Hiking Boots/Shoes Recommendations?

Hiking boot recommendations?

Any recommendations for women's hiking shoes?

[Request] Hiking/outdoorsy style shoes that can handle lots of walking on concrete

Cold and wet weather hiking boots recommendations?

I am in need of a new pair of trail/hiking boots.

Hiking Boots for heavy use during the summer

Good pair of hiking shoes?

[Request] waterproof hiking shoes

[request] - Good quality walking shoes.

Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

Hiking boots recommendations

Men's three season "urban hiker" (like Merrell MOAB but longer lasting)

BIFL Hiking boots for women

Hiking boots with good traction and can stand up to abuse.

Looking for a good pair of shoes for my weird feet

Request - Hiking Sandals

Request: Hiking Boots

Comfortable and cushiony shoes for walking on pavement 10KM/couple hours a day (UK)

Hiking sandals that last?

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[Request] Best countertop dishwasher for reasonable price?

Can anyone recommend a good dishwasher?

Countertop/Portable Dishwasher

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Dishwasher for Second Home

My friend bought a house with this KichenAid dishwasher from 1974. He says it works better than any of the other ones he has owned. He just has to convince his wife not to replace it.

What's a good Panel ready dishwasher under $1k?

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A Starter/Lifetime Tool set

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BIFL: Mastercraft ratchet set with lifetime warranty. Got it at 14, im 31. Went thru more abuse than you think!

Looking to upgrade my home hand tools

Was told to post this here. Husky 270pc toolset from Home Depot for $99, normally $199. Lifetime warranty too

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Recommendations for midsized SUVs to look at

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Deep long rpgs?

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Open world game with huge map, lots of things to do, and great graphics

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looking for an open-world rpg

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Turn-based strategy game

Turn-based strategy games

[WSIB] Small-scale, medieval, strategy game, featuring pikemen and cavalry

(WSIB) Turn-based ”wargaming” game

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Bullet Hell-Type Games: Atomicrops vs. I, Dracula: Genesis vs. Others?

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Enjoy every last detail from your vinyl collection with our highest quality moving magnet phono stage, the Solo Phono Preamplifier. 

TECH SPECS 

MAX POWER CONSUMPTION 

10W 

GAIN @ 1KHZ 

39dB 

NOMINAL OUTPUT 

300mV 

SENSITIVITY FOR NOMINAL OUTPUT 

3.35mV 

EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE (A-WEIGHTED) 

~0.09uV 

RIAA CURVE ACCURACY 

+/- 0.65dB 30Hz-20kHz 

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO GROUNDED INPUTS REF. 1V OUTPUT (20HZ-20KHZ BW) 

>90dB 

THD+N 1KHZ (20-20KHZ BW) 

<0.0025% 

INPUT IMPEDANCE 

47k Ohm 

INPUT CAPACITANCE 

100pF 

OVERLOAD MARGIN 

>30dB 

CROSSTALK @10KHZ 

>85dB 

DIMENSIONS (H X W X D) 

48x176x132 (1.9x6.9x5.2”) 

WEIGHT 

0.68kg/1.5lbs

Best for Most

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 Nice rca jacks. The specs of the unit is documented, so I won’t talk about that.  I turned it on and left it on for a couple days before I gave it a listen. You can disable the sleep function

  Overall it’s a good preamp. But unless you want your music to sound like someone put a blanket on your speakers, don’t use a cartridge that you know has a warm sound.

 The mid and bass is pretty neutral In my opinion. Treble definitely rolled off.  Overall it’s a good preamp. But unless you want your music to sound like someone put a blanket on your speakers, don’t use a cartridge that you know has a warm sound

 I then put on a cartridge with a known “hot” sound. Very sharp high’s. The Solo made it sound much smoother. As if it tamed those high frequencies

Sounds good, with a brighter cartridge

 The "warmth" of the sound seemed diminished. Using multiple permutations and combinations of different cables (e.g. BJC LC-1, AudioQuest Evergreen and Tower, GAC-1, WBC/Mogami 2534, and KabelDirekt) still did not sound better than my existing hook-up using a BJC LC-1 directly into my receiver's phono input

