curiousjim
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| Commander Cody My pappy said son you’re gonna drive me to drinking…RIP | |
| CD player choices I have an Oppo also, and you are right, it doesn’t sound great on its own. Heck, my Sony CDP 2700, from 1992, sounds better than the Oppo! But when hooked to an external DAC it’s a fine transport. I’d definitely suggest you look for an external DA... | |
| Aren't you sorry you missed out on this one? It's already sold out! LOL It’s perfect to for playing Hendrix! | |
| KEF Reference 3 or Raidho X2? Great thread!I’ve pretty much decided to get either the KEF Reference Ones or the Reference Threes.JD | |
| So I just bought a Hegel H390 and norton,I’m sad to say no I haven’t bought speakers yet, but I am narrowing it down slowly to the KEF, Reference one’s or Reference three’s or the Dynaudio, Confidence 20’s or the Contour 60i’s, I think. I mentioned Totem to my wife and while she l... | |
| IsoAcoustics - A Class Act big_greg,I’m looking at getting a pair of the KEF Reference 1’s. Let me know your thoughts on the Gaia ll footers and the Ref 1’s.Thanks.JD | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening celestial__sound,If you do get the Hegel H390, you get a pretty darn good DAC build in.All the best.JD | |
| Does Expert Music Streamer Outrun CD Player? @audiotroy,By you logic, LP’s suck because they can be scratched or misplaced. I suppose that every tune you’ve heard on Qobuz is perfect?? | |
| Cable co. is forcing me to rent or buy what they call a I would have rid the house of cable years ago, except for “She who must be obeyed “ must have the food channel. I was able to convince her we didn’t need the landline phone anymore. Small steps… | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? I’ll chime in to. Keep your CD player and get a better DAC. I’ve had great results with Schiit, Chord and Denofrips. I kept a Schiit Bifrost and got rid of others when I bought a Hegel H390 as it has a surprisingly good DAC in it.All the best.JD | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? I’ll chime in to. Keep your CD player and get a better DAC. I’ve had great results with Schiit, Chord and Denofrips. I kept a Schiit Bifrost and got rid of others when I bought a Hegel H390 as it has a surprisingly good DAC in it.All the best.JD | |
| Dedicated 20a lines, 125 feet distance, which gauge wire to run? Where I live it’s illegal to run the four separate lines, so I’d run a 220 line to a sub panel and then run my separate lines from there. It’s also much easier and safer that way.All the bestJD | |
| A MEMBER IN NEED OF SUPPORT I just got a message from david_ten, thanking me for my kind words and telling me that while they have a long slog ahead of them, it could have been worse and that they’re going to be alright.What a nice guy and I really do wish him all the best!JD | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear I told my wife I wanted to get that TT and she told me that I’d have to go back to work. After being retired for ten years, it looks like I’m not getting that new shiny turntable. JD | |
| Putting it to bed Years ago I saw pictures of Phil with drum sticks taped to his hands because he couldn’t hold them anymore.So sad.JD |