curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| Jazz for aficionados Another new to me group is Hendrix Meurkens and the title that caught my eye is “The Jazz Meurkengers”. Really diggin’ it. | |
| Jazz for aficionados I’m listening to Yes! Trio, Spring Sings. I have never heard of these guys, but what a pleasant surprise for me. | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear My Mac experience is that the tube stuff is a bit bottom heavy, the mids are good and the highs are a bit muted. If you buy a brighter speaker like the B&W 800 series, tube Macs sound great. I never had a problem with their equipment, so I c... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? @scottcooter, Thanks for sharing. I just got a dedicated 20 amp line and am just starting to search for new outlets. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Am I the only one who didn’t know there was a “New” Oscar Peterson collection this year? “A Night With Oscar Peterson” It’s on Qobuz and Amazon Music. It also has 98 cuts! What’s odd is it’s 24/192 on Amazon and 16/44.1 on Qobuz. | |
| Tune of the Day | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @designsfx Can’t listen until tonight or tomorrow. I’ll be sure to let you know.😀 Thanks for thinking of me. | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit. 10/2 or 10/3? I have a 20 amp dedicated line and I believe it’s its a 12/3 cable on two duplex boxes. One has the power conditioner on it and the other has the amps plugged into it. I haven’t changed outlets mostly because if I ask five people about it, I ge... | |
| Please be gentle with me! 🙏 Yes definitely, the N130 is what I started with. It will stream just about everything and the app is pretty good too. Whenever he upgrades his equipment, he can upgrade his streamer as well. Oh and after more than two years, I’m still happily u... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? I now have mono blocks and there’s an old style Cardas Clear Beyond for sale in Canada. If I buy a new style cable that has different plugs on the ends will there be a noticeable difference in the sound between the A style and the B style? Thanks. | |
| JJ preamp tubes - repeated problems If they are preamp tubes, they should last 2000-10000 hours depending on the design of the preamp. Obviously there is something wrong. While I don’t particularly like the sound of JJ tubes, they might not be at fault and I would hope Mac would in... | |
| Tune of the Day Ten Years After, Working On The Road. | |
| Tune of the Day Argent, Hold Your Head Up. | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear I just listened to Welcome To The World by Ben Harper and there’s a couple of cuts on the album that are going on my list. | |
| Look at these beauties Seraphim is gonna be my Rapper name. |