Won’t give out the exact location of the store since I feel it’s better to keep anonymity but wanted to show off all the equipment.

My dad knew I was starting my audio journey and he wanted me to check out an audio store so I could actually listen to speakers and see what I liked. He didn’t want me to make the same mistake he made of buying JBL studio monitors, liking them, and then hearing vintage ADS speakers and actually liking them better.

So we went to this store and I told him I was interested in a few brands such as Bowers and Wilkins and KEF. We first heard some of the JBL summit series which were great but the bass rumble kinda ruined for me. I’m not a fan of high volume and bass rumble. We then listened to some Sonus Faber speakers which me and my dad happened to not be impressed by. But then the person working there connected some B&W floorstanding speakers and it blew me away.

It was the exact sound I was looking for. Nice low end, clear trebles, vocals lifelike, minimal bass rumble. I could just take it all in and enjoy it.

I finally found the brand I have been looking for after bouncing back and forth between what audio brand I wanted to get for my first speakers and I think B&W is the way to go.

Just wanted to share my experience with you all and tell you guys how much I am starting to enjoy the hobby already!

TLDR: My dad took me to an audio store as a beginner audiophile and we tried out different speakers and I landed on B&W. B&W will now be my go to brand for speakers.

Just finished redecorating and finally set my Hi-Fi gear back up, so I am super glad to be able to listen again!

I appreciate that vintage gear isn’t to everyone’s taste, but it’s taken a long time to collect and I must say it sounds incredible.

Back in 2023, I had everything serviced by a Chartered Electrical Engineer who specialised in vintage Hi-Fi, so it’s all working beautifully.

The Equipment:
Speakers: Celestion Ditton 442
Tube Amps (Currently in use): Leak Point One Stereo & Rogers Cadet with Mullard tubes
Solid State Amps: Quad 44 and 405-2
Headphone Amps (Rarely used): Little Dot MK II & Yaqin with NOS tubes made in the USSR, which all sounds surprisingly good
Turntable: Linn Axis + Basik Plus tonearm
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Interconnects: Van Damme cables + Nakamichi plugs
Anyway, congrats if you read this far! I’m wondering what people’s thoughts are?

Ended up finding a Krell Kid. I wanted to post this in Audiophile as this dock was designed by Krell to
to allow audiophiles use an iPod as high fidelity source. I have a bunch of iPods still. Felt like this cool audio piece to share.

I know of the regular albums which always feature in the "Best Production" category on Reddit regularly but what's an album you love for its music but know it just doesn't cut the mustard on its production.

What does this even mean? An analog streamer? And it’s playing MQA, which is clearly an algorithm.

After using A2+ for 7 years I decide I needed to upgrade. This is my first hi fi setup. It’s my gaming pc but I like to watch movies and listen to music as well. I’m a sucker for matching equipment and decided to go with the dx5 ii and topping mini 300. The speakers are 606 S3. I also picked up hd490 which sound awesome. Open to feedback or a good roast if I made the wrong choice.

you come to a point in your life where enough is enough.

the dream of tower speakers is no more.

quite happy with what I have.

This seems to be 80s stereo equipment. The turntable works, although the cassette deck and radio have issues

Yesterday I received a beey large crate with perhaps one of the best tweeters ever made. They are 6 feet tall and meant to stand next to my main 'stat panels.

(Once I install the footers they will be the same height as main panels)

Being in NYC I don't have place to store large crates, so I had to completely disassemble the crate and drag it on a dolly 6 blocks to my parking garage for storage.

While I'm pulling this unwieldy crate on a dolly, I'm really questioning my pursuit of this hobby.

Of course I'm extremely happy with the tweeters so far, and just beginning the process of dialing in the best voltage for the output I want, toe in of main panels, room treatment, etc, but has anyone else questioned their sanity during an install?

measured with umik 1. Evo 5.3 + pb1000 pro , small room, 3.54m x 3.12m 2.62 height no treatment.

the 51 hz peak still persist when measuring the mains and the sub individually. is this room mode, anything i can do to make it better? or the peak is too high to tame and cutting it may cause some clipping? should i make a filter and apply it to my wiim mini. or this listening room is a lost cause?

I keep getting yelled at for putting terrible pictures up.. So here is a more clear picture of my rig, I'm pretty into it, like gollum is into that ring...

Sonus Faber Amati

VPI Aries turntable with Pro-Ject evolution and Sumiko Blackbird

Audio Note Kits L3 Phono stage

Burmester 035 pre

Conrad Johnson mf2300

Cambridge cxn100

Oppo bdp 103

Nakamichi ZX-7

Nordost flat ribbon

Please let me know your thoughts, especially if you have any experience with any of the components, its in a constant state of flux, I'm chasing I don't even know what anymore...

