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Jazz for aficionados
@rok2id  Interesting video. Thanks for sharing!  
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Passion, or ..... Precision?
Hey @markprice Nice speakers, I have the same😁. You said you are using Qobuz. Listen to the first couple of tracks of, Diana Krall, The Girl In The Other Room at about 75-85 dbs. It’s a simple three piece band with a female singer. Poke around f... 
Transparency
It might help if you gave us more specifics. Drivers, box design, listening levels, amplification,  sources??  
Solid copper or stranded copper for speaker cables? What is your choice and why?
Stranded for a couple of reasons.  More surface area, more flexibility   
Power cords known to produce good bass
@mwh777  What amp (s) are you using?  What kinds of music do you listen to? How good are your ears?  And last, but not least, how loud do you listen?  If you have power hungry amps and you listen loud, get something that’s five nines copper and a... 
We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often
@ghdprentice  My Acoustat Model X’s come with forty watt mono blocks that have more than enough oomph to power them full bandwidth and with a crossover set at 100 hz, and a sub or two, it’s crazy good!   
We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often
Since I got the Hegel H390, I haven’t found a speaker it can’t drive, but I really can’t speak for the thousands of speakers I haven’t tried yet.  
How do you find time to enjoy your $$$ speakers and system?
Music is playing about six hours a day here and I probably sit in my spot ninety to one hundred twenty minutes of that. And that’s four to five days a week.  
Tune of the Day
Kerry Livgren,  Mask Of The Great Deceiver.  
Jazz for aficionados
The Rippingtons,  Life in The Tropics and Topaz.  
Whats playing on your system today?
The Allman Brothers,  Idlewild South.  Still a good listen.