curiousjim
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| Beware, scammers everywhere To bad you can’t give a phone number here to try protect yourself with a phone call. | |
| New In 2025 I’ve heard the Ringo Starr album. If you like Country, then give it a listen. I’ve also heard some of the Neil Young stuff and some of it is pretty good. I haven’t looked for any of the others that are out or near t being released yet. | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? @hilde45 Another vote for getting a Dynaco ST-70. The kits a pretty easy and they sound very good from the get go and there are a bunch of mods out there so you can model the sound to your liking and all for way under your budget. All the best. | |
| Qualified service technicians disappearing! Recommendations wanted My ARC SP9 MKll has developed some static. I called the last good repair company in town and was told that they were down to one repair person and it would be a minimum of six months before they could look at it! Not sure what to do. 😔 | |
| What would you save in a fire? Depends on how much time I had to get out. First and foremost I’d make a bug out bag for my wife, my dogs and me. Then would come what ever she told me to pack. And as far as my two rigs, I’d grab some old ARC equipment and some vinyl and CD’s th... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @alan60 Esbjorn Svensson is now on my 2025 list. Thanks! | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Depending on if it was already broken in and how much shipping with insurance was, I might give it a try. But I really don’t want to pay $75 a day to burn in something or pay an additional $500 in shipping costs. See if anyone within a couple ho... | |
| Shameless Poll: Pearl vs Ohm vs Zu I had a pair of Ohm F’s years ago and loved them. Depending on your room size, I would recommend getting the Ohm 2000’s. | |
| ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS With only one caveat, I have always let my ears do the talking. That caveat is, does the amplifier has enough umph ( watts and current and stability ) to run the speakers I have at the time. Other than that, I don’t care. | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT I have a BS Node N130 with a separate linear power supply and I have a Aurender N200 streamer. When plugged into the same DAC, they sound very much alike, but there’s a huge difference in presentation. The N200 sounds cleaner and you can hear ind... | |
| Tune of the Day Sea Level, https://youtu.be/yX2_zkbuWOw?si=qAXKlO5SZHlZ7eJf | |
| Audiohifistore.com is a SCAM Thanks for the warning. Although I’m sure surprised that they are still in business or that someone hasn’t taken matters into their own hands. | |
| Streamer output options If you’re running usb out of a computer there’s a possibility that power might be running through also and that can add a bunch of noise, but if you’re running out of a streamer that’s set up for using usb as it’s preferred output like Aurender, t... | |
| Tune of the Day Le Roux, Take A Ride On A Riverboat. | |
| Tune of the Day String Driven Thing, Heartfeeder. |