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  1. Haywood

    Do these speakers make my desk look small?

    Those look great! I have no idea what she is talking about.
  2. Haywood

    Speakers for bedroom TV?

    I have the old ones that Flint modified in my office. :)
  3. Haywood

    New Amplifier

    I don't think you are going to find one with an A/B switch.
  4. Haywood

    New Amplifier

    One minor complaint about this amp. The noise floor is high enough that I turn it off when I'm not using it. That is one place where the $140 price shows. Another is that the subwoofer output has a fixed 200hz crossover point and no gain control. The speakers only run full-range. It is...
  5. Haywood

    New Amplifier

    I wanted to put a music system in my office that was not connected to my computer. The main reason is that my Mackie CR3s are connected to my KVM switch and move back and forth between my PC and the company laptop. I don't want to stream music over the corporate network and re-wiring everything...
  6. Haywood

    Speakers for bedroom TV?

    The cheap speakers I bought actually sound better than the Andrew Jones designed Pioneer soundbase I was using before.
  7. Haywood

    Speakers for bedroom TV?

    Edifier makes marginally better speakers than the ones I bought that are still under $200. The main issue you will run into with all of them is driver size. If you have a big room, you will likely not want 4" drivers. Fluance makes some nice stuff, but they start at $259 and go up from there.
  8. Haywood

    I bought some mediocre speakers on purpose

    Me too. I'm kinda proud of myself for NOT buying the better speakers.
  9. Haywood

    I bought some mediocre speakers on purpose

    I wanted to get a pair of speakers for the master bedroom. At first, I was looking at great little speakers from Fluance and Audio Engine in the $300-500 price range. Then I realized something. These speakers will never be used for "serious" listening. They will play background music while we...
  10. Haywood

    What did you do with your dvd collection?

    This is a lot of why I just buy most of my movies on Vudu (or fill-in-you-favorite).
  11. Haywood

    Streaming ads during your TV programming

    I will not pay for any content service that makes me watch ads. I'll pay an upcharge to avoid ads, but I have no interest in any service that makes me watch them.
  12. Haywood

    Streaming ads during your TV programming

    I am not a fan of smart TVs and use external streaming devices on all my sets, partly because of bad experiences with TV manufacturers trying to drive me toward specific apps or content. I wish there was an option to turn all the smart crap off, but alas...
  13. Haywood

    What are you watching via streaming?

    We've been watching Clarkson Farm on Amazon Prime and it is hilarious. Jeremy Clarkson bought a farm and is trying to work it. Very entertaining.
  14. Haywood

    $2500 "Audiophile" Ethernet Switch

    This is the most ridiculous piece of snake oil I've seen in awhile. https://www.tomshardware.com/amp/news/ethernet-switch-for-audiophiles
  15. Haywood

    Considering ATH-AR3BTBK for daughter. Anything else I should look at under $100 with Bluetooth?

    I will also be following this for recommendations. I've been buying the same dirt-cheap Bluetooth headphones for members of my family for several years on the basis of cost, durability and reliability, but the sound quality is as mediocre as you would expect for $35.
  16. Haywood

    What are you watching via streaming?

    We watched the first two episodes of the Wheel of Time on Amazon and thought it was very good. I was a fan of the books, so I was excited about this one from the time I found out about it maybe a year ago. We also watched the first episode of Cowboy Bebop. Like the original anime, it is very...
  17. Haywood

    New HVAC

    You don't need a pool to go swimming in Houston in August.
  18. Haywood

    New HVAC

    I just got a quote to replace my system for $9347 (AC and gas furnace), plus another 700 if I want a humidifier.
  19. Haywood

    What did you do with your dvd collection?

    I bought a new Synology 4-Bay NAS and a pair of 16TB hard drives that I have set up as a RAID 1 mirror set for now. I hope to start ripping my collection again soon, but I am only ripping the stuff that I don't have on Vudu and think I might actually watch at some point. The NAS will run Plex...
  20. Haywood

    ROCK Music

    We went to see The Struts a couple weeks ago on their Strange Days are Over Tour. This was the second time we've seen them and they are fantastic live. If this were 20-30 years ago, they would be playing arenas. If you haven't heard their latest album, Strange Days, give it a listen. It was...
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