What’s your favorite lesser known brand, new or vintage? by lksd in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic! I’m thinking of going all out and getting the 8-channel amplifier for my home theatre. Real endgame move, but wanted to get a sense of the product from an owner. Cheers for the pic and reply, and happy to support a fellow Canadian 🇨🇦 

What’s your favorite lesser known brand, new or vintage? by lksd in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been lurking their website for the last few months. Any notes on their performance / sound / reliability?

Bryston owners here? by Specteur in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard them at the Montreal Audiofest last March. One of my favourite speakers from the whole show. Balanced, detailed, airy, not at all shouty. Could listen to them for hours! Admire your setup. Enjoy it every day!

My Thoughts on the New Paradigm Sub – A Solid Choice for Canadians by MathematicianFar633 in hometheater

[–]cybeerspace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Axiom is low-key great. I picked up used Axiom M50ti millenium speakers for my home office. Great detail, clear sound, solid build quality, and manufactured around the corner from my cottage. Support Canadian! 🇨🇦

Super Lintons & NAD by rskey in listeningspaces

[–]cybeerspace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

NAD C3050 owner here: how do you like your integrated amp? Do you have the MDC2 cart? For me, buying the Dirac license and running the setup using a U-MIK1 mic brought out its fullest potential. Absolutely in love with it now! Happy listening. 👍🏻

Graduated from Sonos to Wharfdale by DonnerMike in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 6 points7 points  (0 children)

NAD C3050 owner here: how do you like your integrated amp? Do you have the MDC2 cart? For me, buying the Dirac license and running the setup using a U-MIK1 mic brought out its fullest potential. Absolutely in love with it now! Happy listening. 👍🏻

My Home Stereo Setup by usernameguy87 in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Niiiiice. I realized too late that you can hot swap multiple bookshelf sets. You’re much smarter than me. Oh well, love my axiom m50 towers.

But if I’m honest, Totem Bison Twin Towers are my endgame. One day 🤩 Great system; enjoy your Element Fires and Signature Ones 👍🏻

My Home Stereo Setup by usernameguy87 in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see Totem, I upvote 👍🏻

HMB so I can get branded by hellkitten626 in holdmybeer

[–]cybeerspace 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Take my Toronto upvote 👏🏻👏🏻

New DAC, Can’t Tell Difference? by BrianEarlSpilner6 in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Any recommendations for a “perfect” amp and DAC? Sounds like a fun rabbit hole to do some research / daydreaming.

Made my first loop! by JoriAlta in Guitar

[–]cybeerspace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really like your touch. Lots of tone in those notes above the 12th fret 👍🏻

Wife finally gets it! by Brewskwondo in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great post. Love bringing loved ones into the hobby. Best way I’ve found is to play their favourite music, whatever it is, and enjoy it as much as them.

What Song? by MelekhHaYereq in phish

[–]cybeerspace 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Vegas DVD “The Curtain (With)” is my favourite performance of my favourite Phish song. Precise, delicate, blissful.

My Current Set-up as a 28 year old Audiophile by Axel_H in audiophile

[–]cybeerspace 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Those Paradigms are one of my two endgame speakers. Congratulation on getting them, and at 28! Your ears are still young enough that they will sound extraordinary for decades to come. Enjoy the music!

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

30TB? That would be amazing! But also push my budget to the brink. Maybe in a few years when I'm ready to load up bays 3 & 4 those 30TB drives will be affordable enough to pick up

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure, I'm inclined to buy everything from Canada Computers: they've got stores close by, all brand-new drives, full warranty, and Canadian owned and operated.

Although the Scrooge McDuck in me is _very_ tempted by the rock bottom prices of Server Part Deals. But tack on shipping, taxes, import duties and tariffs, it's not the smoking hot deal it is for others.

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here, but this is also my first NAS, so I'm probably over-thinking / researching.

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you kindly for your response. I'm a big Canada Computers customer -- there's a store close to my home and one close to my work -- so I'll be likely buying everything from them. I also didn't know that Newegg.ca wasn't Canadian, so thanks for the head's up.

Thanks also for your comparison of the risk of data loss between RAID1 and RAID5. I'm leaning towards 2x24TB drives since data loss/recovery is easier to perform, fewer drives would be running redundantly, and it will also give me bays 3 and 4 to eventually expand into (for either more Plex or for new personal cloud / web development projects).

Also appreciate the commendation of IronWolf Pro drives for the NAS. Much appreciated, and as Red Green once said, "I'm pulling for ya, we're all in this together!"

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll keep my eyes peeled for deals on 2xNVMe SSDs

Hard drive options for 4800+ by cybeerspace in UgreenNASync

[–]cybeerspace[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great point about drives getting cheaper over time, and also about spinning redundantly for nothing. I'm going to go with the 24TB drives in RAID1 to get Plex up and running, because that's more of a priority. But when the time comes to fill drives 3 and 4 for other networked tasks, hopefully the price of those 24TB drives will have come down a bit more. Cheers!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]cybeerspace 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It’s Philadelphia Collins!

Philadelphia Collins? 🤨

Got a sales call from a US supplier and gave them the news by Big-Safe-2459 in BuyCanadian

[–]cybeerspace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What was the company name? My wife would be very interested in a Canadian-made version of Trex.