curiousjim
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| Which Tweeter preferred- dome natural material, Beryllium/Metal or Planar Ribbon? Why? @arion , Come to the Midwest. I would love to hear your dipoles! All the best! JD | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? @yyzsantabarbara , Thanks! I’m still not into streaming yet, but I still enjoy hearing new and new to me music. All the best. JD | |
| 48kHz vs 96kHz: audible? Last time I used JRiver, Hi-Res didn’t exist. 😀 I guess I’ll have to see what all it does these days. Oh drat, there isn’t an iOS app for it yet. Guess I’ll have to fire up the laptop. | |
| Is Old Music Killing New Music? @yyzsantabarbara , What is the FM station you speak of? Are they online? I’d be very interested. Thanks. JD | |
| Audio nonsense @bigbrox , There was a big BOOM and our electricity just went out. You think I could borrow that new generator of yours??🤪 No really, we’re going to buy one this week. Sigh, JD | |
| Bluesound Node or Audiolab 6000N My Hegel amp has streaming built in, but not gapless. I’m in the same position and I just ordered the new Node 2 (N130). It’s supposed to be here Wednesday. I’ll let you know. All the best. JD | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey Plus 3 for the Snell Type A’s, playing the 1812 Overture, blew me away! Then the DQ-10’s, then the Accoust Model 3’s which I swapped for a pair of Model X’s that I still have today. JD | |
| $1000 (used ok) Streamer Dac recommendation please I’m finally sticking my toe into streaming and just ordered a Node n130, the new for 2021 one. It’s supposed to be here Wednesday. WooHoo JD | |
| Do you trust your system? I have two systems. The first one I trust with my life. The second one I’m not so sure yet. The room is so different and I haven’t been able to dial it in yet. But either way, I’m done for a while buying amps and speakers. All the best. JD | |
| Jimmy Two-Times is Back!!!!!!!!!!! That was my nickname in college, but that was a long time ago. JD | |
| Inexpensive speaker cables: any experience? About thirty years ago I bought some stranded, silver coated, 12 gauge wire. I still have two, ten foot lengths with the ends tinned with silver solder. While they aren’t on my main system, they were until I bought a pair of AQ Rocket 88’s. All t... | |
| starting equiment that ic cold from being shipped Tubes yes you should wait a bit so everything warms up some so the temperature change isn’t as drastic. SS, probably won’t make any difference. All the best. | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer ocdmikey is the same clown who lost out on distributing of Denafrips products and went on YouTube blasting the company and their products. Really appeared to be sour grapes. Maybe he pissed of Mac as well. | |
| How many systems do you have? Four. Office, Music room, family room two channel and TV room three channel. | |
| Power Cable Suggestions Needed Check out Audience F3’s. They can be had for @$150 B Stock. All the best. JD |