curiousjim
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| Atoll MS120 Streamer @jfrost27 Sounds like You have a good dealer there. See if they will allow you a two week demo on hopefully both pieces or at least on at a time. All the best. | |
| All-in-One (Streamer/DAC/Amp) - Powernode vs WiiM amps Sorry I don’t have any real experience with WiiM, but I do with Bluesound and their products have always been mechanically reliable and the company has always been proactive on the software side. My 2cents. | |
| Wool Felt Footers? It interesting, Isoacoustics Gaia 1 feet were wonderful under my speakers, but when I put their other products under my other equipment I noticed absolutely no difference. I ended up using the clothes washing machine rubber isolators under my amp... | |
| Need a solid surge protector that’s non-current limiting. Call Audience Audio. They have a line of power as well as conditioners with magnetic circuit breakers. | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 vs XA-30.8 amplifier Oh and I normally don’t listen at loud levels, but want to have something in the tank for when the Tympani’s bang out their part.😁 Thanks again. | |
| Pass Labs XA-25 vs XA-30.8 amplifier Hey all, I have a pair of Sonus Farber that are rated @91dbs. SF say they need 50-450 watts. How do you think the XA-25 would do with the Amati G5’s. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Just saw a Phono preamp yesterday cost $80,000. I asked my wife if I could get it and you’ll never guess what she said. Then I told her it was used and only selling for $40,000 and this time she didn’t say a word, but the look in her eyes spoke v... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Mal Waldron, Jimmy Woods & Pierre Farber, Blackberry Glory (Live) ”1971” | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? So if I took a $5000 speaker and used the exact same design but used film capacitors instead of polypropylene capacitors, would I hear a difference in the sound? Same question but change the dollar amount spent on the parts. Say the $500 crossove... | |
| Finally up and playing @adamgrosser27 Congratulations on a putting together a great system. | |
| Thoughts on using the DAC in my oppo 205 with a CD Transport. @gakman When a CD sounds bad, does it sound bad the next day? How does it sound? The reason I ask is maybe it is the transport in your 205. But, the DAC in the OPPO is getting long in the tooth. I have the CDT 6000 and can only imagine the 700... | |
| Tune of the Day Miser Ten Percent. https://youtu.be/7VAA7M5nXx8?si=i9pncfQaV8q6yHHD | |
| What does your DAC sound like I still have a Denafrips Pontus ll. It’s been everything I’ve wanted in a DAC. R2R for this guy. Maybe someday I’ll move up the line. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Listening to Sharel Cassidy, Gratitude. (2025) I noticed it had Christian McBride on bass, so I thought I’d check it out. Good album. Here’s a taste. https://youtu.be/Dc90pyyqK-Y?si=EPwV9_JagIv2RgqY | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The 2012 Remaster. One of my Desert island 10 albums. |