curiousjim
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| Vibration isolation or absorption? @emergingsoul Last year I broke down and bought two sets of Isoacoustics Gaia Ones for my KEF, Reference Five speakers and the difference between the spikes and the Gaia’s was night and day spectacular. I put some pucks from the same company un... | |
| Budget re-cabling AudioQuest sells several of their speaker cables in bulk, like the Type 4, Type 8, Rocket 33, Rocket 44 and the Rocket 88. Oh, and There’s a company called Audio Adviser that will, for a fee terminate them for you if you can’t do it yourself. All... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? @kingbr @oddiofyl We have 1 1/2 shops here and when I decided to buy Some KEF speakers, I knew they’d have to be shipped whether I ordered them from a local HT shop who had never seen or heard one or from another dealer, so I bought from AV Ther... | |
| Tune of the Day Savoy Brown, Hellbound Train. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Chicago, Chicago transit Authority. | |
| Tune of the Day Atlantic Rhythm Section, Homesick. | |
| Noise inside speaker cabinet when moving ? It’s amazing what you can do with a small glue gun! Pull out the woofer and see what is loose. If you can put the piece back where it belongs, great. If not, remove it and look to see what’s loose, ie the crossover. If nothing is really loose, a... | |
| Amp Warranty Repair - What's an acceptable timescale for turnaround? OP, what are we talking about here? Audio Research, Kenwood, NAD, Mac??? | |
| Thanks to Paul McGowan I’ve been thinking about getting a pair of the BHK 300 Mono Blocks. Wife says I can’t think of getting the 600’s. ☹️ | |
| New In 2023 The Who, Live At Wembley. 2 CD/Blu-ray or 3 record set. | |
| Why do I need a switch? @erik_squires My DAC has a LPS built in and I bought Teddy Pardo for my streamer, but it’s got a special cord and it’s 5 volts and these little guys need 9. Also that article is interesting. But I wonder which is better, the fiber or the capaci... | |
| Why do I need a switch? If I change the 9v PS’s, I’m hoping to find one LPS, with two outlets. Use only one AC plug, less clutter. | |
| Why do I need a switch? @pcrhkr I’ve been using the for about a year and it works great! NETGEAR Powerline adapter Kit, 2000 Mbps Wall-plug, 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports with Passthrough + Extra Outlet (PLP2000-100PAS) https://a.co/d/0pfP5NU One out goes to the integrate... | |
| Why do I need a switch? @nd1der The reason I am trying to add a bit of fiber is to remove noise. If you have fiber coming into your home and modem, then you are good to go. You could try running fiber out of your modem to your router, but you probably won’t hear any... | |
| Let's see your office systems The output from my PC to a 1990’s Sony receiver to some Yamaha 2 way speakers. Qobuz and a NAS full of albums. What more can anyone ask for? |