I can’t recommend this enough. I was hesitant because they’re sourced from digital masters, but the remastering and pressing is worth it. Listening to it on a LInn LP 12 Sondek, CH precision amp and preamp, Wattson/Madison phono stage, all transparent power and cables, and Wilson WATT puppies. If you live in or around Portland, Oregon, stop by Echo Audio/Definitive Audio, ask for Jason I’ll give you a listen.

I just bought this pair of Tri-Art Open 3 Reference. Not an easy speaker to setup so far. Lots of trial and error to do to set them up properly ahead.

My best buy had an open box r5 meta in good condition for $250💀 I bought it without even thinking about the use case so now I have to use it as a center until I can find another.

Look I know this sounds like a shitpost, but it’s not. It’s real, and I agree it’s ridiculous, but it’s real.

So anyway, I posted pics of my dual sub build the other day. Several hours after I started using the subs, freaking bees started trying to make their way into our house. Like a small swarm, basically attacking the window right next to where my subs are. Terrible photo I know, but hopefully it’s ugh … evidence.

I mentioned it in the group chat and someone joked it would be funny if they were attracted to the bass.

So I searched it up and … yeah maybe.

So yeah - anyone else with subs had a bee problem?

I am overly excited by the fact that those were listed and described as working 🤩

So cool!

Learn more: https://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-SS-R10.html

Auction itself: https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/japan/en/auction/yahoo/input/p1247838431/

Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with the auction, just wanted to share my lucky find with the wider community 😇

My mom bought this new just before she went to college (1973?), and it has been in her basement for the last 30 years. I pulled it out and was thinking it would make a great office-listener if paired with KEF Q3 Metas, a lossless streamer, and a few vinyls here and there. What do y'all think?

Ich zeige euch mal mein Setup zu Hause:

Ich benutze zwei Dynaudio MSP220 Lautsprecher. Im Tieftonbereich werden sie von einem Nubert XW-900 Subwoofer unterstützt.

Als Endstufe verwende ich einen NAD 326 Bee und als Streamer einen Bluesound Node N132.

Der Dynavox TPR-2 ist über den Tape-Monitor angeschlossen. Das ist eine deutliche Klangverbesserung. Ich habe die Originalröhre gegen eine JJ835 ausgetauscht.

Insgesamt finde ich den Sound super.

I bought these new at an old Circuit City just after the turn of the century before I knew anything about audio. Well I still don't know anything. They were used briefly with a Harman Kardon AVR20 II (50-60W Dolby Pro Logic) home theater receiver. So they've never been paired with a good stack.

Due to life events, they've been in storage for the last 15 years. Was wondering how "good" these speakers are (i.e., audiophile-tier?) and would it be worth it to invest in a new stack to get the Floor Speakers and Subwoofer resurrected, or not worth it?

• RF7 Cherry Floor Speakers (8 ohms, max 250 W)
  • Utilizes dual 10-inch Cerametallic woofers and a 1.75-inch titanium diaphragm compression driver loaded into a 80°x60° Tractrix horn
  • ~102 dB/W/m efficiency rating
• RSW 15 Cherry Subwoofer
  • A front-firing 15-inch Cerametallic active driver paired with a rear-firing 15-inch passive radiator
• RC7 Cherry Center Speaker (8 ohms, max 125 W)
• RS7 White Surround Speakers (8 ohms, max 150 W)

I was considering acquiring the following stack. Would these make a synergistic pairing, assuming these speakers (just Floor and Subwoofer, not surrounds nor center channel) are worth resurrecting?

• Schiit Audio Bifrost 3 or Gungnir 2 DAC
• Schiit Audio Kara F preamp or Freya 2 tube preamp
• Schiit Audio Vidar 2F Stereo Power Amp

Folks!

In June, my friend and I went to Vienna to visit the biggest high-end audio show in the world.We of course also visited the city of Vienna, and as one does not rule out the other, here's part two of a massive three part series of us roaming the audio show, and roaming the city.

I posted part two two weeks ago, if you missed it you can of course find it among my videos!

Hey all,

thoughts on cryo treating things?

A little controversial... but really it shouldn't be.

-Bringing the temperature of something down to about negative 196C / 321F over a number of hours normally with liquid nitrogen.

- Ensuring it sits at that temp for a short period (overnight maybe?)

- cautiously bringing it back to to temp over a few days so it doesnt shatter

For anyone saying "snake oil" the material itself is clearly physicallychanged if you google it and easily visible under an electron microscope - completely different structure. It is not unreasonable to think it'll impact something.

I forgot until recently 20 years ago I got a bunch of speaker cables, rcas and 70 year old NOS vales/tubes done. My stereo still sounds incredible. It was more a matter of systematically trying to play around with eqch element that led me there. Not expensive to do at all. Failure at the time would have been expensive... $1K in tubes! (more like $5k now)

Anyone a materials expert?

A great way to test your system!