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curiousjim

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Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding
Well that didn’t work right! It was supposed to say, All the albums William Shatner ever made!  
Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding
   
Your sub experience: Easy or hard?
Two houses ago I had two Velodyne 12” subs and I NEVER thought that I had them setup perfectly. Now I have a SVS 2000Pro and the software is very helpful, but for my listening ( Bill Evans Diana Krall Jerry Garcia) I seem to forget to turn it on. ... 
Another person going digital and full of questions
Like several have said, Get a Bluesound Node 2 for starters and see where it leads you. A lot of people love the new DAC, a lot of people use and external DAC. Some people have changed the wall wart, some people have changed an internal board and... 
Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno
JBL, L-100’s can crank out Rock n Roll, I see no reason they can’t play Hip Hop and your Coda will do them proud!  
Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC
Back in the 70’s, I studied to be an electrical engineer, specializing in radio and television, but for the life of me I have no idea what silver coating copper wire has anything to do with transformers. So @melm , I’ve been lost since the beginni... 
SYNERGESTIC RESEARCH - GALILEO SX INTERCONNECT- XLR
Plus 1 @larry5729  call Jason at the Cable Company.  
Constructing songs
   
A first
I have a friend from college who still has a Radio Shack receiver and speakers and is still very happy with his rig.  He also thinks I’m nuts for the amount of money I’ve spent on hifi. I’ve been telling him forever, that as long as it makes him h... 
Inside the Iso Acoustics mechanism
@tk21  the difference in height between the spikes and the Gaia 1’s was maybe 3/4”. With the dispersal patterns of most speakers, I doubt many people can hear a difference in height  of an inch from 10’ away! Having said that, I put my KEF’s on s... 
Inside the Iso Acoustics mechanism
@ryder  After spending $1000 on Gaia 1’s, I’m not going to take them apart!    JD  
Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma?
I know I’ll never have the perfect equipment or the perfect room for that matter, so I know I will have to be content with what I have for now. Maybe if I win Powerball and devote the rest of my years…  
Are Black Ravioli products sold in the US?
Hi @jerrybj  I haven’t done anything as of yet. I was looking for some of the Big Pads to put under my amp and found so little here in the states that I’m probably going to go with Isoacoustics, Ores Indigo Isolators. All the best. JD  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I’m listening to Bill Evans, Live At Ronnie Scott’s.  Sheesh, I just realized that I have 35 Bill Evans albums. 😁  
Digital Interconnects - Which one is the BEST ??!!
I’ve been using both rca and xlr digital cables for years. To me they sound better than optical. All the best. JD