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Date: March 20th, 2023 7:51 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Is it Drunkard thats the bort audiophile? I’m planning a hifi analog system - turntable, phono amp, preamp, DAC, power amp, passive speakers. Need advice on speakers for a kinda small open concept den area about 26 x 18. Looking at the Wharfedale EVO 4.3 floorstanders atm. Cr? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077278) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:41 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor If you are looking at Wharfedale, you’d do better with Klipsch Heritage collection speakers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077902) |
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Date: May 5th, 2023 11:55 PM Author: chestnut curious theater stage organic girlfriend Bloomington (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46276084) |
Date: March 20th, 2023 8:47 PM Author: concupiscible primrose school cafeteria regret He made a thread about his glowing golden lions like 10 years ago and it made an indelible impact upon my hippocampus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077435) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:07 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Link? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077492) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:07 PM Author: Narrow-minded Startling Gas Station https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?pages/SpeakerTestData/
Use this as a starting point. Not that the measurements are everything but many speakers have glaring flaws or are just a bad deal. Lots of other useful info too like if a certain speaker needs to be driven hard to sound it’s best which may or may not be ideal for your space/requirements |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:09 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Speakers are tricky. A lot of it comes down to budget and aesthetics. I've generally been fond of outfits that sell direct to consumer, just because it seems like there's more value when there's no middlemen or salesmen to pay. I'm currently desiring Philharmonic BMRs. Not sure whether I want the bookshelf or tower version. I don't really have the space for towers at the moment.
Electronics are interesting. There's a been a fair amount of innovation in recent years with Class D amps. You get big, clean power at prices much more reasonable than traditional Class AB stuff.
https://www.buckeyeamp.com/shop
I'm also intrigued by digital room correction. I've played with it a little bit. I don't have Dirac but a lot of people swear by it. If I did get a Dirac unit I'd get something from MiniDSP or NAD |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:13 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain I need aesthetic speakers with walnut casings. I know bookshelf speakers are en vogue right now but I kinda prefer the look of floorstanders for a living room/den, I would def be getting a sub too. This would be a simple 2-channel + sub stereo rig, the home theater is upstairs in another room. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077524) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:02 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Bookshelves are only popular because towers are expensive
For a sub I'd recommend SVS. You may want to get two subs, that's a large space you have |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:07 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe IDK your budget but other floorstanders that are available in walnut & seem interesting to me are Revel F206 and Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers
Revel stuff you might be able to find a deal on, they are close to revamping their lineup & discontinuing the current models. They had a pretty good sale going not too long ago. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:05 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth I have a full set of the Sierra 2 bookshelves with the RAAL (5x including one flipped on its side as a center channel).
I like them a lot and they were a noticeable improvement over a set of good (recommended on audiophile forums) entry level speakers with one caveat: they are not that great at medium and low volumes. Music sounds almost muffled. As you push them above medium towards reference volume, they really wake up and start to sound phenomenal. Really happy with how they sound with action movies and video games played loud. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:12 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Interesting, ty. That sounds like a really sick setup.
Personally I listen at low levels a lot. One reason I'm really interested in the Philharmonic BMRs is that they have really wide dispersion. I've heard some people say they sound good at low volumes, almost like loudness compensation was turned on |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:50 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor Totally agree re amps. High end Class D sounds as nice as old Class A. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077956) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:11 PM Author: spectacular charcoal stage Those speakers are cr. Get a CD player and a nice dac (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077515) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:14 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Gonna start with a $1200 turntable + phono amp, I buy a lot of “spoken arts” records with musical soundtracks that are only released on vinyl. But yeah eventually I’ll need a DAC + streamer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077533) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:43 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor I use a Rega P9 with Pass Labs pre. Very nice combo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077909) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 7:36 AM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Nice. That’s a little rich for me. Probably gonna get a Pro-Ject Debut Pro S. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078669) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:14 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe CD players are passe, streamers are tcr
DACs are solved. Just get whatever the cheapest Topping or Schiit that has the inputs/outputs/features you're looking for |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:46 PM Author: spectacular charcoal stage Streamers are gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077932) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:06 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Zero difference between a CD and a FLAC streamed off a NAS
If you want to be someone into the act of having a physical object, album art, etc, vinyl is the way to go |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:25 PM Author: magenta stimulating foreskin harsh on cassette tapes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125146) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:48 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor DACs aren’t solved. There are huge subjective design decisions in each.
