curiousjim
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| Tune of the Day Mother’s Daughter, Santana. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I just listened to Michel Petrucciani, Live-Montreux Jazz Festival (1993) (HD) again and it was like hearing it for the first time. I closed my eyes and just smiled. What a wonderful album! | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. It depends on a few things, but I have found that speaker placement is mostly speaker dependent. I had a pair of KEF Reference 5 speakers that sounded their best when almost facing straight forward and 3’-4’ from the front wall. The Sonus Farber s... | |
| Innuos Pulse versus Zenith Mk3 @thriftyaudio That’s the only reason I still have a CDT. I have many albums with tunes that aren’t on Amazon HD or Qobuz. And yes I have both. All the best. | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? I’ve definitely found that some albums stream louder than others. I really hate playlists for that reason. Two songs play at a good level and then the next song comes out blasting so loud it makes your ears bleed. Than the next tune is quiet so y... | |
| Adding a tube amp is a good idea? @panerai557 Have you ever considered a Hybrid preamp and/or amplifier? You get the flavor of tubes and the power of SS without most of the heat. My first taste came from an ARC SP9mkll. It uses 6922 tubes for its input stage and SS for its out... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? So there’s a a 50th anniversary release of Badfinger’s Head First album. It was out 12/13/2024 and I can’t find it anywhere. All sources are out of stock and it’s not on any of the streaming services. Anyone hear what’s going on? | |
| Tune of the Day So there’s a a 50th anniversary release of Badfinger’s Head First album. It was out 12/13/2024 and I can’t find it anywhere. All sources are out of stock and it’s not on any of the streaming services. Anyone hear what’s going on? | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report So there’s a a 50th anniversary release of Badfinger’s Head First album. It was out 12/13/2024 and I can’t find it anywhere. All sources are out of stock and it’s not on any of the streaming services. Anyone hear what’s going on? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? So there’s a a 50th anniversary release of Badfinger’s Head First album. It was out 12/13/2024 and I can’t find it anywhere. All sources are out of stock and it’s not on any of the streaming services. Anyone hear what’s going on? | |
| RCA Interconnect recommendations With cables, once you get to a certain point, it Becomes the law of diminishing returns. The crap that used to come with tape decks, turntables or tuners was terrible! But even going with a larger gauge Monster interconnect made a huge differenc... | |
| If you HAD to purchase a used (over 4 years old) DAC, what would it be? Maybe it’s all the advertising, but I’d like to hear a Lampi DAC in my system. | |
| Should I buy a seperate dac? Make sure it’s the BiFrost 2 and not the original Bifrost. The 2 is hands down much much better than the original! | |
| Just received my LHY Linear Power Supply The SBooster upgrade wasn’t out yet for the BS Node N-130, so I bought a Teddy Pardo LPS and it definitely made a very noticeable difference in the sound of the Node. | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. Didn’t they stop making the WP-8 more than a decade ago? |