutely stunning setup, indeed.

I realize the ability to compensate for the perceived loss of bass and treble at low volumes is quite important given the amount of time I use my amp at low volumes. Solutions for that would seem to be either the "loudness function" on Yamaha amps or the "dynamic volume" types of functions on...

I guess I'll never know. Amir's review says they're more than a convenience product though.

All anecdotal and nobody likely will care, but I was a prospective Sonos customer - I had decided to buy a pair of Fives as a stereo system, and eventually decided not too, thinking that the fixing of their app was taking way too long, and not liking the way they were communicating with the...

I've been a member here for a long time, almost from the beginning I believe, not because I'm knowledgeable about audio, more by chance. It's quite obvious that Amir has had an influence on the market. Which doesn't happen by chance. It's amazing to see, and a very good thing for consumers...

Not entirely related but as you work in manufacturing... Circa 2016 there was a lot of talk about 3D printing and how it would revolutionize manufacturing, even reshore some of it, and give a lot a flexibility to build replacement parts for anything. Well it's 2024 and maybe I'm not paying close...

No suprise to me, empirically (speaking from experience) I'd say nicotine from e-cigarettes does the same. It happened to me in a stressful period of long work days dragging too much on an e-cigarette loaded with too strong e-liquid. Nicotine's molecule is similar to caffeine's.

A question... I need to change my amp in the near future as I need more power, at least 60 W. That makes the WiiM amp Pro an option, but a Yamaha A-S501 is not all that more expensive, with long term ownership in mind. Technically though, is the Yamaha still the better amp, or are we at a...

Question: made in Japan Raleigh bikes, any one know anything about them?