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curiousjim

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How easily can you distinguish between different DACs?
On some DAC’s it’s night and day and some it’s very subtle.  For example, I have a Schiit Bifrost and a Denafrips Pontus ll and they are night and day different!   
Audio stand needed....Moving main components from mechanical room to listening room
I have a Pangea, four shelf rack I’m not using. Make me an offer if you’re interested. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10BBbN8Vd2_2sgQAoMI8N5CqnWdhASrbH  
Jazz for aficionados
Listening to Verve Jazz Masters 51.  Blossom Dearie. What a well recorded, fun album.    
Tune of the Day
Todd Rundgren,   Love Of The Common Man.     
Acoustically Treating a Bomb Shelter
So if the ceiling is concrete, that has to addressed as well as the flooring and walls. But it does sound like a fun project.  
Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation.
I started with tubes, then went to SS, went back to tubes and then a couple of years ago I bought my first integrated amp.  The Hegel H390 sounds pretty darn good to me. Maybe in a couple more years I’ll go back tube separates.  Or maybe Hybrid am... 
Whats playing on your system today?
@designsfx  Listening now.😁  
Whats playing on your system today?
I’m listening to Eric Woolfson,   The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was. Excellent!  
Whats playing on your system today?
Never mind @ozzy, I listened to Hackney. And while you nailed how bad the SQ was, I was blown away by how good that old man could sing!  Normally they half talk a song because they can’t reach the notes anymore, but Mick nailed it! To bad the rec... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Hey @ozzy , So I haven’t listened to it yet. The previews kinda looked silly.  Is the album worth a listen or just the track?  
Jazz for aficionados
Thanks Alex, Sounds like my kind of album.  
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Brian Protheroe,   Pinball. kinda a one hit wonder, but the album is pretty solid.  
Tune of the Day
Off Broadway,   Bad Indication.  
Solved my streaming grunge (inner detail) problem
I’m surprised we haven’t heard more about Mesh. I was warned years ago to hard wire and not use Mesh!  The same dealer started using a Powerline setup and I tried it.  It gave me more freedom on where I could place my equipment.  
Ground Loop?
I’d never had a problem with Ground Loop until my wife turned on an infrared space heater in the basement.  I had no idea what was happening and it drove me nuts until I figured it out.  What’s funny is we switched to a regular space heater and ha...