curiousjim
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| a rant Does anyone remember if the Hafler amps were class A or class A/B? I know their preamps were class A. The reason I ask is because they were my first introduction to high end equipment. I have built, bought and traded my way up the ladder ever ... | |
| Sold Sold Sold @love4audio 1 @zappas 0 | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Steven Wilson, The Raven That Refused To Sing. (2013) | |
| Experiences with Oppo Service? The whole thing sounds wrong to me. Have you spoken with a living Oppo representative? | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos In answer to your question, I’ve seen others ask the Jazz questions, but they only seem to get answers, but not the suggestion to check out this thread. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos listening to The Art Of Intimacy Vol. 1 and it’s wonderful. I don’t know if it’s my bad memory or what, but how have I never heard this album before? Excellent! | |
| Question about Break in of Weiss DAC 204 Oh, I am starting to look at replacing my Pontus ll DAC and would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Weiss. Thanks. | |
| Question about Break in of Weiss DAC 204 Leave it on with an input device like a streamer. Find an internet radio station and let it rip. When I bought a new streamer, I kept the BS Node and it’s perfect for such a job. It also sounds pretty darn good as a streamer also. | |
| Just about to pull the trigger on Pontus 15th ... @lanx0003 I have the Pontus ll and I love it. The full sized Liav DAC is somewhere between the Aries ll and the Pontus ll. The uLiav is much closer in sound to the Aries ll in both sound and price. If you have the budget, I’d go for the Pont... | |
| How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase We only have one high end store here and I go there about once a year to listen to a couple of their rooms, but for some reason they just don’t sound good to me. I mean an all Boulder system with the top of the line Transparent cables, a couple o... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos Thanks. I saw those and they are on my list. I never heard of him until a few days ago and now I find Pelt has quite a few albums out. Would have played them tonight, but we’re supposed to be getting a bad storm here this evening, so... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Steven Wilson’s new album, Overview. (2025) | |
| Maybe critical listening skills are bad? Maybe it’s just me, but the longer I try to AB things, the things start to sound the same. Sure, some equipment sounds night and day different, but when the equipment sounds close from the start, it really blends after a few back and forths, I ca... | |
| Enough of the Stereophile futuristic statements about the Focal Diva Utopia @p05129 Umm, have you heard the LS60’s??? | |
| Jazz for aficionados Thanks @acman3 I will check out more of his catalog. |