High end DACs, like Chord or Ayre or Meridian, sound better. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:01 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Differences in DACs might exist but those differences are so *incredibly* small that it's not worth screwing around with until you've got every single other piece squared away. Speakers, room treatment & room EQ offer far more bang for the buck than DAC "upgrades" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078008) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:14 PM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078055) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:23 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor In my experience it is that better DACs make a wider variety of material sound good than cheaper off the shelf Sabre DACs.
DACs are not dumb and deterministic. They can take in data and treat different patterns in data differently.
Two goods tests are a single human voice speaking and a single cymbal shimmer. Both are hard to render accurately. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:27 PM Author: motley really tough guy Audio is really subjective, and how it sounds is highly dependent upon the room environment. I have Klipsch Heresy IV speakers and an SVS sub woofer. The Audio Science reference in this thread guy hates Klipsch, but I like them. I have a Thorens TD1500 turntable with a couple of different cartridges and an Audio Technica for digitizing old 78s. One suggestion I have is to get a streamer. Changing records and CDs gets old and streaming is much cheaper than building a huge collection. While I enjoy physical media most of what I listen to is streamed over Amazon music via a Denon streamer. I just tell Alexa to play something and it happens, or I can use the phone app. I also have things stashed on my phone and computer, but streaming is the lazy man's way of listening and the quality is fine for my old ears. Some of this audiophile hair splitting gets crazy and there are some severely autistic dudes getting persnickety about tiny issues.
One tip I have is that if you want to order something that is expensive, especially a German or other European brand, check out Thomannmusic.com in Germany. My turntable was $3K in the US, discounted some places to $2500, but only $1600 from Thomann. Took about a week to get it. All the customs stuff gets handled (no duty on manual turntables) on autopilot. As easy as Amazon. They do returns, but it's more of a hassle, so I only did for the huge price difference in that particular turntable that I wanted.
Crutchfield is really nice to do business with. Easy returns/swaps. That's where I bought my speakers. Got a huge deal because of nearly unnoticeable blems in the grills. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 9:29 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Holy shit you have the Heresies? Those are like the cream of the crop consumer grade speakers man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077605) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:27 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe You familiar with EPI at all? They were huge back in the 70s
I'm currently doing a complete rebuild on a pair of M100s. There's an outfit that sells brand new drivers for them. 8" woofer, aluminum dome tweeter, the "crossover" is just a cap on the tweeter
It's kinda silly because I'm putting more money into them than they are worth but there's a huge nostalgia factor in them for me. They were the speakers in my parent's basement when I was a kid. |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:15 AM Author: motley really tough guy I had a pair of EPI100s and really loved them. One of my sons has them at his house, and I have been tempted to repo them. One of them (at least) needs rebuilding. The kids played electric guitar through them and blew something, plus they are old. I think I bought them around 1980. I always thought they were at least as good as AR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078409) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 3:01 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Well if you do repo them, I suggest hitting up humanspeakers.com if you want to hang on to them.
The ones I have are older than yours. Early 70's, wood finish, not vinyl. When I first started thinking of fixing them, I was just going to replace the crossover. The speakers originally came with a dial for an adjustment to the tweeter level. Those dials are super prone to failure, and mine were very afflicted. They sounded like shit when you turned the dial, very scratchy
Unfortunately I was drunk when I took the speakers apart and I ended up damaging the woofer cone, so that was the impetus toward doing a full rebuild instead of something simpler.
I'm already $400 into the parts for the rebuild and I still have some tools and grille cloth to buy, ljl. If I flipped them I wouldn't even get half that. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:44 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor Old, how do you like the Heresies? How do they sound on acoustic music?
I was looking at those for the vacation house.