This item actually produced less-pure sound than the phono stage of my Pioneer Elite SC-99. The high frequencies were somewhat raspy and occasionally shrill by comparison. The "warmth" of the sound seemed diminished. Using multiple permutations and combinations of different cables (e

g. BJC LC-1, AudioQuest Evergreen and Tower, GAC-1, WBC/Mogami 2534, and KabelDirekt) still did not sound better than my existing hook-up using a BJC LC-1 directly into my receiver's phono input. I can't compare this item when used with a receiver with no phono input, but two additional friends with great ears reached the same conclusions.

Didn't Improve Sound

Cambridge Audio AXC35 and Onkyo C7030.  Both are fast, quiet and great sounding.  The transport idea has no appeal for me as I'm not looking to be a DAC addict.

<div class="md"><p>Cambridge Audio AXC35 and Onkyo C7030.  Both are fast, quiet and great sounding.  The transport idea has no appeal for me as I&#39;m not looking to be a DAC addict.</p>
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Marantz CD63 MK2 KI Signature. In mint condition, probably not used much before I bought it a few months ago. Works perfectly fine, I see no reason to buy something new. Plus, my dad's setup was all Marantz, so it gets bonus nostalgia points.

<div class="md"><p>Marantz CD63 MK2 KI Signature. In mint condition, probably not used much before I bought it a few months ago. Works perfectly fine, I see no reason to buy something new. Plus, my dad&#39;s setup was all Marantz, so it gets bonus nostalgia points.</p>
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Any decent DVD player, even a cheap one plus a good DAC connected via coaxial can give excellent sound. I use a Schiit Modi 3 plus an Oppo DV-981HD.

The tray mechanism on CD players eventually wears out so why over invest? By going separates, you can replace or upgrade either when desired.

As a added bonus you can play videos and route the sound to your speakers in 2.0 sound; don't need a dedicated HT setup.

<div class="md"><p>Any decent DVD player, even a cheap one plus a good DAC connected via coaxial can give excellent sound. I use a Schiit Modi 3 plus an Oppo DV-981HD.</p>

<p>The tray mechanism on CD players eventually wears out so why over invest? By going separates, you can replace or upgrade either when desired.</p>

<p>As a added bonus you can play videos and route the sound to your speakers in 2.0 sound; don&#39;t need a dedicated HT setup.</p>
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My main is Yamaha CDX-510 in silver finish to match my vintage Yamaha set-up. It works and it sounds as it should.   


I also use my Xbox Series X for DVD Audio and used Xbox One X for some CD playback before I acquired the Yamaha. I have tested several CD players even new expensive ones but never found it better than what I have at hand.

<div class="md"><p>My main is Yamaha CDX-510 in silver finish to match my vintage Yamaha set-up. It works and it sounds as it should.   </p>

<p>I also use my Xbox Series X for DVD Audio and used Xbox One X for some CD playback before I acquired the Yamaha. I have tested several CD players even new expensive ones but never found it better than what I have at hand.</p>
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Question! Question What CD players are you all using? / What do you all recommended? are transports worth it?

 The headphone amp on the Duo is also very good. It pushed the allures as loud as we would ever reasonably want to hear them. Both of these are as good as we have heard for their price. At $179, the Solo is an absolute steal

 For listening, we used a pair of Focal Allure headphones. The first thing that we noticed is that these phono preamps are super quiet, even with the volume turned all the way up. You basically hear silence when there's nothing playing. We would describe the sonic character of these new phono stages as warm and musical

 The front panel of the Solo is minimalistic, with only a power button and the Cambridge logo. The Duo, on the other hand, has the same power button and logo stamp, but also includes a button to select between a moving coil and a moving magnet cartridge, a large volume knob and a headphone jack. When you pop the cover, you'll see a surprisingly stuffed circuit board with great internal layout to keep the power supply separate from the very low-noise phono stage parts. Even to our critical eyes, the board layout and the quality of the parts used are top-notch

