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no, i just can't do it. my wife is not into it and frankly neither am i. the size of the sound i get from my Studio 20's, plus my memory of all the other mid range bookshelf models i've tried have convinced me there's no need to go bigger, unless perhaps you have a huge room (which i don't) or...

uh oh. don't know them. i've been on a headphone kick for the last year so i'm a bit behind. guess i have some reading to do. anyone else new making waves in the mid range?

i am indeed watching that Focus 160 listing on ebay, but i doubt it will go for less than $1500-1700, which would likely be out of reach for me even if i get a decent price for my Studio 20's. Flint, you're room treatment theory has promise to say the least, as this room is completely...

Have been using Paradigm Studio 20 v3 as my mains for almost 10 years now, I have loved them but am now looking for something different, mostly just because. Here are the things that sometimes bother me about them: (1) a little too bright & harsh, most notably at higher volumes. (2) a little...

well, i am really gelling with the high end and resulting apparent detail of the 600's, so i am guessing at this point that the more laid back nature of the 650's would be a bit less desireable for me. BUT it's opinions like yours that have me really wanting to try the 650's at some point.

thanks, guys. and since that Woo monoblock lists at $15,900 i'm sure i could find one used for only like $12,000. i'm just bummed about having to shell out for a new cable. edit: And btw the HD600's are now down to $300 on Amazon. And the HD650's are $340. This has been too long to be just a...

Well, here's what I settled on: FiiO X3 -> FiiO E12 -> Senn HD600 As you can probably see, I've been to Head-Fi and drank the kool aid. It started me down a path that I couldn't resist. I tried a few portable amps before settling on this one, which were the Cayin C5, the Fiio E12A and even a...

i guess you just got tired of hearing vocals, eh? ;)

and thanks to all for the input and fyi's. will be reading thru all this again once i start making some decisions and moving toward a solution, maybe this summer or something. i mean, i still haven't even settled on a headphone amp yet. one thing at a time.

wow, Baltimore - that's amazing. i have friends up there and go regularly. that's a great offer, man. i'd love to take you up on that sometime. my collection is pretty modest but get's the job done pretty nicely imo. you're more than welcome to come check it out - feel free to PM anytime. and...

that's really great news. i have done some lossless conversion (downloaded flac files to wmal) but only with a basic free program that doesn't retain all the file properties very well. I put many, many, many hours into tweaking the properties on much of my collection (especially those damned...

ever since ripping wmal in blind & misplaced devotion to my Zune players i have been expecting that someday i'll need to convert the whole mess to flac. it will add a step to this whole effort but worth it in the long run i suppose. i definitely want full functionality after it's all done with...

that's really great. the more i think about this approach the more i like it. with that kind of storage space easily available locally in my primary media station, all sorts of possibilities open up. for example i am already running Plex on a Fire TV puck for movie files (all, like, totally...

now see, this is something i have never even heard of. awesome. what's it, just a fancy external drive sorta? if it's small enough i guess i can sit it right next to a Squeezebox and connect via ethernet cable or something, right? (see how i'm still resisting the wireless thing - i think i have...

yeah i know, the price on that Sony is totally out of range for what i have in mind. and no worries about your sales pitch. it's clearly an awesome device and no wonder so many of you all love it. if it weren't for my aversion to streaming and preference for local storage (see explanation...

well i guess i'm being stubborn, or maybe i'm stuck in an outdated paradigm. but the notion of having to keep my computer running to stream music over wi-fi is simply unappealing to me. actually there are very practical problems with that for me because my PC is in my upstairs home office, so to...

ok, that's pretty cool. but i'm afraid i'm gonna keep looking for some sort of local standalone solution. streaming from a PC is just not what i had in mind. thanks for the input though. so any other suggestions folks? here's something like i have in mind: Sony HAP-ZE1ES but it's $2000, damn.

so the music is stored elsewhere (say on my main computer) and the Squeezebox streams it via wi-fi network - is that right? btw, i edited my previous post as i didn't mean to suggest that i want this new device to do the ripping. i fully intend to do all ripping on my main computer.

ok so forgive the noob questions but i don't know anything about the stuff mentioned so far. the Squeezebox and Sonos are both wi-fi recevers, right? if so then i don't think that's what i'm looking for. sorry, either i wasn't clear or i don't understand. i simply want something to locally store...

and holy crap is my head spinning from Googling the topic of music servers. so i'm hoping someone here is further along and can help me narrow down the field. not knowing too much about it, here are some of the things i think i want it to do: - unit would be added to my Ikea tv/media stand, so...