rockadanny
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| How many albums do you need ? I have easily over 1,000 CDs. Around the time I hit 1,000 there were times when I thought of a song I wished to hear from my collection but could not recall the performer. It was then that I thought, "maybe I have too many CDs now?" But that momen... | |
| speakers for low level listening I had Zu Superflys in my home for several days. I found I liked them best for low level listening - really superb. Low level volume but still able to portray all of the recording, great dynamics, clear. If I only listened at lower levels I would h... | |
| speaker selection help ... on a budget For speaker budget under $1k I'd check on Wharfdale's offerings. Big band for buck. | |
| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? jazz genre - Svend Asmussen - Grapelli-like in style. Check out his "Still Fiddling" release. | |
| Wyred4Sound vs. Channel Island Anyone know why classaudio sound is so great? (assuming it is) What is their secret over others? | |
| Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists? Vassar Clements | |
| Stores or dealers in Sao Paulo? Tubegroover - Yikes! Did not know that. Thank you for posting. | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Awesome suggestions - thank you! I picked up a bottle of Islay Bowmore 12 and Red Breast 12. Islay (smoky) was great before dinner, and the Red Breast (sweet) great afterwards. Both required blooming to enhance and refine their flavors. To bloom I... | |
| Stores or dealers in Sao Paulo? All good points Buconero, thank you. Did not really think all of that through. But will still window shop at a brick and mortar store if given the opportunity. No harm there as long as I don't lead anyone on or take their time away from real custo... | |
| SET sound without a lot of money Audio Mirror offers two beautiful sounding and looking SETs, 20 watts per channel and 45 watts per channel (I have this one for my 87db 6 ohm (min) speakers). Not 300B or 2A3, but 6C33C - powerful and beautiful sound nonetheless. If you are near A... | |
| Audio stuff I've lost in my own home... I have lost CDs before, temporarliy, when they've gotten knocked out of their drwaer slot in back and fallen backwards or pushed back out of their spot. Longet missing was about six months before I thought to look behind the drwaer slots at the bo... | |
| can we still sort by zip code in items for sale? Searching by full zip code is useful if your only mode of transportation is a bike or your feet. Or if you have the time to make more than a dozen searches in a relatively populated area. If you are able to drive, searching by partial zip code is ... | |
| How selective are you? Very!I try to purchase only CDs which I am fairly certain I will enjoy for a long time. Sometimes I get fooled by samples or fool myself, and those get tossed, eventually. I periodically prune my collection, keeping the ones which bring great joy ... | |
| How to break in a tube preamp? As long as your preamp is on and connected to your amp(s), your amp(s) don't need to be on. | |
| Best DAC under 2k US ? Check out https://www.nekoaudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=392 if in the U.S.They are currently running a loaner program for their D100 Mk2 - a "reference stereo DAC featuring a 100% passive fully balanced transformer-based analog output st... |