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Mmatt49 replied to the thread House set up help.Yes, fair point. In particular Sonos caused quite a bit of upset with their move to the series 2 firmware, which is imcompatible with...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Eversolo DMP-A6..I doubt it too. There's been a lot of talk over the years about ESS DACs suffering from a bit of IM distortion -- the so-called "ESS...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread House set up help.A lot will depend on the size of the rooms that are going to house your two systems. For one thing, it'll influence what size of...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Review WOW moments in Hifi journey!!.I'd second this strongly, especially the bit about modern speakers, but the whole post corresponds closely to my experience. My main...
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MEasily missed, especially when you are reading through the thread. I’ll add a smiley in future.
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Boom in vintage audio kit.Ah yes, I see now. Apologies for being so dense.
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Boom in vintage audio kit.I wouldn’t propose indiscriminately buying anything from the 1970s. Some of the stuff made back then was rubbish. But I do think the...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Boom in vintage audio kit.I see things a bit differently. The technology of turntables and transistor amps was perfected by the 1970s. A decent 1970s Japanese amp...
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M... and big switches as on old Yamaha and Pioneer amps. The kind of switch that lets you know it has really been switched.
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MBBC article: Why is vintage audio equipment booming? Good piece, especially on the environmental reasons for buying vintage kit, but a...
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Mmatt49 reacted to nopiano's post in the thread Are you tinkering or tweaking your HiFi to achieve the best setting? with
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Our living room looks like a bankrupt Hifi shop this week! I bought some 40 year old speakers on a whim a fortnight ago, and last week... -
Mmatt49 replied to the thread Question What's your next HiFi purchase?.Having moved house in spring to a rather dull-looking mid-20th-century place (which is in need of lots of refurb), I've decided to go...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Question Compact replacement for CerwinVega xls 215 speakers?.Compared to most domestic hi-fi speakers, your CVs have relatively high sensitivity: 95.3dB. So they shouldn't need much amp power to...
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Mmatt49 replied to the thread Question What makes speakers "Hi-Fi"?.Arguably, the latest Sonos Five speaker qualifies as hi-fi, at least on any conventional definition of hi-fi. It covers the full...
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