david_ten

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Whats playing on your system today?
Dreaming Wide Awake  ---  Lizz Wright   
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
@high-amp  Thanks for answering my question. Many ways to go about what you are trying to achieve. Other posters have offered you valuable advice. If you are truly trying to keep it simple, while rebuilding your finances, home, room, etc. an ext... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Lost Songs of the Silk Road: Persian and Indian Improvisations  ---  Ghazal (Kayhan Kalhor; Kamancheh / Shujaat Hussain Khan; Sitar / Swapan Chaudhuri; Tabla)    
If a " system " cannot do this, I move on........
@mrdecibel   Good to have you back. +1 for your OP  
Ready For Digital Source...Computer?
@high-amp   Can you share your current system, room, etc.?  Is it the one represented by the photo on your system page? Thanks.  
Whats playing on your system today?
Weaving My Ancestor's Voices  ---  Sheila Chandra  (International / World Beat  / Indian)  
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
The T+A PA 3100 HV integrated is back in the system (after a very long run addressing break-in playtime due to recent other component and cable changes).I'm bypassing it's preamp section. The T+A SDV 3100 HV is serving as Preamplifier. For those u... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@larryi   Larry, thanks for sharing your personal and in-person findings from the Capital Audio Fest.  
Network Switches
@richtruss  Your finding and experience is really important and valid. I'm so glad you shared it. +1 to @lalitk  's concurrence with your assessment.I'll add that choosing a well made DIY or purchased DC cable is just as important. 
Describe the sound of point source loudspeakers?
Another audiophile version (of many such tales on this forum) and as current as the original: "The Emperor’s New Clothes"Dimensionless or infinitely small objects cannot possibly produce sound. [Emphasis added]... "infinitely small objects cannot ... 
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Lee Morgan  ---  Candy 
Describe the sound of point source loudspeakers?
Another audiophile version (of many such tales on this forum) and as current as the original: "The Emperor’s New Clothes"Point source speakers create a small image even if they are huge speakers. It is like sitting at the back of the concert hall. 
Whats playing on your system today?
Indian Ocean Performs The Original Soundtrack For "blackfriday" (a movie based on the Mumbai bomb blasts in 1993) [International / Jazz / Electronic composition] 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@stephendunn  Correct!!!  Placement is such a critical and rewarding factor with speakers in general.Have you raised / have you considered raising your listening position to accommodate the 3 inch height increase with the Nenuphars on the Townshen... 
Budget High Current Power Cords
The recently discovered: Adequacy Equation ~~~ knowitall (raised e to the 3X ridiculous) divided by bullshit (raised to e of the blind constant)  = farce less envy