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    Do You Get Goosebumps When You Listen To Music?

    But having a song stuck in your head that plays over and over that you can't get out is enough to drive you crazy some days. LOL
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    Klipsch Pilgrimage 2025 Celebrates the Legacy of Paul W. Klipsch - Join It This Weekend!

    Maybe next year. For Audiophiles of a certain age (Boomers) PWK will always be remembered as a icon of audio, one of the top 25 movers and shakers in the early Hi-Fi world.
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    Hundreds of your Warner Bros DVDs probably don’t work anymore

    Has anyone actually documented cases of BD and UHD 4K discs failing due to disc rot? Bummmer if so. Kaleidescape is attractive to folks with large HT and that do a lot of movie viewing. For the one or two movie a month people I find it's cost restrictive.
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    How many subwoofers are you using in your main system or home theater?

    LOL, I bet it does. ;)
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    How many subwoofers are you using in your main system or home theater?

    I have 2 SVS SB2000's (original, not pro) subs. Integration, etc; done via Denon AVR X4700H > Audyssey XT32 + Editor app. Final curve tweaking done after measurements made using REW.
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    What artists are paid for streaming services.

    Maybe there is still a thing they used to call "payola" ??? :rolleyesno:
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    Streaming services. Can you actually hear a difference? What do you listen for?

    Naw, what they're doing is lying to everyone asking for lossless, saying that it's "just around the corner, any day now" for over 3 years now. They're trying to hang onto their old customer base without spending anything to keep them, but if you think about it, it's not working too well. Just a...
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    Streaming services. Can you actually hear a difference? What do you listen for?

    Opinions are fine but the facts can be presented using measurement. Spotify is one of the last music streamers still using a lossy compressed file system to save on required bandwidth (money) and with it is about the lowest sound quality available today. I don't know why you're finding them to...
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    Streaming services. Can you actually hear a difference? What do you listen for?

    Play the file in the free software Audacity?
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    Streaming services. Can you actually hear a difference? What do you listen for?

    Not sure I can hear any differences, but then I'm old. LOL Anywho, I know it's a fact that the lossy compression used by Spotify is subtlety audible with some material under controlled conditions. I was a Spotify user for many years, even after the others started streaming in lossless for the...
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    What new feature has inspired you to change your equipment to the latest & greatest?

    Yea, it took out my PC, LaserPrinter, (then expensive) long active optical HDMI cable, Marantz AV, some other stuff to the tune of near $10k. :hissyfit:
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    What new feature has inspired you to change your equipment to the latest & greatest?

    Not exactly new but in 2017 I upgraded my AV pre/pro from a Marantz 7701 to a 7703 specially to gain Atmos and the ability to use the Audyssey $20 Editor app. Very glad I did though the 7703 is now gone due only to a lightning strike killing it and some other gear. I love Atmos immersive music...
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    All time favorite Movie Thread

    Tombstone - 1993 IMHO The Best Western ever! What a great cast with incredible acting starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Dana Delany, Jason Priestley, & Charlton Heston. I'm not a person to watch movies over and over but on the maybe once a...
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    Twisters - 4K Blu-ray Review

    I agree, good review. I saw it first in the theater, now on video also. Just a barrel of fun with great outdoor landscape shots and the CGI/Atmos is 2024 at it's best. IMHO a don't-miss film.
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    Streamer and subscriptions: How are you streaming music?

    I was a Spotify sub for a bunch of years until others started doing lossless for the same money. I tried just about all the alternatives but to be honest I wasn't hearing any big differences and the Spotify GUI had the others beat hands down. So I stayed with them. UNTIL, Apple started...
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