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  1. Chops

    Florida International Audio Expo 2024!

    This past weekend makes it my 4th year going to this event. Every year, it gets bigger and better. This year was no different. The really cool thing about this year's show is that I got to meet and talk to OCD Mikey! He met my three brothers as well. We chatted for a few minutes, then went on...
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    Whole Home Surge Protection/Power Conditioning for Dedicated 20A lines...

    As some of you my know, I plan on running three 20A circuits to my system this fall, using a 60A subpanel and three 20A breakers via 10/2 Romex. From what I have read, this seems to be the best approach anyway. Also in my research, I have come across a couple of items from Environmental...
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    Experimenting with Straight Wire Crescendo 3 Interconnects...

    In my previous thread "Unbalanced Interconnect Length", someone mentioned that since I am now running unbalanced to my amps, that I should also try unbalanced from my streamer to preamp as well. Well it just so happens that one of my brothers has a spare pair of 0.5m Straight Wire Crescendo 3...
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    Unbalanced Interconnect length...

    Some of you might know that I have upgraded from my Emotiva XPA-2 Gen 2 amp to a beautiful pair of Odyssey Audio Stratos monoblock amps. Anyway, I've known for some time that these amps do not utilize true balanced inputs, they are just convenience XLR's tapped into the standard unbalanced RCA...
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    Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac passed away today at 79 years old...

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/arts/music/christine-mcvie-dead.html Extremely sad news. Thanks to my three older brothers, I grew up listening to and appreciating Fleetwood Mac. Listening to the Tango In The Night album right now. R.I.P. Christine. You will be greatly missed by all.
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    Finally got around to doing some room acoustic treatments... Wow!

    The 2" Impression panels came in Friday, the 4" Alpha panels showed up first thing yesterday morning around 9am! That alone was shocking! They were supposed to ship out on the 24th and arrive by the 29th! Good on GIK Acoustics for that. As for fit and finish, I've read that a lot of these panels...
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    Got the 1.7i dialed in and vanishing in the room...

    Been playing with positioning all day yesterday and today. These massive Maggies (massive for this room anyway) are doing the incredible disappearing act, and I've got the subs integrated perfectly. Solid center image, all of the bass benefits from the Maggies, and getting that low end...
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    QUAD Artera Pre...

    I'm on the hunt for a new preamp as I just sold my Schiit Freya+. I'm wanting to know if anyone here has any personal experience with this QUAD preamp. The main concern is the sound of the unit obviously. There's not a lot in the way of any kind of reviews on this preamp unfortunately, which...
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    Furry audio buddies with or on your audio gear...

    Thought this would be a fun thread to have on here since there looks to be a few pet owners here... Edgar likes near-field listening. LOL Bucky likes the warmth of those tubes and the power supply... And they all enjoy watching the tube! Mr Weasley gets right up on the TV. Gandalf and...
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    Just lost another furry family member the other night...

    When my girlfriend and I first got together 12 years ago, about 4 months into our relationship, we decided to adopt a kitten. When at the pet store, this little guy (Trouble) came right up to us, along with his little sister (Charlie). So we adopted both of them. Fast forward to about 5 or 6...
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    Our Residence Pipe Organ & Cassette Decks (Trip Down Memory Lane)...

    I was asked by a member in another forum as to why I don't have a reel-to-reel deck with my stack of cassette decks. I started typing this up in the "What Are You Listening To Right Now?" thread in that forum, but soon realized it was way too large of a post and too way off topic, so made it...
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    Getting around to Room Treatments... Finally...

    Since yesterday afternoon or so, I've been actively researching something I've never bothered with before, treating my room which is said to be more effective than swapping equipment, which I can completely understand. Naturally, the first company I looked at is GIK Acoustics. I was prepared to...
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    Looking for suggestions on a new and upgraded streamer.

    For the past couple of years now, I have been running a Bluesound Node 2 (not the 2i). For about a year, I was running the coax out to a PS Audio Gain Cell DAC. I have since sold the PS Audio gear and have moved on to all Schiit gear. The Node 2 has been running flawless the entire time. I just...
  14. Chops

    Our family just lost our 30+ year old kitty...

    Well, just an hour ago, our family lost another sweet kitty of over 30 years! His name was Puzz and my grandmother got him as a kitten when I was only 14 years old! 14 years old and I am now 44! Yes, Puzz lived for over 30 healthy years! Though the last month or two, he declined rather quickly...
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    Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going - Remastered vs Original Pressing...

    A couple years back, I got on a pre-order list for a box set of Phil Collins albums that were in the process of being remastered. A couple of them were released at one time, others were released as they became available. One of them didn't come until about 5 months later. I only opened and...
  16. Chops

    FS: Absolute MINT NuPrime STA 9 amps (2)...

    I'm looking to see if there's any interest here on the forum for anyone wanting to purchase my twin STA 9 amps in silver. They're in mint (like new) shape, are lightly used, running bridged mode powering a pair of small Sonus faber bookshelf speakers in an apartment, so you know these guys are...
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    Lost a family member last night...

    Well yesterday was a long, sad day. One of our kitties named Harpo had to be put down. He had been acting a bit off the past couple of weeks, and for about the past 4 days hasn't been eating or drinking much of anything, and his breathing had become very labored. We took him to the vet a...
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    Turntable Differences...

    As some of you may know, a couple years back I used to own a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Esprit SB DC turntable. I now own a Music Hall mmf 2.3SE. From what I can tell, they are identical except for the tonearms. The Pro-Ject uses a full carbon tonearm and comes with an acrylic platter. The Music...
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    Considering upgrading my preamp soon...

    I'm currently running a Parasound Halo P5 preamp. It has served me quite well over the past 3+ years since purchased new. It has done everything I've asked it to do and I have had no issues with it. With that being said, I think I could better these days with a new preamp. I'm looking at...
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    Original professional reviews...

    Does anyone know of or have any links or pdf files of any original reviews for the Monitor Audio Silver 3i bookshelf speakers I'm using? Even some measurement charts? I can find reviews for the Studio 6, 10 and 15 quite easily, but not the Silver 3i, or even the 4i for that matter. I have...
  21. Chops

    Charles' Little 2-ch Hi-Fi System...

    So here's the latest rendition of my 2-ch system. It's gone through many stages of refinement, and it's a never ending process. It's much smaller and higher quality than any of my other systems over the years. And to top it off, this is all in your average apartment complex. It all starts...
  22. Chops

    Allow myself to introduce... Myself.

    Hello all. My name is Charles and I live in Central Florida. I've been browsing around this forum for a little bit, so decided to go ahead and join since it looks to be a good crowd. And in case the thread title sounds a little familiar... :p

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