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curiousjim

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What are you streaming tonight?
Neil Diamond, 50th Anniversary Collection. Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder  
Sub PC Cord to wall or conditioner?
Paul at PS Audio just had a video about amps an conditioners and he said powerplant yes and passive no.  The powerplant has large capacitors and can comfortably feed anything as long as it doesn’t go over like 85% of the power plants rating.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Miles Davis, Bootleg Seven. This just came out and is really good.  
Power cable for Bryston
What’s your friends budget??  
unpluggin entire system
Amp, DAC, source, conditioner.If you have a turntable, anytime is good.  
Temporary Down Sizing - Integrated Amp Recommendations
For just a bit more, you can get a used Hegel H190.    
Whats playing on your system today?
Art Pepper, Meets The Rhythm Section     
PS PowerPlant power cables
@w123ale What does PS Audio say about changing the pc? Oh and what power plant did you get?    
When and where measurements matter
Sometimes measurements don’t matter at all. I have a college friend who still is very very happy with the low-fi system he bought in the seventies! Me, I’ve changed something every few months to years for almost fifty years! If he’s happy, than ... 
what kind of power conditioner for front end?
I’m using an Audience AR-6. Have been for years.  
Website Speed
@noromance  Good to hear!  
CD Transport Question
I have the 6000 CDT and it works great. Good remote to. The only thing I did was change the power cord. All the best.  
Comparing external DAC to CD player DAC
@djbarabino  Oh I forgot to ask.  What is your price range?  
Comparing external DAC to CD player DAC
My 30+ year old Sony CDP-2700 sounded better than most current players.  I was very sad when it died last year. I replaced it with an Audiolab CDT6000 and  Denafrips Pontus ll DAC. The reason I went with separates was so I could use the DAC with m... 
Component placement for open baffles?
@hleeid Open baffles and di-pole speakers also need room behind them. I have panel speakers and they want to be at least 4’ from the front wall. Once you get them set even close, they will really open up like a blossom.