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| In praise of the duet. Check out the series Under The Covers by Matthew Sweet & Susannah Hoffs(Bangles), especially Vol1. which is all '60s songs. There are two others covering '70s & '80s songs. Cheers, Spencer | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... @itsjustme The raise a number of great points: Basically it's all about the noise from a computer. Fighting is possible but for those who computers aren't their passion, it's not worth the fight. Get a low power single-purpose device with a simpl... | |
| BAT VK-51SE in the rig! Leaving on standby keeps them warm and reduces wear, but I wouldn't leave it on 24/7. My habit has been go standby if running errands for an hour or two mid-listening, but turn it off otherwise. Just because the tubes last long doesn't mean I want... | |
| BAT VK-51SE in the rig! @jl1ny Congrats, like we discussed, it's a great preamp. No need to worry about tube rolling...there are no vintage 6H30s out there with sonic advantages over current production unless many other tube types. My only advise is when changing other... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... For the moment, basically everyone agrees...that never happens around here. Yes, get a good streamer...stream Qobuz or both Qobuz & Tidal. Don't bother with Spotify, Apple. If user experience is important to you seriously consider Roon befor... | |
| Optical Isolation @navyachts You aren't limited to Roon only if you go with an opticalRendu. Rendus are compatible with any DLNA and UPnP software like Lumin App, Linn, etc. Some of those have Qobuz and Tidal integrations. You could go with a Rendu, and always ad... | |
| another arm/cart question (long post) @lewm IIRC, @dgarretson also chose ART7 and for similar reasons which seem reasonable. @adrianleewelch one caution is that that very low output level of the 7 requires more careful matching of phono stage or SUT gain, many don't have enough output... | |
| Component placement for open baffles? @johnk what open baffles are designed for near-wall placement? Any idea what the idea is with what happens to the rearward energy? Does the manuf suggest a ton of absorption behind them? Would enjoy seeing you post a system page with pics. Cheers... | |
| tube tuner or solid stat tuner Maybe a dumb question, but are people getting better SQ with any tuner vs. streaming internet radio via a good streamer? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? |