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| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection wmr57,Fair enough, but I personally find a significant lacuna in their jazz catalogue compared to Spotify. On an associated note, I am presently listening to the Jazz 24 feed from KNKX in Seattle, which I reckon it is no better than a 320 kps, bu... | |
| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection Coach,I was just re-subscibing to Spotify when your post arrived so we are simpatico. "It's the music that matters to me" is just the way I am thinking. Spotify has a deep jazz catalogue. Thanks for the affirmation. | |
| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection I am looking for straight ahead jazz pretty much only, from the late 50's onward. Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Burrells, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Errol Garner, Blue Mitchell, Bill Watrous... you g... | |
| Have you ever reversed your opinion on a piece of gear? Yes, one piece of gear is notable. The KEF LS50's, which are much heralded. I had them for a month and could not stand them in my system. They sounded harsh and my 175 wpc Plinius amp struggled to drive them. I was happy to see them arrive and... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Kosst, In my Platinum upgrade of the McCormack DNA .05, Steve has four FB rail fuses, two on the main circuit board, and a fuse ahead of the transformer. I don't know his logic for using so many fuses, and I have blown a few of the rail fuses wit... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Sorry for the double posts, I am getting error messages. | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Gents, thanks again for chiming in on this now-contentious post... could on GK to throw voodoo dust over sound electrical theory. I am taking auxinput's advice and replace all four rail fuses on my DNA .05 with these ceramic fuses from Bussman, c... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Gents, thanks again for chiming in on this now-contentious post... could on GK to throw voodoo dust over sound electrical theory. I am taking auxinput's advice and replace all four rail fuses on my DNA .05 with these ceramic fuses from Bussman, c... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses auxinput and sleepwalker,Much obliged for your thinking on this issue. I tried a couple of SR Black fuses in a former amp and preamp and perceived no difference in sound. I have some Hifi Tuning fuses in other gear and never think much about the... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses auxinput and sleepwalker,Much obliged for your thinking on this issue. I tried a couple of SR Black fuses in a former amp and preamp and perceived no difference in sound. I have some Hifi Tuning fuses in other gear and never think much about the... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Geoff,Thanks for chiming in. I will admit that Steve McCormack is a devotee of SR fuses and he knows audio gear. | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Thanks for the insights, gents, much appreciated. As you have noted, fuses blow for a reason, and I think in my case it has been due to poor connections with my interconnect cables and me fiddling with gear on rack. I plead guilty! I ordered s... | |
| Carver 275 Crimson tube amp --- any feedback appreciated Thanks for the insight, it is valuable. I have had a ton of tube gear, including a HK Citation C-II and C-V, fully restored, and lots of other tube amps and I parted with them for solid state amplication. I might revisit my affair with a tube am... | |
| “Oppomod” linear power supply Not sure if my response is on point, but I had a $375 proprietary mod done on on my Oppo 103 by Stereo Dave's Audio Alternative and it was totally amazing. The improvement in SQ was apparent from the first measure of the music. The noise level w... | |
| What were your humble beginnings on the path to high end audio? Rectilinear III's were my first fine speakers and still are, to my knowledge, excellent speakers. I had HK Citation I, II, and V components, all upgraded by Don Sachs, but I got tired of tube gear. My first TT was a $100 AR TT with a modest Shur... |