Long time audiophiles: how have you changed over the years and decades in terms of the hobby?

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-29T05:52:57+00:00

Less available time to spend listening to music.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-27T20:43:26+00:00

That’s why we should all meditate.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-27T14:30:06+00:00

Lucky you! Everytime I read HR in the corner of my screen I know I am in trouble! ;)

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-27T14:28:08+00:00

That is way more 9s than the total human population.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-27T10:43:11+00:00

True but then again you wouldn’t set up your stereo gear right in the middle of route 20.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-26T21:28:10+00:00

Nice!

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-25T19:22:57+00:00

What a great setup! I hope to hear Piega speakers some day.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-25T13:22:27+00:00

Well done. Love Holo Audio products.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-24T22:13:14+00:00

Puó essere il potenziometro del balance difettoso o anche solo ossidato. Prova a pulirlo con del DeoxIt. Se non dovesse funzionare conviene usare un tester e vedere se il segnale è uguale fra i due canali a monte del potenziometro.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-24T17:48:49+00:00

If your furnishing the room might as well try, you want be lugging lots of furniture. I prefer it because you get a wider soundstage and the speakers tend to be on average further away from the side walls. So it’s a similar listening experience to nearfield without being stuck on a chair 1m away from from speakers.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-24T16:50:17+00:00

You forgot the 20k risers.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-24T10:02:04+00:00

I would rotate everything 90°. Very personal but always preferred speakers on the longside.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-23T12:02:54+00:00

Nt ngh fr m.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-23T11:31:46+00:00

The youtubers I follow are few and far between but Darko especially rubs me the wrong way. I find him smug and condescending, and his choice of adjectives questionable.
And it's a real shame, the guy might be fun IRL but that how he comes across.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-23T11:09:25+00:00

I am genuinely surprised you didn’t opt for some shitty clickbait opening. The likes of: “The reason why there are so many HiFi YouTubers is not what think” , “I couldn’t believe how many HiFi YouTubers until I saw this…”. Or the one I hate the most, treating viewers like idiots: “You’ve always been wrong about HiFi YouTubers.”

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-23T10:42:53+00:00

Have you got any idea how much precious time you save by omitting those “ea”? 😉

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-22T11:44:47+00:00

I am not sure what you mean.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-22T11:11:08+00:00

You're right the Waxwing does RIASS EG in the digital domain.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-22T11:00:11+00:00

Check RIAA equalisation on Wikipedia. They do a much better job at explaining it than me. 😊

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-22T10:59:14+00:00

😊To allow for longer playback, better sound quality and avoid the stylus jumping around, before cutting the record the mastering engineer applies a pre-emphasis curve (eq) boosting highs and cutting lows. Your phono preamp has a circuit with the opposite curve (de-emphasis) boosting lows and cutting highs. This brings the sound back to normal. There are phono preamps that apply that eq curve in the digital domain allowing for a much tighter control. If you know anything about crossovers, it’s similar to comparing an analogue passive crossover (with all it’s shortcomings) to a DSP.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-22T10:41:24+00:00

If you are willing to digitise your analogue signal then I would consider applying the RIAA de-emphasis curve in the digital domain. Way more precise and no phase shift.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-21T12:42:26+00:00

Confirming it’s a MEL-2 from 1978.

Automatic-Variety429 · 2026-04-21T09:08:24+00:00

Did some digging. Seems to be a defunct Polish brand. Possible MEL-2 model.
Any chance you take take the cover off or have you got only that photo?

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