curiousjim
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| Tune of the Day https://youtu.be/8z9wni2uzR8?si=QT2e_HsEpGvE6Akz Humble Pie, Black Coffee | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system I have both the BHK Signature preamp and the BHK300 mono blocks and I love the ability to change tubes on either of them. In the preamp I’ve tried 5-6 different tubes and have been using NOS, RCA clear tops for the last couple of months. On the a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Listening to another Binker Golding album, Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy. Another well recorded album. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Hey all, Check out Binker Golding, Abstractions Of Reality Past And Incredible Feathers. Just stumbled onto this album and it’s really good and well recorded, Let me know what you think. Jim | |
| Jazz for aficionados @stuartk I just found at least three Eastern Rebellion albums. Happy listening to me! Thanks! | |
| Jazz for aficionados I’ve listened to Bob Berg, Another Standard numerous times and it still makes me smile. It was funny to me when I read a terrible review of this album. | |
| Toe in is crucial I currently have a (broken in) loaner pair of SF Amanti G5’s and after they set them up as they were instructed to, there was no depth and and the top end was muted. They said that they took a 12 hour course on how to set them up. After they left,... | |
| Updating my streamer If the A 200 is anything like the N 200 in quality, you’ll love it! All the best. | |
| Tune of the Day Mike Harrison, Smokestack Lightning. | |
| DH Labs - Shunyata Cable Comparison For the money, DH Labs are great. I have a Mirage usb running from my streamer to my dac and it’s been there for quite awhile now. All the best. | |
| Listening to what we Like Instead of what we have to Plus 1 @kennymacc Don’t take our word. We don’t know your room and certainly don’t know your ears! Do you have an audio store or even a Nebraska Furniture Mart anywhere near you? Go out and listen to everything you can. All the best. | |
| Isolation systems In my system, I have heard almost no difference with any isolation devices under my components, but I hear a huge improvement using Isoacoustics Gaia 1’s under my speakers! | |
| Amps that don’t impersonate space heaters. I bought a pair of used PS Audio BHK 300’s. They do run warm, but unless you run them hard, they don’t get burning hot. According to Paul, the P in PS Audio, the first 5 watts are class A. Because their input stage is tube, you can roll a couple o... | |
| Revel F50 worth the money? As a brand, Revel has some great speakers and for $900 , I’d say buy em. All the. Best. | |
| High end bookshelf speakers for Small room The Borresen X1 or the Fleetwood Devilles come to mind. Oh and I have become a Sonus Farber convert, but I can’t say much about their bookshelf speakers. All the best. |