orpheus10

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Jazz for aficionados
Everytime I find some fault with "our way of life" somebody pipes up with "Love it or leave it", and I say to them "I'll leave it in a pine box"!I found a way to duplicate very expensive interconnects, and by word of mouth made them for those who ... 
Jazz for aficionados
alex, ARC is a move up from Audible Illusions.My beginnings in jazz go back to Johnny Smith and "Moonlight In Vermont". I liked all of those albums you posted. As everyone knows, I'm all about memories, and Johnny Smith brings back some good one... 
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"My entire adult working life was in electronics."So has mine, I failed to see the connection between that and the high end? My knowledge has enabled me to achieve "Stereophile Class "A" sound" at a cheaper price; just yesterday some RCA connecto... 
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Rok, my rig might seem expensive to you, but it's near the bottom rung of the high end; plus it's the cheapest that you can get to deliver Class "A" sound.After I wandered into a high end salon in 1990, and discovered what was possible, I was dete... 
New Santana Album "Africa Speaks"
The walking dead would suck the life out of Cuba; it's best that they stay here.  
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Actually Rok, they’re a lot cheaper than dental work. After spending thousands on dental work, I asked how much would they charge to get everything I wanted; that’s when I had to make a choice; "Do I want dental work or a pair of PrimaLuna Mono Bl... 
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For my new found "Audiophile" friend, I'm going to be checking the quality of headphone outputs. For starters, the jack on the back of my computer is putting out a very good signal. Left, right, and center is perfect, as well as depth.I'll compa... 
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That is the most beautiful version of "In a Sentimental Mood" I have ever heard. 
Jazz for aficionados
It seems that those headphones were made for the demanding "Audiophile" listener; they sent you the wrong headphones. 
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SS Preamps are a non starter for me. While I have tube mono blocks in the listening room, SS power amps could possibly work with a tube preamp. I have Audible Illusions M3A preamp.        http://www.audibleillusions.com/news/PrimaLuna Monoblock... 
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Headphone amps connect to line out; they're for people who like headphones. I've got one that I've used very little in the last 20 years. 
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Right now, I'm lying down in the bedroom where I have the CJ-PV 10with NOS tubes listening to Clifford Brown With Strings;               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aww9lWwYlY&list=PLUJ7V33M1wR3JLVPbCEBiR3_1PNP7zaOTEvery note seems to sp... 
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Get some new horse shoes while your at it. 
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BTW, LP's are heavenly, it's just that the equipment required to make them sound that way is heavenly expensive. My only gripe is that new people are not made aware of this "fact". 
Jazz for aficionados
I'm beginning to wonder why I got into this conversation; we have a horse and buggy music lover who wants to stay that way, that's fine with me.Tubes are why the music on the radio sounded so good before they ever heard of a transistor. As a matt...