 If you currently have or are looking at a turntable with a moving coil cartridge, the Duo will certainly be a great phono stage. The Cambridge Solo and Duo are both available on AudioVice.com and in our Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina showrooms. Please feel free to drop by and take a listen

Cambridge Solo & Duo Phono Preamp Review

 I have tried three preamps so far. All have some degree of buzzing that is not acceptable. Cambridge Audio nor World Wide Stereo seem to care that they sold a product that is so bad.  I bought this last summer

 I asked for a refund because my confidence in the unit is very low. Two preamps start to buzz in under a year. They sent me a third unit as a replacement without doing the refund I asked for, or telling me that is what they were going to do. I was lead to believe I could get a refund by the customer support person I was in contact with

Two faulty units later…

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This Does Not Compute

 And with the quality you get for the price, I think the TwoBox S2 hits a sweet spot to let you do just that. Big thank you to Pro-Ject for sending this one my way to review, and of course, I'll include a link in the description if you want to check it out. If you liked the video, I'd appreciate a thumbs-up. Be sure to subscribe

 The first two were when the tube box was brand new and just turned on, and again after 45 minutes of warm-up. Then I left it on for 48 hours straight to burn in, and got two more samples. One with no warm-up time, and again after 45 minutes. In theory, the last sample should sound the best, but listen to these on a good pair of headphones or speakers and judge for yourself

 I'd play you a music sample, but it would be pointless to judge it for its absolute sound quality, since the audio in this episode will have gotten compressed when YouTube processed it. However, differences between audio samples are often still discernible, so this gives me a good opportunity to test something I've been curious about. I've read on many occasions that when it comes to tube-based audio devices in general, warm-up and burn-in time can have a noticeable impact on sound quality. So, I captured four audio samples

 This is different than some other low-end tube preamps that only use them as buffers, and rely largely on solid state amplification. And indeed, inside the tube box, there are only five chips total, and none of them are actively modifying the audio signal. The front panel PCB has a few that handle the logic around what the buttons do, and the main board just has a pair of DG412DY analog switches that I believe handle the different gain settings. The build quality inside is also really decent, and it's nice to see that Pro-ject used good components

Pro-Ject Tube Box S2 Turntable Preamp Review

. it can do that without increasing the decibels of gain above the gain rating on the inferior built-in amp! (How is that possible?) And if you do choose to increase the gain using the adjustable gain feature..

 It also sounds great at lower volumes. It was a night and day difference compared to the Emotiva's built-in phono preamp. Seriously, I am not talking about psycho-acoustic nonsense in which people babble about wider sound stages and adding texture and other things that only someone with a mythic "golden ear" can hear.  This little box can generate twice the volume my built-in phono amp generates

  This Pro-Ject Tube Box S2 is perfect. It brings FAR more volume (shocking considering its diminutive size), and that volume can go loud without distorting. It also sounds great at lower volumes. It was a night and day difference compared to the Emotiva's built-in phono preamp

This little amp is powerful and versatile.

e., you'd better have some secondary filters or tone controls to compensate for your cruddy old vinyl.])

PROs: brings the 3D "holographic" quality to the audio. has a multitude of swiss-army-knife settings so it can be your go-to phono preamp in this price range for many MM/MC applications. signal seems ultra-precise. CONs: price seems exorbitant, signal seems ultra-precise (cruddy old vinyl sounds like what it is

ultra precise

 But what I can say is these upgrades combined made a dramatic improvement with my system. What I hear is more detail that is smooth, spacious soundstage, with improved highs, midrange and bass response. To say the least I am very impressed and happy with my purchase. The tube box looks really cool at night with low level lighting from the glow of the blue led’s and tubes

 I wanted to see how much fidelity I could squeeze out of my turntable with some upgrades. So I purchased a Orthofon bronze cartridge, Project acrylic platter and this Tube Box S2 preamp. I was previously using the phono preamp on my integrated amp which sounded good but I was looking for more. I cannot review the Tube Box S2 separately since I made this change all at the same time

Excellent Affordable Upgrade

 This is the real deal. Cost led to knocking off a star. That said, I guess you get what you pay for.

The real deal AND quiet.

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