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    RMAF Show Reports

    Interesting. I thought the von Schweikert room was totally unlistenable and left after 3 minutes. Thenagain, I don't do this for a living so what do I know.
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    Rocky Mountain Audio Fest-2018--pictures and comments

    I thought they sounded unrealistic - they played some piano music and the high notes were fired out of the speaker like a machine gun. I remember literally bracing myself for the "attack". Very fatiguing. Just one man's opinion.
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    Rocky Mountain Audio Fest-2018--pictures and comments

    I totally second your call on Elac and Audio Solutions setting the price / performance reference. I made and posted the same observation. It is reassuring to know that if I ever go broke and have to liquidate my system, I can get phenomenal sound from a $2,500 pair of Elacs.
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    Rocky Mountain Audio Fest-2018--pictures and comments

    Few highlights to report at opposite ends of the price spectrum. During my first visit, I though the Verity Room (total setup $1.1M) was the best audio I heard in any showroom, show, home EVER. When I went back the 2nd day, it occurred to me the sound was maybe projecting a magnified image (too...
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    Charles Krauthammer, MD may he RIP

    Very smart guy. Really liked him. High integrity. To his credit he was appalled by Trumpism (like George Will). I suspect he would be equally appalled by Fox turning into a Trump propaganda outlet. May he RIP. Full disclose, I'm a lefty.
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    Pink Faun 2.16

    I requested for a windows version so I can run Dirac live and this is what they build me.
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    Pink Faun 2.16

    I just took possession of my new top of the line Pink Faun 2.16 server, and it is an absolute revelation. I had been using their earlier model for a few years and while it worked fine, I was never in love with it - it did not blow the earlier multi media servers I had been using out of the...
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    Looking for speaker recommendations.

    I would always buy used. If you spend just a little more (they sell for $3,500 - $4,000), you can get yourself used original Revel Studio's which is a screaming bargain. I tried a lot of speakers and my pair of $4K studios were the best value for money I owned. There is currently a pair listed...
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    Evolution Acoustics MM3

    Selling my beloved MM3s. Love them to death and best speaker I ever owned, but I am physically downsizing in anticipation of moved to smaller residence and they have to go. Asking $25K. I also have the stillpoints ultra V optionally. Check out my audiogon ad...
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    My favorite 2017 Jazz Albums

    He played one show in the Met in NYC this January. I was tempted to fly out and go see him -you never know what will be his last. Regrettably, I did not execute.
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    My favorite 2017 Jazz Albums

    How could I forget. Close second after Brahem. The incompable Charles Lloyd / Passin' through. A must have. https://www.amazon.com/Passin-Thru-Charles-Lloyd-Quartet/dp/B072BBMVPL/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1518821701&sr=1-1&keywords=charles+lloyd
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    My favorite 2017 Jazz Albums

    Not sure if this technically qualifies as Jazz (I think it does), but my favorite 2017 album by a mile: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Maqams-Anouar-Brahem/dp/B074STB1Y1
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    Bitcoin

    Somewhat analogous to walking into a casino and buying chips with the credit card. It baffles me people would actually do this, but apparently there are plenty.
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    Bitcoin

    This seems consistent with the pattern I'm observing. There seems to always been a price floor at which big money comes in to buy up supply.
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    Bitcoin

    I bought Bitcoin cash at the absolute peak of $4K and am down 70% in a month. Sheer genius. Did well on some others, but overall portfolio is down 15% (I was up 50% at some point). Oh well...
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    How do you all feel when you return from a stellar demo?

    Are you 100% sure no mind altering substances were involved in engineering this experience?
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    Nothing was missing per se. I was (am) very happy with the sonics, but I wanted to physically downsize my speakers in anticipation of downsizing my residence and possibly losing the dedicated audio room. I don't want to end up doing a firesale by the time I am actually moving, so decided to...
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    Yes. Ditched the spectral gear. Hope the PS audio gear works well. I don't see myself switching out amps. I really wanted to get out of the gear swapping game and settled on PS audio because they hit the price performance sweet spot for me.
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    They are blue. Driving them with PS Audio Bascom Monoblocks. Hopefully providing enough juice.
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    MSB Select II arrival

    I was not making the comment with PS audio gear in mind but based on broad range of experiences with lots of different gear. In fact, the aforementioned Ref 5 SE was inserted before a (lowly $25K) MSB DAC, and improved SQ. While without context my use of "period end of story" language can be...
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    I currently own Evolution Acoustics MM3, so I'm not to sure. However, it its a cash flow neutral sonically lateral move I'm a happy camper. I need to physically downsize.
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    Update. Scooped up the pair of 4 months old Giya G3 Series 2 that appeared on Audiogon yesterday. The MM3s will be listed shortly. If the G3s disappoint, I'll sell them as well and try something else.
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    MSB Select II arrival

    I take some credit for turn Paul on to inserting a preamp in the chain. He used to be religiously opposed on theoretical ground, and I kept harassing him insisting with a good preamps you simply get better sound. He finally saw the light and came around. So in my experience, a top quality preamp...
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    Help me beat my CD Transport

    I got out of the disc spinning business years ago for convenience reasons, but I have been told the new PS audio transport beats the crap out of all other sources to feed bits to the DirectStream DAC.
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    Bitcoin

    Which is precisely why we have bubbles.
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    Bitcoin

    The value of the stock of marbles could go to $200,000,000 after the first trade if one guy offers the other guy $10,000 for a single marble right away. No need for small incremental price increases.
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    I'm all in favor of small footprint unobtrusive speakers, as long as they perform up to audiophile standards.
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    I'm not extremely space constrained and do not necessarily need to downsize to monitors or something even smaller. The issue is I have 1800lbs worth of speakers / crates and a dedicated room, and I will probably lose the dedicated room when I downsize my residence + I don't want to be forced to...
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    The 4367
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    Downsizing - Speaker recommendations

    I used to own Klipschorns and loved them.

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