curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| Acrolink 8N-PC8100 Power Cable Maybe if I win the Mega Lottery… | |
| Sansui AU-717 @chocaholic If you are concerned, take the top off and look for puffed out or leaking Caps. If you see something, get it fixed. If you don’t, you’re probably good to go. All the best. | |
| Is a femto clock important if you aren't using asynch USB? @cheeg What kind of budget do you have? There are much better new/new used to be had. All the best. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Captain Beyond put out three good albums in the seventies. Captain Beyond, Sufficiently breathless and Dawn explosion. | |
| New Sugden mono blocks have arrived. Fantastic! Looking forward to your review. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Thanks @jafant for the response. I’m trapped in the seventies or earlier, so learning about all these new tunes is fun for me. And speaking of being trapped in the seventies, I’m listening to Captain Beyond, Captain Beyond 1972. Great album if yo... | |
| Integrated for Streaming If you can swing the 509X that would be wonderful, but you’re still going to need a streamer. So I have about 2500 CD’s either on a shelf or on a NAS and I just bought my first streamer this year ( a Node N130 ) to see what everyone was talking ab... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better Yep, I learned decades ago that if someone is happy with the sound of two tin cans and some string, there is little chance of convincing them that your system is any better. | |
| Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern? @mtbiker29 I have listened to “Vintage” and newer equipment and there are a bunch of caveats. A lot of older kit sounded great in the day, but compared to today’s stuff might not sound as good. Not because it’s not good, but because capacitors d... | |
| Integrated for Streaming What sort of budget do you have? | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better I have a friend from college that still has the same receiver and speakers that he bought way back when and is still incredibly happy with his setup. Heck, my brother is really happy with the sound that comes out of his phone! I will never be able... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @jafant I’m new to Simple Minds and am currently listening to Direction Of The Heart and I’m liking it. Are there any other of their albums you’d recommend? Thanks. | |
| Cabling Recommendations Definitely contact Focal and ask what the use or would suggest. NAIM might also give you some useful information. All the best. | |
| Streamer/DAC - Where is the value? Plus 1 on getting the Lumin U2 mini ($2400) and the Denifrips Pontus ll ($1700). All the best. | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now Another vote for getting the XA30.8. Using the Sphinx as a preamp is doable, but won’t you be running the output section as well? I’m pretty sure it will be okay being as it’s a class d output, but I’d check with Rouge Audio and make sure you won’... |