curiousjim

Responses from curiousjim

Would a real butcher block be going to far?
A while ago I bought a bamboo cutting board with the gravy groove around the perimeter. I filled in the groove with soft rubber (?) fishing worms to isolate the board. Flipped it over and put my integrated on it.  Worked like a charm.  
Infinity IRS BETA
I’d love to have a set! With their age, be ready to replace a bunch of capacitors, speaker surrounds and whatever time has touched. All the best!  
Tune of the Day
Hall And Oats,   Crime Pays.     
Jazz for aficionados
Romantic Warrior,   Return To Forever. Very enjoyable.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Happy July 4th, https://youtu.be/g_pX7-HhoY4    
Tune of the Day
Happy July 4th https://youtu.be/c5BL4RNFr58  
Tune of the Day
Jesse Colin Young,   Grey Day.     
Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk  It’s great having you around, The other day you mentioned Booker Ervin.  When I was looking to decide what Booker Little album to play, Booker Ervin’s name popped up and I listened to a couple of his albums that evening. You have good... 
Turntables: 2 Tonearms. What do you Have or Know About?
@elliottbnewcombjr  Your system looks great!  
Heavy duty amp stand, Sonic benefits?
@emergingsoul  Keeping vibration from all of your electronics is beneficial, especially tube equipment, but wether  you can hear the difference is another story.  For me, with my equipment, I could not hear a difference, but I put Isoacoustics Ga... 
Is simpler better?
After 50 year of all separates,  I bought my first integrated amp. The Hegel H390, has a DAC and a streamer in it as well as Bluetooth and Airplay 2. I was very pleased with the sound, But I ended up adding an external streamer and DAC within a fe... 
Digital front end upgrade options
@james1911  I bought an open box Node N130 and over time I upgraded the power supply and the DAC. I’m still very happy with the sound. All the best.  
Tune of the Day
The Kinks,   Living On A Thin Line.  
Baffled by Pricing Strategy
There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute. P.T. Barnum.  
Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk  you’re right, but I saw from Harry Chaplin to The Red Hot Chili Peppers.