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Original owner, everything dates from mid 1980s. Mostly in storage for the last three decades. TT got a check-up a few years ago, everything works. I can send you a video showing the turntable spinning if you like This is for pickup in NYC only. $300 firm.

I've managed to accumulate five Audyssey mics for various Denons that have passed through my setups over the years. I used to keep them in chronological order, but managed to mix them all up recently. The only thing that differentiates them visibly is a factory-numbered label on the bottom...

Just curious. Anyone know? I know two contenders for most posts must be the measurements everything or nothing, and the vinyl renaissance thread. (Related question: longest thread in terms of *number of words*)

Why isn't this discussed more around here?

What the subject says. I have a 1980s-era 'boutique' (though not 'high end') belt-drive TT, Systemdek IIx, equipped with a Shure V15 MR cart, not used in decades but checked out in a shop and all verified to be in good working condition. Would I maximize sale $$$ by selling them together, or...

Prompted by a visit to Steve Hoffman's forum and the entirely predictable 'debate' engendered among the Dunning-Krugerati there, Arch has created a sequel to his old 16 vs 24 test, this one using pop music (Daft Punk's "Giorgio") instead of classical...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/magazine/quiet-chamber-minneapolis.html make that WOman survives etc....mods please correct the title if you can

Haven't read it yet. Sasha Frere-Jones (an excellent music writer) writes about the world of audiophiles (mainly concerning: loudspeakers) . On first glance I see mostly subjectivists. And search for the word 'blind' comes up empty. :facepalm...

I have two identical powered 12" subs, the quite budget friendly Chinese-made Monoprice 9723, operating in a 5.2 system via dual sub outputs of my Denon AVR. This model gained some notoriety for having intrinsic hum issues out of box...on some units. Wirecutter tested two and found no...

Does anyone know why this company chose such an, um, interesting name for itself? Neither of its founders is named Schiit.

Described (though not in much technical detail) here https://www.dirac.com/the-arrival-of-spatial-room-correction-technology/ This seems to be a realization of the long dream of "recreating a space in your space" via multichannel sound -- in this case with every loudspeaker yoked together as a...

I stumbled on this Youtube presentation. It basically advises the rule of thirds for listening position (main LP located 1/3 of room length from the back wall), and rule of 3rds -- 4ths for side to side loudspeaker placement. The big variable is then the distance of the speakers from the front...

I'm intrigued by the excellent performance of powered monitors like Genelecs. But I am committed to multichannel playback (5.2 currently) and I am used to the convenience of 'full feature' AVRs like the Denon line, that has automatic speaker setting, room EQ DSP (further tweakable using an...

The LFE channel -- the .1 channel -- was meant to contain cinema audio for things like explosions, gunshots, volcanic eruptions, and the like . Loud low bass. In practice, for purely musical releases at least, it seems to be (mis)used for whatever the mixer thinks will make the listener notice...

I was tipped by Chris Kyriakakis of Audyssey fame to this new research that touches on the neurological basis of audio expectation bias. The researchers' focus is on possible ramification for dyslexia, but the relevance to audiophilia is clear. The link is to a summary of the article not the...

Wall mounts like the ones commonly available for flatscreen TVs, e..g, can be pulled out from the wall, have adjustable horizontal/vertical angle. But for loudspeakers. (Small ones , not floorstanders!) Does such a thing exist? I'm looking on the internets, but not finding.

I'd love to use 'good' small speakers all around (e.g. the Ascend Acoustics I have now as fronts, 12" x 9" x 10", 6.5 in woofer) but even they are too big to use as surrounds for the new room I need to audiofy. So...realizing none may approach 'neutral' (but maybe could be tweaked using...