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    General Speaker Advice and Recommendations

    I have a pair of Genelec 8020d in my desktop system and really like them a lot. Out of curiosity I moved them down to my basement ht cave and...
    Post by: Mrip, Jul 18, 2020 in forum: Speakers
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    How do you pronounce caramel?

    Never really thought about it before but... If I'm talking about a piece of candy I say Care-a-muhl, and if I'm talking about caramel as something...
    Post by: Mrip, May 8, 2020 in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Free: 4x NHT SuperZero 2.1 and SuperCenter 2.1

    Hooncake just picked these up so they're officially taken!
    Post by: Mrip, Feb 29, 2020 in forum: Closed (Archived) Sales
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    Free: 4x NHT SuperZero 2.1 and SuperCenter 2.1

    The catch is local pickup only in PLG Brooklyn. I do not have the SuperZero boxes. These were wall/ceiling mounted in my basement for about a...
    Thread by: Mrip, Feb 22, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: Closed (Archived) Sales
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    FS: Sony a7R IV (Body only)

    In my opinion, the A7III has leading ISO performance but the RIV isn't close. Sony claims the RIII and RIV have the same ISO performance but...
    Post by: Mrip, Oct 31, 2019 in forum: Closed (Archived) Sales
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    FS: Sony a7R IV (Body only)

    I bought this new from a US authorized retailer a couple weeks ago at a discount, and I am further discounting it here. It's wild overkill for me...
    Thread by: Mrip, Oct 31, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Closed (Archived) Sales
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    Schiit Ragnarok 2

    By amp I just meant anything with a headphone amp+preamp combo. I'd consider something with a speaker amp because the headphone output + preamp...
    Post by: Mrip, Jul 23, 2019 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Schiit Ragnarok 2

    I usually cross off any amp that makes me manually turn off my powered monitors to use headphones. I have heard tell of these people who use subs...
    Post by: Mrip, Jul 23, 2019 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    RME ADI-2 DAC

    I hooked up my new ADI-2 to my Win10 PC and the format went all the way up to 32/324 or something. I ran the firmware update from the RME website...
    Post by: Mrip, Jun 28, 2019 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    4 New Schiit Preamps (Saga and Freya variants)

    On the Freya S, are both the balanced and SE outputs active all the time?
    Post by: Mrip, Jun 20, 2019 in forum: Preamps
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    Lyr 3 Discussion Thread

    I haven't read all the posts here so it may have already been covered, but I remember there being some discussion somewhere about how the Lyr 3...
    Post by: Mrip, Apr 30, 2019 in forum: Headphone Amplifiers and Combo (DAC/Amp) Units
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    Focal Clear

    Strangely enough, I swapped out my Bifrost Multibit (purchased at release) for a Modi 3 (4490) and the treble doesn't seem quite as sharp. The eq I was...
    Post by: Mrip, Apr 22, 2019 in forum: Headphones
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    Focal Clear

    I've only had them for a couple days so yeah I should give them some more time... I've been using them with a Bifrost Multibit to either a Lyr 2...
    Post by: Mrip, Apr 16, 2019 in forum: Headphones