superblackbirddave1

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Protecting Equipment from Children
When my children were young I kept a picture of my mother in law on the mantlepiece. Kept them away from the fire......  
30 year old player, worth an upgrade?
Marantz CD6006 vs CD6007 different Dac chip and a handful of different components in the 6007 they are very close. Close enough to not warrant me upgrading ill keep my 6006 great player plus you get a half decent headphone amp.  
Amp recommendations for Hifiman HE1000 V2
Fantastic headphone, you will need a powerful amp to drive them to their full potential. An amp around 6 watts will get the job done, I use a Schiit lyr 2 a 6 watt tube hybrid to drive my power hungry HE560's a great combination. Good luck in your... 
Samsung flat screen TV’s
Ive had a LG c6 65" OLED for the last 4 years picture is phenomenal. But a word of warning if you watch alot of YouTube or anything with a static image you will get burn in... I have been very careful with mine but still it happened. Only visible ... 
What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To?
You soppy buggers.....Oh well here goesCloser....   Nine inch nails.... 
What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile?
I prefer the term "hifi enthusiast" myself.... 
Why Does All Jazz Sound The Same?
I'm very new to jazz but I'm enjoying it, unfortunately the misses is NOT. Her opinion on jazz is and I quote "it sounds like 4 people playing 4 different songs on 4 different instruments all at the same time"  
Jazz Club..... Nice....
Hi guys thank you all for your input ,I have ordered some gold lion kt77s and some voskhod 6j1s so hopefully some improvements to the amp. As for the recommendations for music really like John Coltrane and the Charles mingus track goodbye pork pie... 
Jazz Club..... Nice....
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I love this forum, a wealth of knowledge and great advice., yes Charles it can be switched between triode and ultralinear.  I'm still expirimenting  sounds great on either but I'm leaning towards triode with h... 
Jazz Club..... Nice....
Hi Charles thank you for your suggestions,  my tube amp is the Yaqin Ms 30 l I've only had it a month so new to tubes and jazz .Cheers Dave 
Jazz Club..... Nice....
Thanks for the recommendations I will look out for them... 
Jazz Club..... Nice....
Hi MC can you or anyone else recommend any jazz artists or albums I should keep a look out for? Cheers Dave 
WHAT IS THE MOST UNIQUE SONG THAT YOU HAVE EVER HEARD?
Sugarcubes Birthday  
My best retort to those that think we listen to our stereos more than the music
Got to agree. Get it turned on let it warm up, a few tweaks here a few tweaks there. I like large highs ,recessed midrange and a firm but not to wide bottom end you know something you can really get behind when the rhythm and pace picks up 
If your were to assemble a vintage system ?
Forgotten the headphones Vintage Dynatron SP3 refurbished Modern Stax l300 Sennheiser hd 650Hifiman he-560 Schiit lyr 2 Oh and a tascam md-350