mapman

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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... 
New vs uses in your current setup
Mine is a pretty even mix.  I am joining all the world leaders and claiming victory in my personal war (for good sound) just like them with their actual war involving big expensive toys that also make sounds ("boom").  My "intelligence" is the bes... 
Brain Farts w/ Roon Nucleus
@pvnasby for sure for most everyone I know would feel similar.  But since when did technical  challenges stop audiophiles in their pursuit of excellence?   We are too awesome for that, right?  Tweaking is our middle name!  Roon is just another th...