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    Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary Speaker Review

    I owned these speakers about 4-5 years back. Sound was just okay, but I really enjoyed the way they look. To this day one of the best looking stand mount speakers I've owned. I didn't think they sounded bright per se, but they sounded thin and I never experienced the beautiful warm sound I...
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    What if your USB DAC does not have any drivers ?

    Maybe open up the DAC and see if you can read the USB receiver that it uses? I purchased a used Denafrips Ares (original version, not the II) and Denafrips wiped all their info about this DAC from their website when it released version 2. I had to search an old review to find it uses the...
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    Marantz CD-6004 Skipping.

    I used to own the Marantz CD6004 and I also ran into fairly frequent skipping problems where it was super sensitive to any scratches on a CD, more than any other player I've owned before. It would only get along nicely with perfectly clean and scratch-free CD's. I did purchase it used so I...
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    Hearing and hearing aid recommendations

    There are a few things to unpack here, many of which I cannot determine with certainty since I am not your hearing care provider. But with regards to your test, if you feel your tinnitus made it difficult to obtain reliable results, make sure that your provider is using pulsed presentation...
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    Speaker cable advice

    I use these and recommend them: https://www.amazon.com/Audioblast-HQ-SPK-AP2HD-12AWG-Ultra-Flexible-Audiophile-Eminence/dp/B082Y1HR4B/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=AUDIOBLAST+CABLES&qid=1696879718&rnid=2941120011&s=electronics&sr=1-2 Same company that is behind World's Best Cables that also sells...
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    Hearing and hearing aid recommendations

    The shape and severity of your hearing loss will be crucial here. For example, if you have a relatively flat mild hearing loss, you may be overthinking this because in that case, simply turning up the overall volume on your system (without hearing aids) compared to a listener with normal range...
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    Hearing and hearing aid recommendations

    Like for use as personal monitors for stage performing or just listening to music through your mobile device/mp3player? BTE and RIC/RITE style devices have Bluetooth capability and can stream music/movies/podcasts from your mobile device. But typically, when someone has the more common high...
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    Hearing and hearing aid recommendations

    I am an audiologist. Honestly, the primary concern you should have is not on the specific hearing aid brand or the device, but that the care provider fitting your device is following best practices. Unfortunately, this is not a given for every audiologist or hearing aid specialist/dispenser...
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    Hifi and hearing aids? Discuss hearing loss/imperfections and implications on HiFi Life.

    Late response, but I'm an audiologist. I have fit many hearing aids including Oticon. All modern hearing aids that are from the major manufacturers have a program for music listening that can be added to your devices if you use a RIC/RITE or BTE style hearing aid. You are correct that the...
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    Wharfedale Denton 85 vs Polk R200

    The R200 is a really solid speaker. The measurements show it as a very neutral sounding speaker. In my subjective experience, it had a slightly warm sounding midrange but otherwise very neutral sound, very extended high frequency response without sounding too bright. I could not really find...
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    Wharfedale Denton 85 vs Polk R200

    I've owned both the R200 and Denton 80th Anniversary (not 85th) so not quite the comparison you were looking for. I think the R200 may be too large for a desktop/nearfield setup. I would look for a 5" driver for that application so the R100 might be more appropriate in that usage case. The...
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    FS: Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 Bookshelf Stand Mount Speakers (LA/Orange County/San Diego)

    Price drop to $340 plus shipping (PM me your zip to get an estimate)
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    Record breaker: Raphaelite CS30-MKII tube amplifier review and measurements

    As a long time audio enthusiast, before I even knew what SINAD was (or the Klippel or APx555 were), I had to rely on subjective reviews. YouTube reviewers are a relatively newer type of subjective review, but I personally find that consuming YouTube content is much more digestible than reading...
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    FS: Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 Bookshelf Stand Mount Speakers (LA/Orange County/San Diego)

    I am opening this up to non-local buyers and price drop to $365 plus shipping cost (TBD based on your location)
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    FS: Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 Bookshelf Stand Mount Speakers (LA/Orange County/San Diego)

    Wharfedale Diamond 12.2 bookshelf/stand mount speakers in walnut colorway. These were purchased through Music Direct (authorized Wharfedale dealer). Features a piano black/gloss front with walnut on the other sides. Looks really sharp. These also feature bi-wire or bi-amp compatible speaker...
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    CSS Criton 1TD-X Kit Speaker Review

    Not really. They're only similar in price if you already have all the tools (and skills) to assemble the kit. Otherwise, you have to factor in cost of tools and materials, time, labor, skills to confidently solder and assemble, and finishing options (unless you are OK leaving it as an...
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    CSS Criton 1TD-X Kit Speaker Review

    They play fine at those volumes. As far as comparisons to those speakers, like I said, I like the CSS Criton 1-TD better. But it's not really comparing apples to apples. This is a DIY Kit that costs more than those speakers for just the unassembled kit.
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    CSS Criton 1TD-X Kit Speaker Review

    He is not affiliated with Danny Richie. That would be another YouTube reviewer New Record Day, who is on record as having trashed this forum before (like Danny). Actually Jay had previously made a video bashing Danny Richie in response to Danny's video "calling out" YouTube reviewers. In...
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