curiousjim
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| Unusual countries for audio gear I have family in Norway and it amazes me how much hifi comes from such a small population. | |
| A review on the Plinius Audio reference dual mono M-10 preamplifier @teajay I’m looking forward to reading your review. I always enjoy them. | |
| Swapped the baby Maggie’s in this evening I definitely don’t change out speakers every three-four months. I’d probably be in jail if I tried. 😁 Although I have had probably a dozen or so speakers in the fifty plus years I’ve been into hifi and still have four pairs hanging around. | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? @freediver Thank you! That is incredible generous of you and I will definitely keep it in mind. curiousjim ,I have a small Chinese made Pure Class A integrated amplifier that is based on the original Sugden A21..Puts out 15wpc.@8 ohms & c... | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? @onehorsepony I currently have the same preamp and amps and went with Sonus Farber speakers. I would stay away from KEF or any other company with metal tweeters. I had KEF Reference 5’s and they hurt my ears even at lower levels. I tried a coup... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? @ghdprentice George, I knew when I mentioned the Ref 80s that you’d chime in.😁 Do you have an older Amati model? The G5 ( which I have) is 91 db, so that makes me agree with you even more about 70 watts being more than enough. Now to start ... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? @kofibaffour I said class A watts. I never mentioned Tubes. But now that you mention it, there’s an ARC 80S amplifier listed elsewhere that peaked my curiosity.😁 It uses 4KT 150’s and can put out 70 watts. | |
| Immersed in the Music Not in years. When I was a teen and had few responsibilities I could close my eyes and drift away with the tunes. Then came life and age. I bet it’s been close to fifty years since I’ve had the experience.☹️ | |
| Reinforcing delicate 1941 speaker cones. Be careful what you ask for. Not only would changing/adding anything to those drivers diminish their value, you’ll also change the sound qualities of them. | |
| New In 2025 Wow. | |
| Frequently asking to re-login I get dumped often as well. Sometimes it’s after just a few days nd sometimes it’s after a couple of weeks and there’s no rhyme or reason to why. | |
| Best Cheap DAC Streamer The BS Node is the best for the money. | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes I guess parts is parts and pieces is pieces and it don’t matter in what order they go cause it’s all gonna sound the same. Really? | |
| Qobuz Connect Launched Yesterday So I finally received a response from Qobuz about connect for Aurender. Even though Aurender is on the list of streamers connect works on, they have not put out any updates for any Aurender streamers, but they’re working on it. When I asked why Au... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I’ve been listening to the new Jazz releases on Qobuz and it amazes me what they are called Jazz. But there are a few out there that are worth a listen, sort of. I’m not sure if I like the remasters of the 50’s-60’s greats and some of what they’r... |