curiousjim

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How did you get started in this hobby
Oh and I left out the Reel to Reel and cassette recorders.  
How did you get started in this hobby
Back in the mid seventies, I had a friend who had stereo equipment and camera & darkroom equipment. Through him I met the owner of a small stereo store in Collinsville, Illinois. Dixon became my pusher and led me through from Bozak to Dalhques... 
New High End Audio Dealer in Midwest
@blisshifi  All the best to you on your opening. May your business expand to a second store 500-600 miles south of your current location. 😁  
E-bay and its sellers
OP, Did you get your money back? Did you write a negative review of your experience with the seller? If you did and if you did, thanks for the heads up.  
Mono block Preamp
Maybe a dual mono in one box and a balance control?  That would be more my speed.  
a better interconnect cable
I to have a pair of Model X’s and the Interconnects are the most important (and only) wires that you can easily change.  While it breaks with convention, I lengthened the wires from the amps to the speakers and used better IC’s from my preamp to t... 
IsoAcoustics Gaia w/MAGICO
@vule , What county are you in? Several companies in the states that sell the Gaia’s offer a 30-60 day free return policies. I have KEF Reference 5 speakers and tried the Gaia 1’s and decided they were great, so I kept them. Check out Crutchfield... 
Torus vs AudioQuest Niagara
I’ve got an Audience AR-6 power conditioner and It’s been great. No noise at all. Everything was plugged into it and then I was told that it might reduce the highs or muddy the sound if the amp was plugged into it, so I have tried plugging my amp ... 
New equipment
My name is Jim and I’m a Audophile.   Hi Jim.👋🏻👋🏻  
Will rebuilt Quad ESL 57s take the place on a great $30K dynamic speaker?
The ESL 57’s are wonderful speakers and my only suggestion would be to add a couple of small (8”-10”) subwoofers. The faster the better! That’s what I did with my Acoustat Model  X’s. All the best. JD  
Qobuz or Apple Music?
Now that Apple Music is doing 24/192 lossless, it’s much much better.  Having said that, I’ll have to give Qobuz another try.  
How do you organize all this turntable paraphernalia??
Everything I use goes into a drawer when not in use. Thank goodness I don’t have a record cleaning machine.  It would never fit into the drawer! 😃  
Tannoy Turnberry Gr
What a beautiful system you’ve built.   I have nothing else to add except Stay Safe!  
Isn't it really about quality of recording?
<<The dealers don't wanna talk about Recording quality no one seems to want to talk about it and why is this? Because there's no money to be made here that's why.>>   Yup,  it’s because they sell equipment and not records?  Just like ... 
Small Form-Factor CD Player/Transport
I looked at the smaller format CD transports last year and found that they moved around a lot when ever you touched them. Inserting or removing a CD for instance. With my current setup, I can’t put weights on the units, so I ended up buying a full...