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When you search(ed) / audition(ed) speakers to get, did / do you care about looks? I suspect many are mindful of appearances, particularly for multipurpose rooms or a close environment. If yes, how much do looks matter when you aim to own a speaker? Is appearance a reason you continue to take...

How many ASR’ers use a streaming service vs. not? How many use >1? >1 household member can count towards your vote. Paid subscriptions and free both count as service. Your personal media does not count as a service. Please consider this query in conjunction with @CleanSound (your preferred...

Audio! Audio! Audio? As the query poses. Do you consider this site’s assessments and discussions to (or should) focus on: (1) Audio Science Review - broadly any form of music playback equipment / setup / process (2) HiFi Science Review - focus on equipment / setups / processes which themselves...

How do most ASR’ers cool their music servers / streamers / transports? Fans or no fans? Some great threads focus on fan-less setups, but are largely free of comparative metrics on room noise floor, fan model max dB ratings (manufacturer specs or as measured in situ), chassis-to-MLP distance...

I use a USB bus-powered ADC / DAC: Should it perform differently if connected to a typical switching PSU-powered computer, vs. a battery-powered laptop? The unit is a KORG DS-DAC-10R for digitizing records (or specific masters) not already [easily] available in 1’s and 0’s. I know - the KORG...

What triangle best describes your stereo speaker setup relative to main listening position (MLP)? Caution: some Isosceles look like Equilaterals, without actual measurements! o_O Please consider a post with setup details. Useful ingredients include: (1) Triangle leg measurements (metric or...

Is there a relationship between LF driver size and soundstage size? If so, what is the nature of the relationship? D (Direct relationship) I (Inverse relationship) F (Flawed-by-design reasoning to this query) I brought this up in another thread (maybe not-so-relevant there on second thought)...

That title… Sounds impossible, right? Possible, and sounds right. The project has spanned some years of (1) excessive backlit screen reading, (2) many in-person listening sessions to diverse high end systems, and (3) defining my preferences/expectations, then pursuing them with this particular...