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curiousjim

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Whats playing on your system today?
Another good one, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman,   Seen All Around The World.  
Jazz for aficionados
@ho249  While I know absolutely nothing about Phono Stages,  maybe this will help. https://alpha-audio.net/hi-fi/vinyl/2023/10/live-stream-multitest-29-10-2023-1030-cest-phono-pre-amps-up-to-1000-euro/ https://www.youtube.com/live/FN7VP-xezRs?s... 
Whats playing on your system today?
@curtisvill  Great choice! All the Garcia/Grisman albums are great listening.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Grateful Dead,   Wake Of The Dead 2023 remaster with several added tracks.  
Tune of the Day
Eddie Money,   Trinidad.  
Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk  Out of curiosity, what speakers and cables are you using? As I’m sure you know, I have the KEF’s, but the rest is Rocket 88 cables assembled by Audio Advisor and my PC is the Pangea, 9SE- MKll.  
Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk  A lot of companies have a signature sound and Hegel definitely has one. It’s not the amount of watts as what the whole chain of electronics that makes them. I bet you haven’t used 100 watts since you bought your H390, unless you’ve real... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Verve Jazz Masters #1,   Louis Armstrong.     
Jazz for aficionados
@rok2id  What cha got now, speakers, room size, budget and what do you want to change concerning the presentation?  
Jazz for aficionados
I’m going to see how many of the Verve Jazz Master’s albums I find and listen to. Starting with #1, Louis Armstrong.  
Tune of the Day
Tal Bachman,  She’s So High.  
Jazz for aficionados
@rok2id  I’ve seen that video before and it makes me smile. Not that it’s comedic, but because when I started my audio journey, I had twenty watt Singer(?) amps. By the eighties, you had to hundreds of watts per channel and now if you look at som... 
Tune of the Day
UFO,   High Flyer.     
HAVE YOU ARRIVED AT YOUR FINAL SYSTEM AND WHAT’S IN IT? WHAT ARTIST IS YOUR GO TO?
Like @mahler123  said,  this is my final system until it isn’t. And I listen mostly to Jazz, so I can’t pick just one artist.  
Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps
I’m in the upper 60’s group and while I can hear conversations very well, like most everyone else, my hearing is gone a bit above 12k. I guess because it happened so slowly, I never noticed.