mapman

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And a Happy 4th to all!
No comment this year other than everyone always count your blessings.   Be kind to others.  Basking in cruelty has never been the  American way and still isn’t.   
What is your audio axiom?
Enjoy the music!  
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Never…  
Your advice appreciated: Bookshelf Speakers for my Conrad Johnson CAV45-S2
Find a pair of Fritz and spring for them.   
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Lindisfarne  
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The Dead at their best  
Options to improve digital sound
If you have not attempted to use Roon DSP to tweak the sound as needed it would be silly to change anything else prior.  You already own perhaps the most powerful and flexible tweak of all. Use it!  
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Fun workout tune    
Dealer affiliations and attitudes, assumptions and lack of respectful engagement in audio.
Don’t know about all that but can say in confidence that respect is typically earned not owed so if there is a problem there perhaps we all need to take a look in the mirror meaning society as a whole.   
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Absolutely love this  
How competitive are you with your system?
No rank  but I always use live music and what I consider to be good reference systems as, well, references.  You have to know what the target sounds like first to have a chance to hit it or even come close.   However were I to rank, my rankings w... 
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Please…  
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Fear of a Blank Planet. Are we getting there?  
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Marc-Almond  
Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus
@sns providing an example of a well behaved Roon setup that is affordable is very valuable info. Thanks.  Also consistent with what I have read about Mac mini being a good choice for running Roon core/server.  Mac mini will be a step up from my cu...