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curiousjim

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Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped?
The receiver in the garage is a Sony. The receiver in the office is a Kenwood. The receiver in the basement is a Yamaha. The downstairs system is Acoustat & Audio Research. The upstairs system is new.  
Chord DAVE DAC
“hmmm, maybe I need a high end system in the bathroom.” @ghdprentice George, you crack me up!    
Bang & Olufsen beolab 90 $115,000 Pair
I’m rushing out to get two pairs for my quadraphonic setup.😁  
Subwoofers and Crossovers.
No problem,  I was just thinking, that if you have purchased the minidsp and the Dirac software, they would be a place to start. Hey, let us know your thoughts about what you end up with. JD  
U2 live. Music realism
I don’t care if it’s Bono, Ted Nugent or Carlos Santana, I pay my money to hear the music and not to hear them speaking from a soapbox!  
Subwoofers and Crossovers.
You might want to check out the SVS Pro series. They have an app that’s really pretty good so you can adjust everything from your listening position with having to get up and down over and over until you have it the way you want it to sound.    A... 
Best "Budget" / "bang for my buck" 2-channel amp and speakers can I get new?
+1 for either the Klispch Cornwall or Forte or Heresy speakers and a Rogue amplifier or check out https://vinylrestart.com/best-valve-tube-amplifiers/   All the best. JD  
I need advice on a 300b tube
I’ve had tube equipment for over fifty years and I must say that I have never had one fix itself. Sorry for your loss.   Do contact Tammy here at Agon. If anyone can help you here it would be her. All the best.  
Speaker positioning and center image depth
@blisshifi  Out of curiosity, about how loud do you play your demo’s? There are only a couple of places around me that that have any equipment I’m interested in and one plays everything loud and the other plays their demo’s louder. I’m calling lo... 
Speaker positioning and center image depth
@blisshifi  It’s kind of amazing to me that I’ve been listening to music for 50+ years and I still keep finding “new to me” music. A week ago I’d never heard of Dominique Fils-Aime 😀  
Speaker positioning and center image depth
I’ve had a pair of KEF Reference 5’s since last September and I’m still futzing with them.  Currently they are 24” away from the front wall, 46” from the side walls, 7’6” apart (center to center) 8’ from my listening position and toed in 7.5°.  Mo... 
Which Power Cable do you think?
Which Power Cable do you think? Arm? Interconnects? ??  
what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original?
While everything I was thinking was already mentioned, I just wanted to say how much fun this thread has been to read! And @dekay , Smoke on the water was fabulous! I went down the rabbit hole and watched several of her videos. Thanks for sharing.  
Go get out your pitchforks, I’ve done a sacrilegious thing. . .
@ronboco , Asks a good question. With albums all being mixed differently, how often do you find yourself tweaking a knob?  
Condolenances to The Siau Family
So sad to hear. God speed.