curiousjim
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| Another Day, Another Upgrade. Congratulations on your wonderful system and don’t listen to those guys saying get rid of your CD’s. I bought a different streamer last year and it sounds great and I listened to nothing but Qobuz for the last 8 months. Last week, I reinstalled my... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @emergingsoul @tablejockey @ghdprentice nailed it. Look for an older model. I’d be willing to bet that the Amati G4’s sound fantastic and you wouldn’t be disappointed. I love my G5’s and last year when I bought mine, it was really hard for... | |
| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? A few years ago, maybe ten, the number of fake cables increased dramatically. Check out Ali Express. AQ and Nordost knockoffs are everywhere. There’s a few YouTube channels out there that review all the cables and equipment from there and they ... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. I don’t know. Something’s changed. Long ago and far away I had a small gaming store ( when D&D was at its peak). The markup on the things we sold ranged from 20%-37%. I also managed a restaurant when I was in college and the margins there w... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @audio-b-dog I used to have over 5000 CD’s. I ripped a bunch and just plain gave away a bunch, but I still have about 2500 left. A lot are old favorites like the Beatles and I have many that aren’t on Amazon and Qobuz (the two services I currentl... | |
| Line Array VS Traditional Box Speakers, Why not just get the line array ? I too have been to my share of shows and I have better sound at home that probably 95%+ of the places I’ve listened to shows. Years ago, I saw Samantha Fish doing her schtick in the middle of an outdoor art fair. I really felt sorry for her. Sh... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I finally reinstalled my CD Transport to the system and was digging through a box of disks a pulled out Doin’ Alright. Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Parlin, George Tucker, Al Harewood. Originally recorded on May 6, 1961 in the Rudy Van... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. Just talked with my dealer and indeed she said most of the price increase was directly due to tariffs! Sigh. | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @kerrybh Why do I find the thought of Bose being in control very unsettling? but I guess Bose knows best | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. It’s too soon for it to be 20% tariffs. I have no idea what the current tariffs are on Italy. I think they’re still at 2.5% on electronics. The model I am referring to was new maybe a couple years ago and has had no more R&R put into it, so... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. @jetter I sure hope the next new speaker system doesn’t have 9 of the same drivers in it! 🤣🤣🤣 The price increase was obviously necessary because SF speakers are being upgraded with higher quality Bose speaker drivers and crossovers. | |
| Atoll MS120 Streamer @jfrost27 Sounds like You have a good dealer there. See if they will allow you a two week demo on hopefully both pieces or at least on at a time. All the best. | |
| All-in-One (Streamer/DAC/Amp) - Powernode vs WiiM amps Sorry I don’t have any real experience with WiiM, but I do with Bluesound and their products have always been mechanically reliable and the company has always been proactive on the software side. My 2cents. | |
| Wool Felt Footers? It interesting, Isoacoustics Gaia 1 feet were wonderful under my speakers, but when I put their other products under my other equipment I noticed absolutely no difference. I ended up using the clothes washing machine rubber isolators under my amp... | |
| Need a solid surge protector that’s non-current limiting. Call Audience Audio. They have a line of power as well as conditioners with magnetic circuit breakers. |