curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| Listening to what we Like Instead of what we have to Plus 1 @kennymacc Don’t take our word. We don’t know your room and certainly don’t know your ears! Do you have an audio store or even a Nebraska Furniture Mart anywhere near you? Go out and listen to everything you can. All the best. | |
| End of a long quest to vanquish sibilance. Hey @stuartk I’m so glad to hear you fixed your sibilance issues! I was given permission to buy the new speakers we have talked about, so now I’ll have hundreds of hours to fiddle with them until they’re just right.😁 | |
| Isolation systems In my system, I have heard almost no difference with any isolation devices under my components, but I hear a huge improvement using Isoacoustics Gaia 1’s under my speakers! | |
| Amps that don’t impersonate space heaters. I bought a pair of used PS Audio BHK 300’s. They do run warm, but unless you run them hard, they don’t get burning hot. According to Paul, the P in PS Audio, the first 5 watts are class A. Because their input stage is tube, you can roll a couple o... | |
| Revel F50 worth the money? As a brand, Revel has some great speakers and for $900 , I’d say buy em. All the. Best. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room The Borresen X1 or the Fleetwood Devilles come to mind. Oh and I have become a Sonus Farber convert, but I can’t say much about their bookshelf speakers. All the best. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Listening to Bill Charlap, And Then Again. | |
| Bluesound No problems here. | |
| Several used sonos faber il cremonese for sale. why? @emergingsoul Are you talking about the newish I’l Cremonse EX3ME or an older model? Either way, I can’t speak on the Il Cremonese, but I just put money down on a pair of the Sonus Faber Amato G5’s. I’ve had a loaner pair since Thursday and the... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk I am enjoying the Amati G5’s and I almost have permission to max out the credit cards to get a pair! | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 Curiousjim, how is your speaker audition going so far? It’s going great! I’ve had the KEF’s for about three years and while they have great staging and depth, I have never liked their actual sound. With all the drivers being aluminum... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk Starting now, I’m listening to the Cannonball Adderley album that @acman3 suggested and then I’ll start down the Du Nann rabbit hole.😁 And if I haven’t said it enough, thank you. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 U can never go wrong with that crew! Thanks. | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk what a great list. Thank you! | |
| Greg Kihn He won’t write songs like that anymore. 🙁 |