curiousjim

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Tune of the Day
The Beatles,  Back In The U.S.S.R. (1968)  
Hearing Aids
@signaforce  Thanks for the reply.  I guess it’s time to see the audiologist again.  
A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks
Doesn’t this fall under the weakest link category?  
Tune of the Day
Blues Brothers, Sweet Home Chicago.  
Tune of the Day
The Beatles,  Blackbird.  
Tune of the Day
Luther Ingram,  If Loving You Is Wrong.  
Power Amp or DAC - weakest link, help please?
Another vote for changing your speakers first.  Speakers can be tuned for more punch and or more bass. Depending on your finances, check out JBL. They should have the punch you’re looking for. All the best.  
Hearing Aids
And speaking of hearing aids,  I have a high pitched sound in ears.  Can a hearing aid help with that?  
12au7 tube?
@twoleftears  I forgot all about them.  They came on like gang busters advertising everywhere and then just stopped. I’ll be listening to hear what answers you get. Oh and thanks for jogging my memory.😊  
12au7 tube?
@hasmarto  I have six PSVANE/Art 12au7 tubes and five of them are bad. Both Viva the vender and PSVANE blew me off.    I will NEVER give either one of them my business.  
12au7 tube?
Oh and I misspoke on my original post. It was the Tungsols that came in second place, not the Gold Lions.  
12au7 tube?
@decooney  I bought a preamp that came with a bunch of extra tubes.  One of the selling points was six brand new PSVANE 12au7 tubes that were still in perfect boxes with Viva stickers on them.  I put in the first two and within 72 hours one of th... 
Movie/film suggestions.
Almost everything by John Williams.  Look all the way back to the fifties with Gidget. Or the sixties with Lost In Space, Diamond Head, Nightmare In Chicago, How to Steal a Million, Valley Of The Dolls and on and on. The seventies with The Poseido... 
12au7 tube?
My preamp uses 12au7’s and I’ve tried PSVANE and will never buy them again and would suggest than nobody should buy from them!  I tried several others and settled on NOS RCA cleartops.  They give me great highs, wonderful midrange without being to... 
Has this ever happened to you?
After about 55 years of building, I am mighty close. I want to try some DAC’s, but I’m really loving my system.