curiousjim
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| Downloads Versus Streaming So earlier today, I was listening to a CD of Monster, buy Steppenwolf and was about halfway into it when I decided to se if there was a HR version on Amazon Music. There is and it sounded fantastic, but that is more the exception than the rule. I ... | |
| Considering Towers in the $3000 range Plus one @mrskeptic, But if you can stretch your budget a bit, the GoldenEar, Triton Two Plus is amazing for $4500 a pair. | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? The Sonus Faber, Maxima Amator can make me smile. | |
| The Beatles Revolver I bought the other three and I’ll buy Revolver when it comes out. Nuff said. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley plays Adderley. Steppenwolf, Monster Yes, The Quest | |
| Ordered a Willsenton R300 @whitestix I’ll be very interested in hearing your thoughts about the Willsenton amp. I have always been interested in getting a 300b amp, but have never had the speakers to make them sing. | |
| How far and wide? NSMT speaker placement My room is about 15’x20’ and my speakers are 7’6” apart ( center to center ) and the back of the speakers are 2’ from the front wall and 4’ from the side walls. I’d love to pull them out more, but I don’t want nosy puppy noses getting behind them... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @rok2id How did you Kind Of Blue? I have it on LP and CD and as I said before, listening to it makes me 😊. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I’m listening to Kinda Blue for the umteenth time and it still puts a smile on my face. | |
| Fraud /SCAM Wow, that was fast! Glad you got your money back. | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... Get the PC out and put ANY streamer in. I have a Node N130 and it’s much better sounding than my PC. I’m sure i do better, but this is where I started. Oh, maybe I missed it, but what streaming service are you using? Good or bad, they all have a... | |
| Upgrade path question. Upgrade analog or turn to digital? Why not retip or replace you stylus or cartridge and get a starter digital setup, like a Bluesound Node. If you like streaming, the sky is the limit on streamers and DAC’s and if you don’t like streaming, you have everything analog you already lik... | |
| Tubes, cheese, wine and cognac A few years ago I bought an ARC, SP9 mkll preamp. When I received it and hooked it up, I was very underwhelmed. Inside I found EH 6jd8 tubes. Long story short, I now have NOS Amperex PQ 6922’s from the 60’s and boy what a fabulous difference! | |
| Focal Sopra No 3 vs Goldenear Triton One.R I’ve heard the Triton ones and they were a lot of fun to demo. I can’t speak about the Focal 3 series. All the best. | |
| Jay’s Audio CDT3-MK3 wins over Aurender W20SE @dinov You can rip SACD’s. You need either a Play Station 3 or one of a few older Sony CD players and some Linux software. I’ve done it on the few SACD’s that I own and it sounds great. |