big_greg

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What are you streaming tonight?
Yes - Relayer, Qobuz hi-res 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy 
Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in
For the most part, I've left the grills on my Super HL5 Plus, mostly because they are in a somewhat high traffic area in my living room.  I keep the grills off my P3ESR, they are in pretty safe spots.  I love the way both sets of speakers look wit... 
Qobuz vs Tidal
Ozzy, I use BubbleUpNP instead of the Lumin app.  It's much better.  It doesn't work with Bluesound devices however.  I can sort my favorite albums on Qobuz by title, artist, or date (ascending or descending).  I can also search them. 
What are you streaming tonight?
Dion - Blues With Friends, Qobuz 
What are you streaming tonight?
Patricia Barber - Mythologies, Qobuz 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates, MFSL  
Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes
@luisma31 It was a different seller. @shkong78 It's been at least 20 hours. I'm not about to re-solder the tubes.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Diana Krall - The Very Best of Diana Krall 
Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes
@shkong7One tube is as quiet as tubes get, the other is noisy.   
What integrated would you recommend for summer amp?
I went through this exercise not too long ago in my computer room.  I have a ductless split A/C unit in my house, but this room doesn't get a lot of flow from it and with my computer, all the attached hard drives, and my ARC Vsi55, it would get pr... 
Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes
@shkong78 Have you contacted the ebay seller about the noise in your 1578s?  One of mine has noise with no music playing, some crackling.  I can hear it from my listening position about 9 1/2 feet away.  It's not noticeable while listening to musi... 
Qobuz vs Tidal
Will, I’m sorry to hear of your medical issue. I have subscriptions to Pandora, Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz. I listed them below in terms of how much I listen to each:QobuzSpotifyPandoraTidalI do most of my "critical" listening with Qobuz. Spotify d... 
Harbeth Super HL5 plus Break-in
I didn't notice much if any difference in the sound of my Super HL5 Plus since they came out of their boxes. Getting my custom stands made a difference as well as experimenting with tilt and placement / toe in. 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
@uberwaltz I'm not a big J. Geils fan, but a lot of their pre-80's music was really good.