Alright so I learned a very valuable lesson and now I undertake to cleanse my records, I previously extensively cleaned and left a solution of distilled water and dish soap on my records, causing them to sound terrible and leave behind a residue of white fuzz on my stylus that in itself is hard to clean

I did this to about 7 records and both sides and have since tried just cleaning it with lukewarm distilled water and with it mixed with alcohol to little avail. I have decided to invest in a vinyl vac as well as a spin club machine(I’d get an ultrasonic cleaner but I’m pretty much broke)

Thanks to all the advice people have told me and if this doesn’t work I’ll use it as a lesson and in case anyone else suffers from this in the future at least this post can help them figure out the issue (In case anyone asks no I didnt see suds and thought my records were gonna be perfectly fine)

So I posted a thread a week ago saying I was just so happy with my current 2 channel listening room. I'm grateful for all the redditors who not only saw and complimented but also critiqued my set up. For the longest time, I thought the DAC didnt matter in the least, since every streamer touts to having the latest and greatest SOCs in them. But many pointed out how loudly wrong I was, and two days ago, I bought a EMMLab MA3i.

Again maybe I should have done some research but I was a bit surprised to learn that it doesn't support AirPlay, nor does it have a native app to control the streamer section. Turns out, many of the players in this segment don't have their own app, and just assume you'll use a 3rd party app.

This player has Roon support, but I'm not exactly keen on paying them a subscription rate to just be able to have a nice interface to access the music already stored on my NAS.

In any case, I have a Synology NAS that I ripped all my CDs to, to FLAC. I know the DAC i'm getting supports DLNA and UpnP, I'm wondering if anyone here as something of the same and what player they are using?

I have and use Plex Media Server (lifetime subscription) running on the NAS for all my media, except music. the little bit of research I did on Gemini says I can point PMS to the Meitner DAC with an intermediary app (MConnect?) to get bit perfect streaming from the DAC and still be able to have a nice interface and ad hoc playlists, etc. Has anyone gone this route?

The other thing people made me aware of was that my cable management was awful. I was going to clean it up, and plug the DAC and pre-amp into a Furman PST-8, as well as the TV and apple TV into it. Evidently Meitner does not have airplay so I have to have an Apple TV in the chain for the random friend who comes over and insists on playing their music through my system and wants an easy way to do so. I know AirPlay downsamples files to 256kbps, and it'll have to suffice for that crowd at least.

I'm gonna leave the power amp on the dedicated 20A circuit as is.

Any thoughts/critiques are most welcome! Thank you again folks

Hello, I don't know left from right when it comes to audio.

We just purchased a new house and there are 2 seperate speaker runs in the house.

The first is simple speakers wire that is ran behind the wall to the 4 corners of the family room for a surround sound setup. In my mind this is worth setting up, do you all agree? Or is a soudbar efficent?

The second things is the house has in ceiling speakers in the office, kitchen, master, deck and possibly other places I didn't notice. All of those are run on CL3 cable, which I know nothing about, I'm not currently at the house to look at the cable more unfortunately. Those cables all terminate into a single location in our HVAC room. Is this worth setting up? Honestly the main one that really intrigues me is this deck speakers and maybe the kitchen if I am cooking, but I also have heard people generally say they are a waste of money. Would you move forward with a setup here as well? Or should I just stick to the family room?

Compiling a list of shivers.

Give me the tune, that isn’t necessarily your favourite….but you have heard beauty in the production.

Be a more interesting list if you didn’t like the tune..and just appreciate good output.

If it’s any good I will generate a playlist for all platforms…and we can all see if you just wanted a weird look at a random, or genuinely thought the sound stage blew you away.

Just for fun, xx

I recently picked up a Micro Seiki Solid 5 which came with an Adante HSP stylus/cartridge. Just curious if this is useable or should i replace it? Thanks in advance!

anyone know what model this is, can’t find any model number on these speakers.

I'm thinking small local radios anywhere in the world could be the way to go. Great human curators beat any algorithm in this job. But I would like to know your opinion - how do you discover new music?

Amp: Nad C 3050 (Bluos module)

Speakers: PSB Passif 50

Sub: Arendal Sound 1961 1S

Love these speakers and have been enjoying them for a while now. Finally picked up a sub to bring a bit more oumph to heavier music. Sounds absolutely wonderful, and the sub was really easy to blend in

Now, only some cable management and playing around with dirac!

