curiousjim
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| 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 | |
| Best XLRs under $500 a pair @bobbyloans I just bought a pair of Audioquest Colorado XLR’s for $450 a pair, new. They listed for $900, but they are last year’s model. All the best. JD | |
| Wow....just look at this guy's car audio..... Back in the eighties, I had a neighbor who had a pickup truck set up for “The Sound Races” it had 6 marine grade batteries in the bed to power it. He said it draw so much power, it would stop the truck motor if he cranked it up without the batte... | |
| Are Tube Buffers for real or even worth it ? I have always found that every time I add something in the sound path, I get some good, but also some bad. Either something is muted or something now has more noise. So I try and keep things short and simple. Preamp, amp, speakers, or on my second... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? Does enjoying taking out and using the feather duster on my equipment and speakers make me a bad person? 😆 | |
| Spendor D9.2 Run In @alphonsodamato Give them a couple hundred hours. Speaker drivers do need to settle in. All the best. | |
| Question about speaker angle @waxensens I have two systems currently. The one with Acoustat panel speakers are aimed just to the right/left of my listening position. The KEF’s are barely toed in, maybe 1°-2°’s. So no two speakers are going to be the same. I’ve had the KEF ... | |
| Question about speaker angle @jjss49 HB is so no nonsense he’s a pleasure to watch. | |
| Bluesound Node 2 vs. Node (2021) I have no experience with the Node2, but I do have the new Node 3 and am running it into a H390. I also have a Pontus ll and an original Schiit Bifrost DAC. The Node 3’s DAC is actually not all that bad. During the last few days I’ve been mixing a... | |
| Balanced Line Stage Tube Preamps If you can afford it, you can’t go wrong with Audio Research. All the best. JD |