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Thad Jones
"Central Park North" kills just finished listening to it, the title track is a wonderfully complex but grooving song! 
Do I need higher quality power cords?
If you like the Isotek, and I'm guessing you do, why not more of their cords?  And buying used is a great way to go tons of used power cords on here all the time. 
Furutech GTX NCF receptical break in, how long
Rhodium takes a seriously long time to break in so hang in there! 
Thad Jones
I knew of Thad as a player but not as a bandleader so this has been great. Listened to some Thad/Mel Lewis stuff and some of Thad's solo stuff. Great music and playing and excellent sound quality across the board thus far. Thanks for starting the ... 
Yesteryears' expensive speakers compared to modern moderately expensive speakers
@ieales very well said. I envy those who can mod gear and also have the ability to use room treatments. My GF would never allow that. 
Thad Jones
Thanks for mentioning Thad Jones just queued up Village Vanguard on Tidal! 
SW1X Audio Design DAC II Absolute Top Tier Ref NOS DAC
@wig Glad you're enjoying the Dac so much and having fun tube rolling! 
Mono Blocks on a Budget, is it possible?
For sound quality versus pure wattage these are nice class A monos for cheap:http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649362122-monarchy-audio-sm70/ 
It really comes to something when a brand as iconic as Gibson Guitars cant stay afloat!
Did anyone read the article I linked? Seems like the really interesting part of this is cultural rather than economic. I find myself bemused and encouraged by the rising number of girls learning guitar because of Taylor Swift. 
It really comes to something when a brand as iconic as Gibson Guitars cant stay afloat!
A great article on this subject came out a year ago in the Washington Post.https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/...The modern day guitar hero? Taylor Swift. 
Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!!
+1 edichang62 I have the print edition and the ML is indeed a followup and the Halo is in a column. All regular reviews contain measurements. 
Whats playing on your system today?
"Dizzy 100" Dizzy Gillespie 
RE: Suggestions for Tidal Streaming problems caused by Internet Connection Problems
Oh just to clarify I am not using an Aurender I use an Auralic Aries Mini. My issues were just with Tidal not with Auralic. 
RE: Suggestions for Tidal Streaming problems caused by Internet Connection Problems
I will say I was at my wits end with Tidal a few weeks ago I would say it was only working about 40% of the time. Then boom two weekends ago it started working flawlessly and since then it's been fine. Only buffering I've experienced is between tr... 
Unknown type of audio interface/connector/cable
It's really hard to tell what that is in the photo and I am with stereo5 a tape deck would go into a preamp or integrated not a speaker.