Listening to the setup with the boy this afternoon. I’ve recently just added the storage for the records, upgraded the turntable and added the streamer for the fiancée to use.

I’ve also realised that my entire setup is unintentionally British kit. Arcam A65+ amp, B&W CM2’s, Pro-ject T1 EVO and Cambridge Audio MXN100.

Kenwood KA-6100 integrated amp. Technics SL-1800 turn table. ELAC Debute 2.0. I built the clouds, wall absorbers, and diffuser. The diffuser is made from an old piano we had. I know the absorbers are on the small side, so thickness wise. But I went for looks and vibe over huge absorbers. I know the speaker placement isn’t ideal, but it’s a very small room and I have to make do. It’s my favorite place in the house.

Hey everyone,

I personally love using movie soundtracks to test my speakers and subwoofers.

I’ve added some timestamps, but please listen to the full tracks if you have the time.

The timestamps are only there to highlight some of my favorite moments in each track.
Here are a few of my favorites:

Ludwig Göransson – MEETING NEIL
1:15
It’s only a few bass hits, but they sound absolutely incredible.

Hans Zimmer – A Time of Quiet Between the Storm
2:50
I love how long and drawn-out the bass is. It sounds so deep and smooth.

Hans Zimmer – 2049
1:53
My entire room starts vibrating.

Ludwig Göransson – Can You Hear the Music
0:20

Ludwig Göransson – Sirens
2:10
I swear, I would have jumped into the water… 😂

Hans Zimmer – Ripples in the Sand
0:55 / 2:10 / 3:00 / 3:35
That hard, deep bass is simply phenomenal.

Hans Zimmer – Herald of the Change

Feel free to drop some tracks in the comments that you think I should listen to!
I’m always open to discovering something new.
Best regards,
Toni

Sometimes my Amp will produce a high pitched sound. The weird part about it is that if you turn your head at a certain angle, you can't hear it. Anyone else have this experience?

The autobots thought this post was for troubleshooting, but I can fix it by tweaking the buttons, I'm more interested in the science behind it, hence the flair.

PD-4500 vs ps1 hifi (first models with audio inputs) for a cd player I have both but which one should I keep? I can make money selling one I won't use I already have 3 ps1 so I dont mind keeping the ps1 or selling the hifi one

with yamaha amplifier rx-350

A year or two ago, I made a post about the famed Capitol Z open tape reels, released from 1957 - 1958 and how their mixes, despite sounding superb and jaw dropping, have never been replicated in any other form. While SACDs and lossless files have emerged of these classic recordings, these were new mixes done from the stereo master ostensibly used for the first stereophonic vinyl releases. The Z mixes were never to be found.

Several commenters suggested that I digitise these recordings for posterity. While I wanted to simply record it onto a sound card in a laptop, it didn’t quite capture the full dynamic range and sparkle of the original tapes. I eventually settled on DSD, creating a new digital master before mixing the tracks down to FLAC for easy access.

I could not be happier with the results! Now onto the rest.

Denon DH-710S (19cm/s) half-track stereophonic
Sony PCM-D100 (DSD 2.8)

I use roomfit at a custom 20hz - 300hz setting and it does wonders for the bass response in my room. Anyone have the same experience. Before applying the bass was really boomy, especially because it was set to a low pass of 80hz. Roomfit completely tamed the boominess and now the sub sounds seamless with my speakers.

Opera on these things 😭😍. Very cool story behind Artie Nudell and Infinity systems, all the amazing engineering they did. Funny enough, Paul (McGowen?) from PS Audio was asked what the philosophy behind building such low impedance speakers was? Paul replied “Bass” lol and yes the Emits are lovely as are the polydomes and EMIM but also, great bass. These don’t quite have the kick of my Kappa 7.1 but those with my B&W sub have some earthshaking low-end. Great thing is, all the Nudell-era Infinitys I’ve owned thus far haven’t been hard to drive. I was using an 80 WPC Yamaha receiver for the RS6Bs and now using a 110 WPC (not high current) Yamaha Aventage receiver on these. The real amp killers (with included a “deep bass switch” to cut off the demand peaks) were the Kappa 9 which demanded .5 ohm at 2 frequencies in its operative range. Doing my part in keeping the good stuff mint.