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| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? If only @mahgister was around...he could give you quite a few "tips" on what to do while spending little money. Your room may look like a mad scientist's den when you're done but you'd tick the not cost much box. I would try using the Sumiko Set... | |
| And the best jazz albums of 2022 were…? As @carlsbad said, quite a few newer jazz albums I try to listen to aren't relaxing at all. In fact, they make me tense. I listen to music to relax most of the time. I looked through Roon and see I added 26 albums Roon considers jazz and only 4 sh... | |
| speaker cable question I tried various Nordost speaker cables up to Heimdall along with the new Venom X and ended up liking the "regular" Venom in my system. My previous cables were Reality Cables, an old mail order only brand. The Venom were the only ones I liked bet... | |
| Streichmelodion ?? I was surfing Roon yesterday and found a band called Pepe Deluxé. In the description of the band there was a mention of their fourth album, Queen of the Wave, using obscure instruments such as Edison's Ghost Machine and the Great Stalacpipe Organ... | |
| Streichmelodion ?? Equally amazing is that the piano is only 300 or so years old. Thanks for that! I didn't know it was that "new". | |
| Streichmelodion ?? Very cool. The other day I was listening to an album that some reviewer had mentioned called "Madar" with Jan Garbarek, Anouar Brahem and Ustad Shaukat Hussain. I wanted to know all the instruments seeing as it's pretty unique sounding and found t... | |
| Underground radio station recommendations? Here's a handful of streaming links to what you're looking for. I don't know if they're underground per se but they play more obscure stuff often. Frequence 3 - http://ice1.ikoula.net-radio.fr/frequence3urban.flac.m3u http://trap-high.rautemusik... | |
| Question on PrimaLuna EVO 400 Amp: Fully Balanced (Differential), or No? @zmann007 My dealer has that EVO 300 Hybrid. I've listened to it for many hours on multiple speakers and really, really enjoy it. Congrats on the purchase! | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp Try a Teac NT-505x. Safe & Sound sells it with a return policy. I have the older version with an AKM DAC chip and the volume control works great with the few amps(tube and solid state) I’ve tried. The new version uses a Sabre chip and is more ... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better @4krowme Absolutely agree! | |
| New Sugden mono blocks have arrived. Congrats! I'd love to hear that. I have the A21 Sig like @bluorion and always wanted to hear the IA-4. This is next level! | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better Pleasurably better...I like it. I listen to music to relax. When I do comparisons of equipment I base my final decisions on how I feel when listening to it. I consider myself a scientifically and mathematically oriented person but would never wan... | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? I wanted to update this thread to say I sent the UD-701 back. In my system I like the NT-505 better. The 701 had a more "open" sound but just wasn't as enjoyable for long listening as the 505. It wasn't what I would call bright, but all these te... | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? I've been playing it and using it as a balanced preamp with a new to me Audio Research VT-130SE and it sounds fantastic, a little more open than the 505. I will switch back to my Sugden next week and do some comparisons as I'm much more familiar w... | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? Music Direct just got UD-701’s back in stock. Price is up $300 to $4300. I ordered one yesterday and will report back. I just found a beautiful Audio Research VT-130SE so I have something to try the preamp section out with. I’ve found the 505 prea... |