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| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Well, since we're two pages in and nobody has mentioned either of these two, I feel compelled to do so: Cécile McLorin Salvant (Woman Child) Karrin Allyson (In Blue) | |
| Power cable dilemma ALL I ASKED WAS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT POWER CORD TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE A QUANTUM LEAP IN THE LAST 5 YEARS I understand your frustration, but the obvious answer is no, which is why the contributions seem tangential. Hell, there isn't even empiri... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? I'm pleasantly surprised to see Mary Stallings mentioned twice already! She is also one of my favorites, but I thought that she was a bit 'under the radar'. Hard to confine it to three, of course, but I'll work around that with my three favorite ... | |
| RIP Thom Bell Absolute legend. Right on. Backstabbers by the O’Jays, and The Spinners’ I’ll Be Around, among other classics. I was in high school at the time, so they bring back lots of memories. RIP Here's a link to an excellent "oral history" of The Sou... | |
| Power cable dilemma If we’re looking for lab tests, after searching, I can’t really find any. I thought for sure there would be at least one or two out there, but as of yet, I haven’t found one. It looks the only tests out there (beside manufacturer’s descriptions) ... | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In What are your associated components? | |
| Circle Labs A200 Integrated amplifier review - It will appeal to both tube and SS lovers…… Various ECC8100 tubes are readily available. I bought four on ebay.de | |
| Circle Labs A200 Integrated amplifier review - It will appeal to both tube and SS lovers…… @ortodox My FinkTeam KIM speakers have a sensitivity of 86db, and the A200 drives them without difficulty. | |
| Circle Labs A200 Integrated amplifier review - It will appeal to both tube and SS lovers…… @grannyring Have you found that vibration control has made a meaningful difference in how your A200 performs? | |
| Circle Labs A200 Integrated amplifier review - It will appeal to both tube and SS lovers…… @hchilcoat That's very interesting! I was seriously considering a pair of WvL SON, but due to space restrictions, went with the smaller FinkTeam KIM. The field coil bass of the SON is sensational, but the KIM also employ a (custom) AMT tweeter. | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. Back to Oakland by Tower of Power (ideally the 2008 Japanese remaster) One of the greatest Soul/Funk albums ever produced. | |
| I can't believe this. I bought a high-end BRYSTON digital player and stablemate DAC pre-owned. I sent the player back to BRYSTON for a full software reinstall and general status look over . It went in on or about October 2021 and I got it back on or about March 2022, ... | |
| Qln, Joseph Audio, Audiovector, Marten, or Canton...? I have been using FinkTeam KIM speakers for about a year now, and they are <$15k and superb. Note that they are technically stand-mount, but are affixed to the integral stands at the factory. FWIW I did audition the Martin Parker Duo (a step up... | |
| Flat Screen Television behind speakers I have a 65" SONY flatscreen TV between my speakers. It is also slightly above the top of the speakers, which are placed about 20" in from the screen. No doubt that the sound is better when I place a fabric cover over the TV. I had one custom mad... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? A very respected loudspeaker developer told me that they had put needles into a potato and used that as a loudspeaker cable. They couldn't distinguish the sound of the potato from that of the very respected high priced cables. Yes, but you negl... |