tomaswv
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| Whats playing on your system today? John Scofield and Pat Metheny: I Can See Your House from Here. | |
| Tune of the Day Down among the Wines and Spirits. Elvis Costello. | |
| Help me find my ideal Stereo Integrated Amp Be Canto E1X. I’m looking at one now to replace my Bel Canto Pre-5 and ref 500 monoblocks. | |
| Scotch? No thanks. Whats the best Vodka.? Am I alone in preferring Chopin to Belvedere? | |
| What would I gain/lose? The idea of a receiver and a LCR system is something I will think about. Trying to stay compact with standmounts that I might eventually move to a smaller office or bedroom. I have Dali Mentor 6s in my main system and I do like the Dali sound. Th... | |
| The Museum vs. Galleries Depends on the day of the week. Qobuz new releases come out on Friday. So Friday is virtually 100% listening to new jazz and classical releases. Saturday and Sunday are maybe 75% new, depending on the size of the haul. By Thursday I’m pretty much ... | |
| VU meters added to Cambridge Audio This from Cambridge Audio: A VU meter is used to measure the level of incoming audio signals. It provides a visual representation of the volume or loudness of an incoming audio signal. This will not change the behaviour or movement of the outgoin... | |
| It’s true what they say/and a question Thanks all, this is just what I was looking for. | |
| HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEM IN LESS THAN 30 SECONDS Yes. Knopfler’s Ragpicker’s Dream is so well recorded — achingly real. Other go to songs are Mary Chapin Carpenter’s Come On Come On and KD Land singing Helpless on Songs of the 49th Parallel. | |
| What is your "holy grail song" that you cannot find? “Nonesuch” a little instrumental featuring a bagpipe practice chanter. I had the vinyl back in the 60s but it took me decades to remember the name of the song (I had it confused with the name of the group) and lo and behold Qobuz had it. Golden Ri... | |
| What’s your opinion about Dali speakers? I’ve had Dali Mentor 6s since around 2012 and I’ve never felt the need to upgrade them on my mid-fi system, even as I have changed amps, sources, cabling, rooms, etc. they seem to handle everything I throw at them well. Excellent bass, smooth treb... | |
| Power Cables I’ve used Acoustic Zen, Nordost, and Morrow power cables on my components. All three improved the sound noticeably on my Cambridge Audio 851n streamer/DAC and my Oppo 83 which I use for SACD. A more subtle improvement on my Bel Canto PRE5 preamp, ... | |
| Shocked. Need Opinions. How muck power do I need? Many thanks. Good point about a quick listen vs living with it for a while and at low levels. | |
| Favorite moment with music in your car. A post from 2018: Weather report: A Remark you Made (heavy weather) and I am transported back to a moonlit night sometime around 1984 driving a 1976 Monte Carlo with Heavy Weather in the 8-track, accelerating up the on ramp from 422 in Girard Ohi... | |
| Morrow Audio Speaker Cables I’m a big fan. I am very happy with my SP-5s and I had an MA 5 streamer to preamp and a MA 4 preamp to amp. Both XLR. During a recent sale I upgraded the MA 4 to a 5, really just to feel the system was balanced. Heard a slight improvement, but t... |