curiousjim
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| Whats playing on your system today? @chilehed Love Keb’ Mo’! I think I have all the albums and have seen him once in concert. | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? Choca, If you are looking for an argument with that logic, you’re barking up the wrong tree! | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? If you compare a $10 power cord and a $30 power cord, I doubt you will hear a difference, but it you compare a $30 power cord and a $1000 power cord there will be a huge difference. If your system is revealing enough. I have a Denon AVR (cheap) go... | |
| Which ones should I choose? Tannoy Kensington Gr or B&W 804 D4 If those are your only two choices, than Tannoy by a mile! | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding I have a good friend who just paired his record collection down to 16xxx! The reason for him selling about 6xxx of his records is that he’s getting ready to move. I called him a hoarder once and I got the eye roll. I already told him that I wasn... | |
| Power Cables - Stock vs. Budget The Audience F-3 is a great PC for the price of 2 for $249 at The Parts Connection. | |
| Speaker cable I wouldn’t use it, but It’s probably copper Red and Aluminum black. It’s cheap and helps when plugging things in. Like everyone else, I used lamp cord a hundred years ago and one side was smooth and the other had a line or lines on it. Sort of th... | |
| ETHERNET CABLES I just bought 4, cat 8 cables of various lengths from Amazon. I had cat 5 cables that I made years ago and one of them started acting up is the only reason I replaced anything. | |
| Background noise. One of the amps in What used to be my primary system developed a transformer hum and it drove me crazy. The amps are from the eighties and I had them serviced a few years back and I asked the tech about the hum and he said what hum? To me it’s ve... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Started off with Miles Davis, Bitches Brew and really switched gears and am listening to one of my favorite bands, Government Mule, the current album is The Tel Star Sessions. If you like blues/rock give them a try! | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Joanne Vent Amazing blues singer died way to young (26). | |
| Post binding for crude tone control While it is not pretty and gold plated, try a couple of lengths of copper wire and see if it makes a difference. If you like it, get a couple of lengths of AQ or Cardas or whatever speaker cable you prefer. You’ll be amazed how crappy those shiny ... | |
| Parity Congratulations @rvpiano Eventhough I have a few thousand CD’s and albums, I bought a streamer about six months ago and have been like a kid in a candy store. I’m thinking about going totally digital. Enjoy! | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear @dougthebiker Bruce Hornsby, Madman across the water. Good Choice! | |
| Rebadging of Streaming Platforms @badgerdms I agree that the DAC is important. Not only do I use a steamer, but I have a few thousand CD’s and a NAS that all end up going through my DAC. In fact, I’m listening to Houston Person from the NAS as I type. |