jjss49

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What are you streaming tonight?
chas lloydcantosoooooo lovely... what a masterpiece 
Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i)
@three_easy_payments hahahajust like with our ornery half crazy uncles we try to take the good and ignore the bad... 🤭 
Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i)
The normal progression is for cold and new to be harsh and grainy, with most of the dynamics and extension but little of the body and harmonic fullness. This fills in over time, and usually with varying amounts of improved extension at both ends, ... 
High end Class D amps?
phd a trumpy democrat hater -- woohooand i thought red just stands for the uneducated pull wool over my eyes contingent... 
Which speakers to be ''in'' the music?
agree with sentiments belowvandys and avalons do something very right - i think it has to be the unboxy sound and dispersion patternhigher vandy's should have level adjustment for tweeter to manage that response 
Power strips- too many choices
if you want just a power strip look for a wiremold or tripplite model with no switches no LED’syou want more functionality, then it gets complicated 
solid state power amps
transformer hum from ac linegoogle "van alstine humdinger' - built to solve frequent causes of hum problems in hifi systems 
As Advised, Starting With Speakers First.
op is coming from m-l'sif he doesn't hear spatials, my money is on him ending up with maggies and subs 
Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i)
some speakers really demand strong solid state amps to sound their best, tube amps cannot handle themother speakers thrive on tube amps, presenting more friendly loads and efficiency, but to be as efficient and amp friendly, they sacrifice some pe... 
Integrated amp -- Pass Labs vs Luxman vs McIntosh
@arafiq every arc amp i have owned (it is up to 14 of them in the past 25 years) comes with a heavy gauge power cord... not a fancy branded one, but a heavy duty one suited to handle substantial current demands of the amp -- of course over the yea... 
Integrated amp -- Pass Labs vs Luxman vs McIntosh
@arafiq so did u try that magic ac cord with the arc? 
Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good?
except a tubed dac... 
Warm romantic & detailed
40.1s i had overloaded my room so i got rid of themshl5+ worked better for me********************************************************back to your original post subject title - "warm romantic detailed"https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649684310-s... 
Warm romantic & detailed
i would agree with other posters that older revisions of harbeths had more meaningful tonality changes - for 40.1 to 40.2 - for c7-ii to c7-iii - for super 5 to plus version - all dialed back the mid bass boominess that could overwhelm rooms and o... 
Okay, How Important Is Speaker Break In? (Dynaudio Contour 60i)
different speakers have different dispersion patterns so can interact with room attributes differentlyagree w comments below that modern speakers have accentuated lower treble and upper midrange for better perceived 'presence' - often to the detri...