curiousjim
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| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget Plus one for Sonus Farber. Check out the Electa Amator lll’s. They’re are beautiful two ways that can be bi-wired or bi-amped. All the best. | |
| An audio component you just can't let go Love my Acoustat Model X’s. | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 lacking some bass Great system. Maybe the Alexa’s are to far from the front wall?. Just a thought. | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp Stay away from PSVANE. Look for the new Mullards or the Genalex, Gold Lion. They’re about $106 a pair on Amazon, don’t know how much on Brent Jesse. | |
| Tune of the Day Van Morrison, Into The Mystic. | |
| Tune of the Day Frank and Nancy Sinatra https://youtu.be/sLEQvWt0axk?si=Bo5u76djOxUZbdIp | |
| Tune of the Day Bonnie Raitt. Nice lady, great performer! | |
| Streamer recommendations I also went from a BS Node (N130) to an Aurender, but I still have the Node and I happily listen to it in another system. | |
| Favorite mid-tier streamer I have a Node N130 running to a Denafrips Pontus ll and it sounds great! I then upgraded the LPS and it sounds even better. I paid $400 for the Node and $3xx for the Teddy Pardo LPS. So it’s well within your budget. All the best. | |
| Which of my components has the better built in DAC? The one that sounds best to you was my first thought, but the all in one Node really shouldn’t be able to compete with the Mac. I have a N130 and it’s really good really works well, but I did upgrade the PSU and I ran it into an external DAC fairl... | |
| PS Audio BHK signature preamp I have the BHK Signature preamp and it’s really good. The hook that made me buy it was the tube rolling aspect. I was able to find some RCA Cleartops from Brent Jesse that were perfect for my ears. When I saw the half price ad, at first I was kin... | |
| What is your favorite budget streamer? I happily have the a BS Node N130 on a system. | |
| Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing? Jimmy Buffett, Wasted away in Margaritaville. | |
| I was recently introduced to this musician, so I am sharing What album did you buy? | |
| Calling All Tube Gurus @elrod The good and the bad of using tubes is there a lot variation. The biggest variables are brand and how much they’ve been used. If you have a decent system and decent ears, you should be able to hear the differences. Recently I bought som... |