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My 75" Sony Bravia HD TV kicked the bucket.. So I got an 85" QLED Samsung to replace it. But my AV receiver was also limited to HD. So I got an 8K capable AV receiver with Atmos and a bit more power. Then I realized that my rear satellites came with the house so I upgraded them to match. All my...

A while back, I made some comments suggesting that at that point in time that higher end DAC's were all up to the task. I was using my OPPO 105D happily assuming that it was as good as I ever needed and I discounted comments by others who evaluated it and found it was OK, but not as good as...

Has anyone looked at the Eversolo DMP A6, A6 Master or the new A8 ? They have an M.2 slot where I could put a 4Tb drive with all my high resolution music tracks so I could eliminate my current music server. It can stream from Tidal, Spotify and pretty much anything else. It has a DAC that can...

I was curious if any of you have taken the AI plunge lately? Related to Audio, Spotify has chosen to purge their playlist of any AI generated music and we are expecting to see quite a bit of AI generated music in the future. I have some AI generated images below, but AI generated video is...

I've recently had a discussion with someone who feels that the only "real" music is LIVE unamplified symphony or opera. He dismissed live music that required amplification. He also considered all recordings dead. This all started when a talking head on TV suggested that the Beatles were the...

It's musical, well done and has a message everyone can agree on. Done to Bohemian Rhapsody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IABRgZH12YA

I just heard "a veil was lifted" outside audio circles. Let me set the stage.... A small market has a niche product at a reasonable price. A larger company decides to mass produce a competing product that seems to in all ways be as good and possibly better in many areas. So the smaller...

I just moved my ML's to the basement and got a hernia carrying the amp, but vive la différence ! ( joking about the hernia, but that thing is a tank ) Carpeted Concrete floor, 15' wide by 22' long x 9' ceiling Concrete foundation + framed and sheet rocked on the front wall and framed sheet...

I'd like to support the closing of a recent political thread and keeping a sense of the community here. We just had the highest voter turnout in 50 years and the people have spoken. Our country is more passionate and engaged in the process which is a great thing! Our passionate country is also...

This is a very interesting presentation and explains exactly why the economy we are used to has the wrong incentives that have feedback loops pushing us in the wrong direction. The bottom line is that we can't can't sustain our current model...

When my wife's iPod speaker dock died, I looked around and realized it was time to move on. The iPod is all but gone now. All the iPod docks are discontinued. Most people use their phones to stream music. So I got my wife a Riva Turbo BT speaker system. It's not HiFi, but it works for her...

I've been thinking about ways to make my music server SILENT. http://www.streacom.com/products/db4-fanless-chassis/ So I'm thinking about betting one of these fully passive chassis. The case is just a large heat sink and there would be no fans anywhere. I already have a mini-ITX MB that...

I've got it in my head that I need an SVS SB-16 Ultra for my home theater system. My ole Velodyne is getting on in years, and suddenly I have this urge to have serious bass POWER !!!! My media room is 16' x 22' in the basement in a corner of my foundation. I'm happy with the performance of my...

I was fortunate that I live on the edge of its path of totality this time around. We drove closer to the center of the path to get a good view of the sun's corona. Very cool stuff! The sky darkened, the temperature dropped 8 degrees, the cicadas started to sing, the birds flew in to roost...

When I got my one of 50 ever built limited production Banshee, I wanted it all tricked out, so I had a bunch of heat shrink for the Battery connectors and motor connectors printed up for me. I was feeling generous so I sent out shrink wrap to other Banshee owners all over the world, no charge...

Ethan is doing something very interesting. He is building a Null Box which should PROVE conclusively once and for all what effect if any interconnects have. What it does is read an analog music signal before and after an interconnect. It Nulls out everything that is identical between them and...

Since I was asked about this, I'll share. First the D500 is nothing like the D5000 so I'm not sure how much will be useful. It's too bad Thom Hogan didn't write a guide for the D5000. The D500 is a professional camera with banks for the configuration settings and a completely different button...

I don't have the patience for vinyl, but I have to admit this is pretty cool :) https://maglevaudio.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky0D00iyHAA

I've got over 2,000 sq/ft of 3/4" hard maple flooring being installed in my house right now. They've almost finished the main floor. I think the burl is beautiful! I'm also trying to reuse the old oak flooring from the front of the house and just got a planer for it so I can build things with...

I've been really happy with my XPA-2 Gen 2 for a while now. It is a pretty traditional class A/B Amp that weights about 75lbs, has a huge toroidal transformer, large capacitors, large FET's and monster heat sinks etc.. etc.. The new XPA Gen 3 series was recently released with some fan fair. It...