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    Film and Episodic Content Discussion Thread

    I fell in love with her in Enchanted, not likely to be a movie for this crowd. Her performance there, as a super wide-eyed ingenue, is just...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM in forum: Random Thoughts
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    The Two Channel Advice Thread

    @dasman66 An Art SLA-2 may also scratch your itch. I had one and it sounded pretty darn good. The reviews make it sound like the...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM in forum: Advice Threads
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    The Two Channel Advice Thread

    The Kraken is discontinued so you'd have to get it used or maybe on closeout if it's still there. Have you done the calculations for how many...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM in forum: Advice Threads
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    for those who are hesitant

    Problem with init, I imagine, is that it's a single threaded sequential start up system. Modern computers aren't like that anymore: start this...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM in forum: Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    James always looks so pricey! And nice, don't get me wrong. Question for you: Is there an automated shared that can go into a half-moon-shaped...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM in forum: Advice Threads
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    The Two Channel Advice Thread

    Both my amps and my speakers require spades so I don't get to like anything :-( What I want to know is: why are there different size spades?!
    Post by: artur9, Jul 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM in forum: Advice Threads
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    Someone should start making something like the Artison again. Can be found pretty inexpensively on eBay. I think they were bought out by Savant?...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 8, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads
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    Pictures of your speaker system

    Are you insinuating that this isn't a nice picture? Main thing I'd change is to get rid of those fluorescents -- they induce headaches in me....
    Post by: artur9, Jul 3, 2025 in forum: Speakers
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    Solid-State Power Amp Adventures

    The prices in the speaker world are crazy and the excuses made for those prices are iffy. I've heard on the 'nets that Boulders don't reach "peak...
    Post by: artur9, Jul 1, 2025 in forum: Power Amps
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    Solid-State Power Amp Adventures

    The Boulder was hamstrung by being fed an Airplay source while the tube setup got a creme-de-la-creme CDP. But.. yeah.
    Post by: artur9, Jun 30, 2025 in forum: Power Amps
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    Solid-State Power Amp Adventures

    I could attempt a write up of the Boulder 850 monoblocks I got "preowned" last month, if anyone's interested. They don't seem very common....
    Post by: artur9, Jun 29, 2025 in forum: Power Amps
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    Using a Spare Laptop as a Dedicated Music Source (MPD, rmpc, etc)

    With MPD got really annoyed with how the DAC's device changed randomly and unexpectedly. There's gotta be some way to "pin" that. Kudos!
    Post by: artur9, Jun 25, 2025 in forum: Computer Audiophile: Software, Configs, Tools
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    Used Deals Thread

    I just sold some stuff to them under their StereoBuyers moniker. Second time I've done that. Good people to work with.
    Post by: artur9, Jun 24, 2025 in forum: Leaderboard, Overboard, and Deals
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    Nearfields for audiophile listening?

    Back in the day, I went from ???, to B&W bookshelves to SMG IIIa (iirc). Once I heard the SMGs in the shop (Goodwin's when it was in Harvard...
    Post by: artur9, Jun 23, 2025 in forum: Speakers
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    The All Purpose Advice Thread - Part 2

    Surround systems are tough. The inexpensive ones don't sound very good (i.e. clarity, bass extension) and the good sounding ones are expensive....
    Post by: artur9, Jun 22, 2025 in forum: Advice Threads