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| My Apologies to Miller Carbon " Steve recommends leaving them on for best sound"I had an SMc (old McCormack) DNA-1 and Steve recommended leaving it on. I did for the better part of 20 years with no problem. Klaus Bunge of Odyssey Audio says the same thing about solid state ..... | |
| John Hiatt and The Jerry Douglas Band hit the road! Oh man! I am DEFINITELY going to this show, somewhere. I’ve loved Hiatt since the 90s, and Douglas is the best dobro player in the world and the core of Allison Krauss’s band Union Station, the tightest one I can think of. | |
| Linear Power Supply and Roon Nucleus/SGC I have an SGC also and after some hiccups (it stopped working after about 3 months, and had to send it back for repair), and I like it. I use it with the MicroRendu endpoint fed by the SGC, and use the SGC linear power supply for the MicroRendu. N... | |
| Rack recommendations I’ve had a Salamander 6 shelf rack for decades. Not sexy, not high tech, but affordable. It has wheels but you can use spikes too. I need to be able to roll my rack away from the wall. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_537A5B/Salamander-Designs-A5-Arc... | |
| Is There Any Reason To Buy A Reel-To-Reel Machine Nowadays?? I heard a great R2R setup at the hifi store in Gig Harbor WA (cool place, cook dudes ... beer on tap!). Sounded wonderful. I've looked at the prices of tapes though, and they're steep. If I had more money, maybe. I'd rather have an R2R than a turn... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? LOL! All digital since the 90’s. About 15 yrs ago bought a used pro-ject turntable with the intention of rekindling the nostalgia of vinyl.It has never been out of the box. Sounds like something I would do. If I came into a big pile of dough, I *... | |
| New Bluesound Node – First Impressions Used wireless, not ethernet. You really need to use an ethernet connection for best SQ. I'll be surprised if it isn't a noticeable improvement. | |
| Class A amplifiers i take it to jiffy lube first of every month LOL! | |
| Researching an "affordable Roon server/streamer, and my choice... rsf507 The reason I opted for the SGC was the i5 processor, which I’d read works better with large libraries and using multiple zones. An i5 Nucleus is ~$2400 iirc, which is 3X the price of my SGC i5 box. The standard Nucleus in an i3 (or was at ... | |
| Deja Vu all over again It is available on Tidal too (all 4 Cds, but not the vinyl LP :) ) Sounds excellent. I especially like all the outtakes that never made it to the final record. | |
| Are you still ignoring Iris Dement? I adore Iris, alone and with John Prine (RIP). I would love to see her live."In Spite of Ourselves" -- a classic.https://youtu.be/P8tTwXv4glYhttps://youtu.be/nlaoR5m4L80 | |
| Amazon HD Lower Price The Bluesound Node 2i successfully streamed lossless audio from Amazon Music HD I just read that there is a new improved Node coming out soon. I hope they fix the problems with them that I’ve read, posted by owners. It’s a good value if reliable.W... | |
| Favorite audiophile-quality cover bands ... Leonid & Friends are wonderful...thanks for reminding me about them. Are they on Tidal or Qobuz? | |
| A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/cd-box-rs2-t/I love my Rega Apollo2 a lot and for $1100 it’s a deal imo (and I love top-loaders). I’d be very interested in this Pro-ject if I wanted to spend more, but I have ripped all 600+ of my CDs and ... | |
| Audioquest cables best tweak Dear tomic601 If you are running AQ cables on your Treos, I’d be curious which ones. True bi-wire? I mentioned to Richard V himself (on the phone) that an AQ sales guy told me that AQ single cables with internal biwire config could be about as goo... |