curiousjim
Responses from curiousjim
| IsoAcoustics GAIA I just bought a pair of Sonus Farber speakers and haven’t put Gaia’s on them yet, but when I put them on my KEF Reference 5’s, they made an instant improvement in the presentation and the bass. | |
| Recommendation for tube preamp The ARC, LS28 is a thing of beauty. If you can swing it, you won’t be disappointed. All the best. | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. @rooze I am another older guy, but I’m not signed in to YouTube. I open the app and watch hifi videos. So how would they know my age or gender? | |
| Tune of the Day @77jovian Soooo, how was Burton Cummings?? Answer tonight or tomorrow 😀 | |
| Tune of the Day Jethro Tull, Living In The Past. https://youtu.be/Tn9IyFLDtjk?si=e3RTZR_zAKFRP6L_ | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk I spent an additional 72 hours with the Hegel and just switched back to the PS Audio gear and played the last tune I listened to. The PS Audio BHK preamp and amps sounded noticeably better! While the $6000 H390 is no slouch it really ca... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos Great post. Great story. I’m going to look around for Echoes From Nature Boy. (edit, found it and two other albums) Thanks for the post.😀 | |
| Tune of the Day Men Without Shame https://youtu.be/rSS1ZgTS2pE?si=Y4A7MF_TT8KLCZKJ | |
| Jazz for aficionados @acman3 Thanks for posting the Sonny Rollins links. Both were good and I subscribed to both of their channels. | |
| Rays Tubes A day doesn’t go by where I don’t see an ad for the tubes or the equipment they sell. I also tried to find out where their stuff was made and nobody will say for sure. Though they are very generous. You can get 5% off your first order! | |
| Unplated copper spades/banana Most all wire is copper. The difference between a gold plate does make a difference, but in the big scheme of things, the difference between a gold plate and naked copper is really really really small. Rather than having to polish the ends on all... | |
| Tune of the Day The Baby’s, Give Me Your Love. Crank it up! https://youtu.be/l2s2LZ3PLDs?si=hNoG8lw6XR7CWufA | |
| Tune of the Day Arlo Guthrie, The Motorcycle Song. https://youtu.be/BvLtNBm1yyA?si=c66ynS2TptXEdNj6 | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hey @zlone I had a pair of KEF Reference 5’s that I never fully liked. The sounded very good, but very anaalog. The SF’s straight out of the box sounded warmer. I have about 25 hours on the new speakers and they are definitely changing for the b... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound Driver Issue Could it be the new software is designed to work with Win11? |