curiousjim
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| Took the lithium ion battery plunge Great news. I’ve pretty noisy power and was wondering about using a battery pack on my sources. | |
| What CDs to buy Almost every classic rock album has been remastered and The Beatles and Pink Floyd are no different. All the 2010 remastered Beatles and the newer Animals and Wish You Were Here are great! | |
| Testing for Dirty Electrical Power So I bought the Entech Powerline Noise Analyzer and it came yesterday. It has a speaker and a LCD screen. The instructions are simple. Plug it into an outlet and set the noise level to 100. Than plug it into your power conditioner. So the meter i... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Drive By Truckers, Welcome To Club Xlll | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @dmac67 I’m sure the Aries ll will be great! Just remember, you are replacing a $3 chip that’s part of a “Swiss Army Knife “ with a quality product whose only job is digital to analog conversion. Oh and when I bought the Teddy Pardo, the power... | |
| Tube or solid state Tube preamp for the sound and SS amp for the power and generally cooler running. (Class AB) | |
| NEW MASTERSOUND 845 COMPACT TUBE INTEGRATED AMP : REVIEW.. PERFECTION I’ve never had an amp with 845 output tubes. How do they sound compared to KT88 or EL34’s? Thanks. | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @macg19 I to have the Node N130 and I got the Teddy Pardo power supply and I bought a Denafrips Pontus ll. The difference between the DAC in the Node and the Pontus ll is huge! Oh and I bought a DH Labs Silver Sonic Mirage USB interconnect. Eve... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Chicago’s Greatest Hits | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nuthin wrong with an Eva Cassidy afternoon. I might have to have one as well😀 | |
| Budget amp that will give Magnepan 3.6Rs better depth of soundstage It’s not so much the watts as it is current and stability at lower impedances. If you have a subwoofer, 100 watts should be more than sufficient. | |
| Ref75se The 75se is a wonderful amp. What speakers are you going to use with it? | |
| Interconnect advice needed On those interconnects, I would look for used. There are many companies in the EU that make what you want. I just bought a 3 meter set of XLR’s for $500 that sold new for $1300 new. No box, but it lovely shape. I’m sure you could do better! All ... | |
| If someone handed you this system, what would you change? Hard to give a quick answer. My first thought was to replace both the older Node and Deezer, but then my thoughts went to “Are you using the DAC in the Node? I have the newer N130 and it really sounded okay until I hooked up an external DAC. The ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados The Golden Trumpet Of Harry James. |