In my main house I run Meridian DSP8000. |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:12 AM Author: motley really tough guy They sound really good to me. Their low bass is not extremely strong and I do use a subwoofer, but mainly because I had one already. I don't like boomy bass, so when I switch the sub in and out the difference is pretty subtle. I could probably live without it.
I find them excellent on vocals, acoustic, and classical. I listen to a lot of jazz and classical, plus vintage rock. It's hard to know how they compare without doing A/B, but I really like them. They are good enough that I can really tell a difference in quality of various recordings and sources when I play them.
They are not so big that the visually overwhelm a room, which pleases my wife.
I have been completely free of the "trade up" syndrome since I got them. I also have some Klipsch RP-600M bookcase speakers that I had before the Heresies, and they sound really good, too. They are what sold me on Klipsch. Both the Heresies and RP600s are very efficient so it doesn't take much power to drive them. I like running an amp so it has a lot of headroom. If you like tubes they would probably pair well with one of the affordable but kind of low power tube amps. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:30 PM Author: Electric Nowag Goyim just get some sonos five's dude, why fuck with all of this shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077868) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:35 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Believe it or not but there are speakers that sound far better than Sonos Fives
Also Sonos is kinda shady. You can't use their original gear in conjunction with their new stuff. There's no technical reason behind it. It's just pure, planned, forced obsolescence. |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:42 PM Author: Electric Nowag Goyim I realize that there are speakers that sound a lot better than Sonos Fives. I've heard them, I've heard a $10k+ speaker system, I've heard $7k studio monitors, and yeah there is a difference. I guess I just don't get the expense and trouble to do all of this stuff, and I am a very audio-oriented dude. Sonos just works great IMO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077906) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:42 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe A lot of is just different strokes for different folks. There's a thread on Audio Science Review where a guy had a set of top of the line Genelec monitors ($10k/pair) and he wasn't hearing much of a difference between those and Sonos 5s
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/sonos-play-5-vs-genelec-8361a.36736/
I don't play but I do like shoegaze. I don't get the difference between cheap guitars and expensive ones. I don't get the difference between dudes that have 6 pedals and those that have two dozen. |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:10 PM Author: Electric Nowag Goyim PRIMER: - cheap guitars can sound very similar to expensive guitars, especially in a live setting and with lots of effects. The nicer guitars play better (aka they feel better) and when you play it by itself you can tell the sonic difference that the wood and pickups provide. Although I am a true believer that pickups make up 80-90% of the sound, you can slap nice pickups on a piece of shit guitar and it still sounds pretty good - I did this.
- 6 pedals and two dozen - honestly you can do a LOT with 6 pedals, and most people probably wouldn't be able to tell. the 24 pedal dorks are doing shit like the same effect layered on itself multiple times (like 3-5 reverbs, etc) and EQs that the average listener probably wouldn't notice either.
Both of them take a true "ear" and a lot of experience to tell much of the difference and frankly its probably not possible to listen to a guitar tone and tell you exactly how many pedals are involved (other than to just identify distinct effects in the tone). I'm assuming this is similar to Sonos 5 vs some really nice bookshelf speakers |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:45 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor Sonos speakers don’t sound like music, they sound like speakers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077920) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 7:53 AM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain I have Sonos for my AVR setup - Arc, Sub and two Ones as rears. It’s nice but when using a turntable it just makes more sense to use analog equipment, plus there is a sacrifice in sound quality for convenience with Sonos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078683) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:40 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor Yes, big audiofffile here. Audio Science Review is TCR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077899) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:52 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe ASR is generally very good, but a lot of times they'll go too far. They'll shit on gear that doesn't measure perfectly even if those differences are mostly inaudible. Seems like half the people there are advocates of having studio monitors in a living room (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077973) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 10:55 PM Author: exhilarant volcanic crater toilet seat Studio monitors make great home theater speakers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46077982) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:03 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Monitors aren't bad, they're just ugly as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078024) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 7:37 AM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078670) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:46 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe This is the living room of an ASR poaster: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?attachments/2442cfb5-001a-4868-99d3-25bc55d92b7a-jpeg.226223/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078136) |
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Date: March 20th, 2023 11:47 PM Author: judgmental patrolman speakers (driver + cabinet): https://atc.audio/hi-fi/
dac: https://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-dac3-hgc-digital-to-analog-audio-converter
amp: https://benchmarkmedia.com/products/benchmark-ahb2-power-amplifier
