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curiousjim

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Tune of the Day
John Matall, Peter Green, Keith Emerson,  Mick Taylor and Kim Simmonds! https://youtu.be/oQTpoboiU40?si=hI7qOqFKRZk6KmAc  
From Sonus Faber Extrema to...
Beautiful!   I hope you are as happy with your SF speakers as I am with mine. 😁  
Tune of the Day
Dan Fogelberg,  Leader Of The Band.  
Tune of the Day
Climax Blues Band,  Towards The Sun.  
Tune of the Day
Ten Years After,  Positive Vibrations.  
Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say?
I have a friend from college who still has the same system he had in the seventies and my brother has all his tunes in his phone and is perfectly happy listening to them through the phones 1/4” speakers. If they’re happy and are still listening to... 
How Many Readers Come & Go
Aren’t most all the threads still here and searchable?  
Reliability - what’s your experience been?
I had a Sumo preamp lose a channel.  Never could get it fixed and a tweeter went out on a KEF Reference speaker and not from abuse.  Everything else has been maintenance like a turntable belt or replacing some tubes.  
Help me find my ideal Stereo Integrated Amp
The new Hegel H190v might be something for you to check out.  It has all of the features you mentioned or with the H400 now out, you could check out the Hegel H390 and getting a phono preamp. I’m pretty sure getting a separate phono preamp will so... 
Jazz for aficionados
@acman3  I agree, 100%!   Very, very good straight ahead jazz.  
Jazz for aficionados
@jbuhl I just listened to the first disk and it’s really good! So yes, it will be on my Xmas list. Here’s to trying to be good for the rest of the year.😁  
Whats playing on your system today?
Neil Young,  Toast.  
Whats playing on your system today?
The Black Keys,  Delta Kream.  
Bluesound Node130 LPS upgrade...
Yes. After a few months of using my N130, I ordered the Teddy Pardo LPS kit.  It was easy to install and it made a noticeable improvement in the sound.  Still have it and use it on a separate system in an unused bedroom.  
Is it analog or is it digital?
The difference between Digital or Analog on most conditioners usually has nothing to do with amplifyers.  Having said that, it’s usually better to plug amps straight into the wall on a different circuit than your power conditioner. That way the am...