curiousjim
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| Whats playing on your system today? Maxwell Street, And This Is Free: The Life And Times Of Chicago’s Legendary Maxwell Street. Just read a review in Stereophile. Some pretty good old fashioned blues. | |
| Hegel H160 and Focal Electra 1008Be sounding bass-less If it sounded better at the dealer, see what the difference is between their setup and yours. Position? Cabling? Room? Check it out. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Michael Feinberg, Blues Variant | |
| Jazz for aficionados Ashley Henry, Beautiful Vinyl Hunter | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Another vote for using XLR cables. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding, Alive At The Village Vanguard (2023) | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969 | |
| Taralabs cables I know this is an old thread and that there have been no posts in years, but I have the opportunity to get a 3 meter pair of Tara Labs RSC Air One Series 2 XLR interconnects. If anyone is still out there, are they any good? Any idea what the retai... | |
| room size question. A good starting point is if your tweeters are 65” apart, your ears should be 65” from the tweeters. Question, do you have your speakers aimed straight out or towed in? Another question, how far are your ears from the back wall? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @mushniksflorist I have this album and another by these two and they are great! | |
| amplifiers tube vs. solid state Tubes in either your preamp or your amp can give you the best of both worlds. Most people go with the tube preamp and SS amp, but I have done it both ways. I’ve been a tube guy and a separates guy most of my life, but have just recently gone to t... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Eddie Van Halen would definitely be in my top five. | |
| room size question. Speakers are can definitely be room dependent. My rear ported KEF’s are 4’ from the front wall, from the drivers, and a bit less than 4’ from the side walls. But if your speakers are front ported, you can have a lot more freedom to move them clos... | |
| Can I connect multiple sources to an external DAC Sure. I have a Node N130 and 2 different Transports running into my Pontus ll. And there’s room for more. |