your speakers are coupled to your room, they interact as a whole. so make sure to properly treat your room. if you're plopping 20+ grand on a playback system, you should hire an acoustician first. |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:15 AM Author: pale naked lay double fault I play stuff off youtube. it's 128 kbps mp3 at best. seems retarded to have good equipment to playback compressed audio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078407) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:26 AM Author: judgmental patrolman FLAC BABY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078422) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:29 AM Author: pale naked lay double fault i don't just listen to major label cd shit. youtube mixes don't exist in flac (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078424) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 1:35 AM Author: judgmental patrolman OK then find a local HIFI repair guy on Craigslist and buy a refurbished system from the late 70s, early 80s. Pioneer, Onkyo, Denon, JBL. They sound fantastic and bump hard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078428) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 2:00 AM Author: pale naked lay double fault i think speaker quality matters very little when you're playing music low. i play low while working and shit. can barely hear it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46078444) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:34 PM Author: Provocative Dull Queen Of The Night Plaza link to your favorite mixes Oy Vey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096567) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 3:09 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe "seems retarded to have good equipment to playback compressed audio"
So don't play highly compressed audio? It's 2023. |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:03 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Goddamnit now I'm addicted to ASR forums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46081276) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 10:05 PM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46081524) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 10:08 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain I'm still growing as a Person ok. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46081547) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 10:12 PM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46081578) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 2:53 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Is it available in a bundle with Funko Pops or LEGO Star Wars sets?
Regular audiophiles are already too Reddity. Headphone audiophiles are even worse |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 10:58 PM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46086224) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:50 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe I'm saying getting deep into headphone stuff is an awful bugman hobby
Getting deep into stereos is better because it's something that can more readily be shared with others |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:13 AM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106793) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:31 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Good luck getting your kids to appreciate high quality sound while you zone out on a pair of Stax (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106836) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 9:01 AM Author: Floppy sadistic sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46107503) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:32 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Thoughts on Cambridge Audio? Seems like a reputable British hifi brand (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096561) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:55 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe For what component? I think their amps are a decent choice but their DACs and streamers are overpriced (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096615) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:01 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain The Alva TT v2 and the CXA81 integrated amp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096636) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:47 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe That amp is a solid choice. Personally though at that price point, I'd consider going with separate preamp & amp. For example, the Schiit Freya S preamp is $599 and the Buckeye Hypex NC252MP is $575
Turntables aren't really my thing so I can't comment too much on them. I will say though that I don't really like the Bluetooth connectivity of the Alva TT. Even if it's a feature you're not going to use, it's still something that cost extra to engineer |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:31 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097004) |
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Date: April 9th, 2023 7:46 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Just ordered that Buckeye Hypex with a custom powder coat, hope it’s good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46165375) |
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Date: April 9th, 2023 10:48 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe I think it's a great choice. That's a ton of clean power. I don't think there's anything at that price that beats it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46166049) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:39 PM Author: crusty faggot firefighter I got the Orbit Theory with Ortofon 2M Blue and Ethos speakers. But vinyl is extremely expensive to collect and maintain. Hate how record covers are so fragile. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096577) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:04 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe The expense of vinyl is something that has kept me away from it
One of my all-time favorite albums is the Lost in Translation soundtrack. A couple years ago it got a Record Store Day release on violet vinyl. It's not even all that rare of a release, there were like 8000 copies pressed. But used examples go for like $100 and new ones are about $200. Just for one fucking album.
