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curiousjim

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Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please
This has little to do with slugs, but How do magnetic breakers work and do they make the sound better? When I had some amplifiers updated, they replaced the fuses with magnetic breakers and I was never given a good answer, other than it’s better t... 
Jazz for aficionados
@alexatpos  ”'Cohn on the saxaphone“ Another great album.    
Jazz for aficionados
Here’s some more Zoller, https://youtu.be/sYP6ZtAH0t8?si=lgKnXNRfr7Saeyyp https://youtu.be/ZxzFQSykU2o?si=Va3pWc0jigptANos   https://youtu.be/AMDiz26AHlo?si=aFaDik1lRyF-VKQw  
Tune of the Day
Hot Tuna,   Water Song.  
Jazz for aficionados
And speaking of Al Cohn,   Play It Now is a wonderful album!  
Whats playing on your system today?
@ozzy I'm sort of embarrassed to admit, but I just listened and enjoyed "The Best Of Tom Jones" It’s not unusual…😁  
Tune of the Day
Atomic Rooster,   Sleeping For Years.     
Whats playing on your system today?
@ozzy  Sorry I took so long to get back to you. I put on the Live in Japan album and my wife emerged from her office, started smiling and singing along. Thanks for the suggestion.😁  
Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!!
Congratulations on finding your end game speakers!  I’m still looking for mine.  
Tune of the Day
John Miles,   Do It Again.     
Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker.
@jacobsdad2000  Until I retired, I never had an hour a day to sit uninterrupted and listen! Now it is become a habit. Long story, but I just received a new set of speakers and they are slowly breaking in and of course I am fiddling with their pos... 
ARE AUDIOPHILES OVERLY SENSITIVE BY NATURE?FEELINGS AND OPINIONS?
Unfortunately, it ain’t just audiophiles…  
Is anybody using the new Afterdark music server?
Looks good, I’ll try and keep an eye out for reviews.  
Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound?
Back when I started in this wacky world of ours, I had a set of Bozak A’s, then B’s. When I played the 1812 Overture, you could feel it!  Now, with the way speakers have improved and subwoofers have improved, you don’t necessarily need big speaker... 
Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker.
@hilde45 plus 1 While there’s music playing 4-5 hours a day, I try to sit with my eyes closed and truly focus on my system.  Sometimes I sit and smile and sometimes I get up and change something. My real Itus, is reading all the reviews and watc...