curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| Whats playing on your system today? On a Kim Simmonds listening spree. Still Live After 50 Years Volume 1. Still Live After 50 Years Volume 2. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Great album @jerryg123 ! listening to Kim Simmonds, Struck By lightning and Out Of The Blue is up next. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @stereo5 I listen to “A Step Further” yesterday, but I must admit, I’ve never listened to any of Kim’s solo albums yet. And that’s why I bought a streamer!😁 | |
| Best digital format (non streaming) When you have a poor recording , there is only so much you can do, CD or High Res. But if you have a good recording, High Res can sound amazing! Also, a lot has to do with your setup. That Boombox from the Seventies isn’t going to be able to repro... | |
| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? Someone forgot to take his pills today… | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up I have never had a tube integrated amp and I’ve never had a tube preamp take more than 15-20 minutes and an amp take more than an hour to reach the “Sweet Spot “. | |
| The Good Stuff Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella and Louis. | |
| The Good Stuff @arcticdeth Thanks, We’re having people over Xmas day, so I’ll set them up as the background music. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? With the temps being so darn cold outside, I’ll be inside listening to only new to me music and there’s a lot of it! Stay safe and stay warm everybody! | |
| The Good Stuff @arcticdeth What are the Schenker “thank you” CD’s? | |
| Has anyone tried the new Synergistic Research UEF Performance Enhancer - Ethernet Filter? @discopants I tried a Netgear Wi-Fi extender and it kept cutting out. My Netgear Nighthawk router is solid as a rock and so is the Powerline 2000. I haven’t used the Wi-Fi in a while, maybe I’ll see how the streamer sounds. | |
| Speaker Hum Are your outlets really grounded? My house was built in 1962 and most of mine are not. A previous owner replaced outlets with GHI outlets for some reason and they’re NOT grounded! I had to run a new circuit to my listening room. BTW, have you tr... | |
| Why is everyone so down on MQA? Radio Paradise had two channels. One plays 16/44 and the other plays MQA and for the life of me, I can’t hear the difference. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Dexter Gordon, GO in HR | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home There isn’t a company in my area that will lend speakers. |