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| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Jonny Griffin and Eddie Lockjaw Davis ’Tough Tenors, Anain N Again" Hank Garland, "Jazz Winds From Another Direction" Anything on the Three Blind Mice label. Anything on the Impex label. Any UHQR pressings (33 1/3 or 45 rpms) Most of the Blue... | |
| Which is best, using balanced or non-balanced connection? "Thanks to all for your inputs" Lol, very punny! All my gear is balanced. Your challenge will be to find a decent turntable with balanced outputs or decent rca to XLR signal converters or adapters if your pteamp only has XLR ins and outs. Very fe... | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS Try hORNS out of Poland. Beautifully engineered and designed speaker line that give Avantgarde a run for the money. I have the hORNS Universum MK4, paired with Jeff Rowland 925 monos and Rowland Coherence II preamp. Sounds amazing at low volume r... | |
| MissingCDs and records A labour of love. Best to keep all listening options open for maximum flexibility and enjoyment. I still have about 8400 pieces of music (LPs and CDs), Tidal and Roon. This way, I can enjoy the laziness of streaming along with the more tactile ex... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) Santana Lotus | |
| ??? What Is The MOST Expensive System You Ever Heard ??? What Was Your Opinion ??? At a certain point, price becomes irrelevant. If it sounds good to your ears that's all that matters, regardless of price. I have heard some amazing $10k systems and some $1M systems that sound like crap. So many variables to take into considerati... | |
| Front Row Seat Power Cord? Wrap yourself in copper foil. Make holes for breathing. Play your music. Enjoy!! | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 I had a Lumin U2 for serveral weeks. Fiber optic port is a nice option if you do it correctly. I then demoed a Rockna Dreamwave and went with that option. In my system, it was a better fit. Beautiful open soundstage and has a CD transport and 2tb ... | |
| Enough is Enough You didnt mention your DAC model. You have Rowland 625s. I have the 925s with the Aeris DAC and Coherence II preamp. Couldnt be happier. I run it with a Rockna Dreamwave Server bypassing the Rockna DAC and a separate Roon Core. Couldnt be happier.... | |
| Kef Blade to Blade meta? Had the Blade 1s (non meta). They were great. Heard the meta afterwards. My old ears couldn't hear any difference. Got rid of the Blades for a pr of hORNS Universum MK4s. Much happier 😀💲💲😀 | |
| Where to purchase cables? https://audio-connexion.com/ | |
| Speaker Suggestions for Next Move hORNS out of Poland makes a lovely line of speakers. | |
| SACD Players Esoteric X03 | |
| Aliexpress Marketplace practices, be for warned. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007134936253.html Ads like this are bordering on fraudulent if not over the line. They are misrepresenting that the product shown in the ad that they are offering to sell are Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker cables. ... | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room Falcon Acoustic Gold Badge |