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| Jazz for aficionados @alexatpos Thanks! Yes, I know the Hank Jones album. And the Eddie Costa Trio recordings were released on a Fresh Sound set: https://www.discogs.com/release/10211284-Eddie-Costa-Trio-Complete-Recordings Also well worth obtaining, those these a... | |
| Jazz for aficionados If these albums have been mentioned, I’ll delete the post, but a search didn’t turn them up. I was digging through my hard drive last night and came upon two incredible Tal Farlow albums I hadn’t listened to in years. I bought the LPs decades ago,... | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion Used ProAc 1sc's? A really wonderful speaker, IMO. | |
| How do you A/B amps in your system? @toddalin Nice! | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers A good friend who trained as a classical pianist but went into medicine instead spent years with his beloved Nestorovich speakers, then finally fell in love with Tidal Contriva G2's. It's generally conceded that he has the best system amongst a p... | |
| BS meter is pegged! I was going to respond from my (somewhat limited) experience with various computer configurations for streaming duty, but I think mswale covered the bases pretty well. | |
| Where do I go from here? I would focus on speakers, though mswale makes a good argument for updating the Heresys. I'm a ProAc man myself and have never tired of my Response 2's over 30 years. But there are lots of nice classic speakers that aren't difficult to drive and... | |
| Merry go round @sns +2 ;-) I'm continually amazed at the number of "audiophiles" who spend enormous amounts of money on equipment without having any idea of what they really want their systems to sound like. Forty years ago I heard a pair of ProAc Response 2... | |
| No response from Aurender customer support If you use Gmail, also check the Trash. It's sent important emails directly to Trash several times for me. | |
| Streamer output options There are some very good low-priced I2S/SPDIF streamers that have extremely good specs, like the Holo Red and the Mercury V3. I use the Mercury, which is only $500 and far surpasses the USB output of my Mac Mini server in terms of accuracy and cl... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? I have a friend who's heading in this direction. He's got a closet full of amps, preamps, speakers. Actually, a lot of is scattered around the floor of his small listening space and it's driving him crazy. He recently bought the Black Ice CD/st... | |
| Do I need new tubes? That helps, but also raises the question, did you buy NOS or "used test strong" Tele’s? They may not be as strong as they could be. And honestly, the Telefunken 12AU7 is not one of their best efforts, IMO. The 7316 is by far the best 12AU7, but t... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? I rarely see YBA mentioned here but their amps are designed with tube sound in mind. I used to work at a stereo shop that carried their products and it was always an easy sell for customers seeking a tube-like sound without the hassle. As a long-... | |
| What's the best 6NS7 tube you have tried in your Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp? I haven’t heard any of the Chinese tubes recommended by Don Sachs, though I’m tempted now. ;-) My go-to 6SN7’s for both my Williamson amps and my Aikido preamp, are: 1) GE 6SN7GTA or B. Well-made, non-microphonic, consistent. Open, textured sound... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? In a single-ended, no-feedback tube amplifier, it largely comes down to the output transformer. Nothing else can make up for a poor OPT. In a push-pull amp there's a bit more leeway because the OPT doesn't have to handle a large amount of standi... |