Having a fairly modest vinyl collection quickly starts to cost thousands. That's money that I'd rather throw into playback gear |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:13 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106498) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:24 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Digital is technically superior even at just CD resolution
It's often said that vinyl releases sometimes have mastering with more dynamic range than the digital release. I haven't seen a ton of evidence for this. Furthermore, even if a vinyl release had more dynamic range, that is something that can be captured by ripping the vinyl to digital |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:29 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106595) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:43 PM Author: razzle-dazzle fortuitous meteor hissy fit Whatever you get you also HAVE to get some Machina Dynamica Brilliant Pebbles and Codename Blue Meanies Room Tuning Device to TWERK the best performance out of your system.
http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina47.htm |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 4:51 PM Author: crusty faggot firefighter lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096600) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:30 PM Author: razzle-dazzle fortuitous meteor hissy fit ('man' settling for 0.23% more distortion in his audio) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097001) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:28 PM Author: multi-colored codepig I only care about how my car stereo sounds and I've become loyal to Kenwood Excelon shit after trying a bunch of different brands, A few of their head units still had volume dials last I checked. though I still use Alpine amps. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096757) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:34 PM Author: scarlet charismatic associate fanboi ARE Reptile was very into sound rigs I believe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096788) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:35 PM Author: contagious main people i sold high end audio for years out of high school. i had a SICK pair of martin logans. sold everything when i went to lolschool.
i'm starting to get back into it. just got a pro-ject carbon evo turntable. don't even have speakers or an amp yet, just have it connected to a shitty soundbar. plan on getting some high end components piecemeal over time.
i've been out of the game for like 15 years now so i don't have any advice on modern equipment. but i will say -- go to your local a/v shop and talk to a salesman. high end audio shit is ridiculously reliable. a good set of speakers and components can last a lifetime. i would never buy anything new. no matter what your budget is, you could do way better buying some used stuff. these small audio shops are hungry and the mark up on audio gear is ridiculous. go in, talk to a salesman, and tell them you're looking for whatever and to give you a call when there's a deal on something. i sold shit 70%+ off to people because we just wanted to get rid of it. since it's such a niche hobby there are few people around to sell stuff to. |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:26 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe There is a ton of value in used gear but a lot of it is only suitable for secondary systems IMO. There's a ton of speakers that sound fine but they look too dated & worn to consider putting in a living room (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096992) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:29 PM Author: contagious main people i'm moreso talking about floor models that have been professional played and not abused. like, you're way better off buying a floor model speaker for 50% from a reputable dealer than MSRP for something else. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096999) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 5:39 PM Author: coral forum Now let's discuss PCM vs DSD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46096824) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:30 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain wat about MQA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097002) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 6:56 PM Author: coral forum I've never tried MQA but think DSD is superior to PCM. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097059) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 7:15 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097097) |
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Date: April 1st, 2023 11:03 AM Author: coral forum i just started listening to dsd64s and think they sound great, but i haven't A/B'd them against 96/24 pcms. do you suppose that i would find no difference in them in a double-blind test (and that the mastering of the particular dsd recordings i've been listening to is what may be causing me to think dsd is a technically superior format)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46127954) |
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Date: March 25th, 2023 7:06 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe MQA is TTT. Avoid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46097084) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:10 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106485) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:15 PM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor MQA is a checksum technology meant to facilitate bandwidth polite lossless streaming.
However, you should instead just buy and stream uncompressed music.
People who say MQA is bad are dumb. It’s like saying a triangle doesn’t taste good.
MQA isn’t bad. But it is mostly irrelevant. It does make a ton of sense if you are using Tidal over LTE for example though. |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:18 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106531) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:42 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe This is such a cope. MQA is dumb as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106667) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:59 AM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor I think you don’t have the fine hearing to hear the subtle differences between compression and unfolding algorithms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106914) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 1:11 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe There is nothing MQA is better at than an equivalent non-patent encumbered hi-res format. This is a fact borne out by measurements. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106927) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 9:11 AM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor That is correct. My post above was a troll. You don't do MQA for sound quality. You do MQA for verification that the file is unedited and for a very slight file size advantage vs. FLAC at equivalent bitrates, sample rates and bit depths.
