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Cincydawg

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Re: Appliances
« Reply #56 on: September 05, 2019, 04:40:30 PM »
For a long time, the best speaker were American designed and built.  I don't know if that is true today.  
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« Reply #57 on: September 05, 2019, 05:26:02 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on September 05, 2019, 12:20:46 PM
I could use an upgrade on my sound system, but I'm putting new siding on the house this fall instead

My cheap sound bar with sub will have to do another 6 moths or year
I picked up a little Sony Radio at a garage sale for 5 bucks - sounds great when you're raking,changing oil,painting......
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #58 on: September 05, 2019, 05:56:12 PM »
Most of the time we just want a bit of background music, nothing ultra fidelity, or the news or sports.  I am astonished how much car "radios" cost these days.  An upgraded sound system can be in the thousands of dollars.  I can recall when an AM radio was optional.

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Re: Appliances
« Reply #59 on: September 05, 2019, 07:26:49 PM »
Quote from: Big Beef Tacosupreme on September 05, 2019, 08:12:07 AM
Wow, he got scammed.  A digital signal is a digital signal...  Study after study has shown no difference in sound quality by changing cables.
I'll chime in as an electrical engineer. 

  • You're right that a digital signal is a digital signal, and that cable quality is a "it works or it doesn't proposition". But speaker wire isn't digital. That's analog and its pushing significant power. Quality, to a certain point, matters. 
  • That said, as an electrical engineer if he paid $2K for speaker cables, yes he got scammed. Speaker cable salesmen are full of big pseudoscience claims and short on evidence, but audiophiles eat that ish up. 

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Re: Appliances
« Reply #60 on: September 05, 2019, 07:39:10 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 05, 2019, 10:44:15 AM
Getting a matched system is ideal, something where there is no single weak link, like the amp (in my case).  
Yep. That's the problem I got into with the Jeep. I upgraded that main speakers, and then the head unit was the weak link. Now I've upgraded the head unit, and the factory amp is the weak link. Once I upgrade that, the sub and the tweeters will be the weak link, although I'll probably upgrade the sub with the amp and then just push the tweeters until later. 
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #61 on: September 05, 2019, 07:43:32 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 05, 2019, 05:56:12 PM
Most of the time we just want a bit of background music, nothing ultra fidelity, or the news or sports.  I am astonished how much car "radios" cost these days.  An upgraded sound system can be in the thousands of dollars.  I can recall when an AM radio was optional.
Any good sound system can be in the thousands of dollars lol 😂

One of the big issues with cars today is that the "infotainment" [BTW I hate that word] systems are so integrated that it's nearly impossible to buy a head unit that supports everything without spending a fortune and it still looks like crap. I wouldn't touch the systems in the Flex or Lexus because trying to mess with it would be tons of money. 
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #62 on: September 05, 2019, 08:41:11 PM »
You bastages hijacked this thread from washing machines to Hi-Fi Components.I think the lot of you are from the Seattle Grunge Scene - all about listening enjoyment and not washing your clothes - idgits.Prolly all puffing on Kona Bud/Maui Wowie so ya can't stay on point.Except Fearless he's tossing back Shark Water
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #63 on: September 06, 2019, 12:49:26 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on September 05, 2019, 04:40:30 PM
For a long time, the best speaker were American designed and built.  I don't know if that is true today. 
Grados are supposed to be quality and they are for the most part sub $100. Granted they are headphones. 
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #64 on: September 06, 2019, 07:11:27 AM »
I am headed to Seattle today, not sure about any grunge though ...
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« Reply #65 on: September 06, 2019, 08:20:00 AM »
Seattle is a beautiful city. I've been lots of times and never come away disappointed.
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« Reply #66 on: September 06, 2019, 08:50:47 AM »
I am getting to like this Savant home system a lot.  Nice to be able to ditch remotes and operate pretty much everything else w my phone or tablet.
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #67 on: September 06, 2019, 09:15:11 AM »
Interesting. I'll have to look that up.

What town are you in now?
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #68 on: September 06, 2019, 09:59:52 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on September 05, 2019, 05:26:02 PM
I picked up a little Sony Radio at a garage sale for 5 bucks - sounds great when you're raking,changing oil,painting......
I've got a crappy AM/FM radio hanging in my garage.  Sounds like crap, but was a hand me down from my father's garage - didn't cost nuttin

I don't use it much, don't spend much time in the garage
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Re: Appliances
« Reply #69 on: September 06, 2019, 10:01:09 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on September 05, 2019, 08:41:11 PM
You bastages hijacked this thread from washing machines to Hi-Fi Components.I think the lot of you are from the Seattle Grunge Scene - all about listening enjoyment and not washing your clothes - idgits.Prolly all puffing on Kona Bud/Maui Wowie so ya can't stay on point.Except Fearless he's tossing back Shark Water
Bombay Gin & tonic last night with a large Porterhouse steak
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