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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning 
Power
My 2 cents - I think your power cord budget is good for a solid performing Shunyata Venom HC v1 or v2. Great bargains used. On the power conditioner if you can go up a little $-wise, try an Isotek EVO3 Polaris. See listing at the Music Direct link... 
Schiit Lokius anyone?
Tellement vrai!(Mon français avec l'aimable autorisation de Google translate.) 
Schiit Lokius anyone?
Hello @sanvara - You are absolutely right. Visited the site to look at Loki delivery times and got sidetracked once I saw the Lokius. Did not even register that the Loki Mini+ was a new model. From the Schiit Loki Mini+ FAQSo wasn’t there a Loki M... 
Schiit Lokius anyone?
"...even better than the old 4 band...."Agreed and the price still seems reasonable for what you get. 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
@nuttyThanks for posting that new track featuring Joanne Shaw Taylor. CDP playback or not, I always intended this thread for "the non-vinyl half", i.e., digital listeners regardless of source. "What’s in your CDP tonight?" was just a convenient pl... 
Jazz Music Question
A couple of corrections to my comments. The Michael Brecker album title is "Two Blocks From The Edge". Tony Williams’ quintet is hard bop but Brecker is post bop and I see Steps Ahead classed as fusion (though not fusion as I tend to think of it).... 
Jazz Music Question
"What artists or albums might you recommend?"Tony Williams Quintet - Civilization, also Angel Street.Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson, also Two Steps from the EdgeMike Manieri's Steps Ahead - the self-titled first US release but also Smokin... 
Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why.
"It does not matter how much I spend on a piece of new gear or a tweak, the single biggest contribution to my listening pleasure is the quality of the recording."@chilli42AMEN!Understanding recording quality to derive from: composition, performanc... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
St. Germain - self-titledLast track, "Forget Me Not"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrBAEyhiHmU 
Blues for Aficionados
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYm4QRvDmw&list=OLAK5uy_kHkKFLgaVXBuKu3vcoBaXEfbzg1Z_iUOMSt. Germain - Real BluesMali by way of Paris. 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Animal Logic I & IILove Deborah Holland's voice.  Stewart Copeland and Stanley Clarke, not too bad either!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvJhj7DeM4 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
For @slaw , @nutty , & @pokeyThe Lord Dog Bird.  A LoFi masterpiece.Something about it reminds me of Hiss Golden Messenger - but further out there.Persevere (maybe) through tracks 1-3.  It gets "easier".Track 5, Song for Woodthrushhttps://www.... 
Auralic Aries
@mike_in_nc Glad you enjoyed it.  Learned at the audio school of hard knocks; hard knocks seemingly the only way to get things through my thick skull.;-) 
Blues for Aficionados
Vera Hall - Trouble So Hardhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9SENzRLk_M(A thanks to Moby for the intro)Sonhouse - John The Revelatorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGBoP70A7Q0