That's why I called it a checksum tool, but the bald failing liberal arts lawyers on this blog don't have enough brainpower to understanding anything. |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:17 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106525) |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:36 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Getting good bass reproduction doesn't come cheap. You can get pretty close with bookshelves and one sub (that's what I have rn), but it's far better to have two towers and two subs
Electronics make a difference too. Dirac is 180 but it's not cheap
Cables are flame |
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Date: March 27th, 2023 11:45 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106687) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:03 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Dirac is a proprietary form of digital room correction.
You get a calibrated measurement microphone and play back frequency sweeps in various parts of your room. It then generates filters that even out the frequency response in your room. It's not flame at all. It's most effective at bass frequencies because you can precisely kill room modes.
You can get results very close to Dirac with a measurement mic, the (free) Room EQ Wizard software, and a playback stack capable of implementing parametric EQ filters. Dirac is apparently superior to that approach because they do some sort of time alignment in addition to parametric EQ |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:13 AM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106792) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:29 AM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Treating the room is absolutely an ideal that an audiophile should strive toward before resorting to digital room correction.
The issue is that room treatments are ugly and expensive. Good luck getting a wife to sign off on to making your living room look like a recording studio. |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:33 AM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106841) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:40 PM Author: geriatric ticket booth Room correction definitely makes a difference. I switched between two receivers from the same manufacturer, one with with the older version of Audyssey and another with Audyssey XT 32. The newer software did make a tangible difference. With the older one, there was *some* difference pre and post correction, but it was a lot more noticeable with the newer one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125221) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:42 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125234) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 12:57 AM Author: abusive hideous meetinghouse private investor Correct. My $120k Meridian DSP8000s reproduce true to life bass. I look down on those who have less. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46106911) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 9:28 AM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46107581) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 2:17 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Was listening to some Atmos tracks and it is pretty dope ngl. I wonder if stereo is on the way to obsolescence now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46108935) |
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Date: March 28th, 2023 4:08 PM Author: crusty faggot firefighter Have you turned on Headphone Accommodations, then tap Custom Audio Setup? Do that with AirPods Max; you probably won't care about expensive speakers anymore. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46109498) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:17 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Rate this TT https://pro-jectusa.com/product/debut-pro-s-turntable/
Should I spring for something a little better, like a Rega or Technics |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:21 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125135) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 6:23 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain I don’t think Technics was intended for DJs at first, they just preferred it for the direct drive tech and it became the standard. You can still get a Japan-built one for about $1800 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125141) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 7:09 PM Author: crusty faggot firefighter I was debating between that and Orbit Theory and just went with the latter because it's made in USA. I have the vertical Pro-Ject connected to a Sonos amp in my dining room and it's 180. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125376) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 7:13 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Is there a quality difference between USA and German turntables or were you just being patriotic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46125398) |
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Date: March 31st, 2023 9:13 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe I mentioned upthread that I'm not much of a turntablemo, but I've always thought that if I did get a TT, it would be a Pro-Ject. They get good reviews and I like the aesthetics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46126360) |
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Date: April 6th, 2023 8:26 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe MQA = dun here
https://www.whathifi.com/news/mqa-is-going-into-administration |
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Date: April 6th, 2023 8:44 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46154379) |
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Date: April 9th, 2023 10:50 PM Author: up-to-no-good heady black woman sex offender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46166054) |
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Date: April 25th, 2023 7:16 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain https://www.paradigm.com/en/floorstanding/founder-80f
Ordered these through a local supplier, made in Canada.
Decided against the wharfedales, i thought they were made in Britain but they're actually Chinese trash. |
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Date: April 25th, 2023 7:22 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Those look sick (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46238763) |
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Date: April 25th, 2023 7:25 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310187&forum_id=2#46238774) |
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Date: May 5th, 2023 11:55 PM Author: Avocado wagecucks giraffe Today I ordered a used RME ADI-2 DAC FS and new KEF LS50s.
I wasn't planning on pulling the trigger on anything, I just happened across some good deals. The LS50s are on clearance for $715 at Best Buy right now. They were $1500 when they first came out a decade ago |
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Date: June 14th, 2023 7:21 PM Author: Aphrodisiac bistre kitty cat stain Milk truk arrive
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