g2the2nd
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| Recommendations for recent rap and hip hop recordings please. Not current but Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five on vinyl through tubes and Quad 57s. One of the most enjoyable and memorable hifi show experiences ever. | |
| Thinking about going electrostatic Another option, great reviews. I have heard these at shows. They are a middle ground between cones and panels. https://janszenaudio.com/ | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? John Cougar and the Zones opened for Kansas. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Cyrus Chestnut, Revelation https://tidal.com/album/3467288?u | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I’ll add my happiness with the Eversolo A8. It replaced a fully upgraded Schiit Bifrost, an ARC solid state preamp and a RPI/PcP streamer. Wishing you good hunting. | |
| MoFi Sourcepoint 888 Speakers Now you have 2 great speakers. I heard the Sourcepoint briefly and they sounded very good. I have sat through several of Klauses system demos and am always impressed. Enjoy | |
| Movie/film suggestions. The original Andromeda Strain | |
| Digital Advice Without going overboard - audphile1 has a solid suggestion. You might consider a new Schiit Miodi instead of the used Bifrost. It has a nice USB implementation that will isolate the DAC frrom your Mac. https://www.schiit.com/products/modi-plus | |
| Using both balanced and single ended outputs at the same time? I run my Eversolo A8 balanced out to my amp and SE to my sub. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Queen Mary, Francine Thirteen | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion For an interesting “full range” small speaker look at the Legacy Calibre. I have heard these a few times and could never believe that the full range performance comes from this compact speaker. | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? @rfagon UL Listed is for complete products. UL Recognized (U and Reversed R) is for “recognized components” that have been subjected to testing limited by their conditions of acceptability". The individual MoVs are generally recognized since the... | |
| Time of Day for best Sound @mapman +1 | |
| Is the Lyrion Music Server (formerly Logitech) any good for the not-computer-savvy Is the Mac app you are using IPENG? It worked best when I ran LMS on my Rasberry Pi with PiCore Player. controlled from my Iphone or Ipad. I moved to an Eversolo A8. Great App/UI. and it has Tidal Connect so I can play directly from the Tidal ... | |
| Confession: I only like Norah Jones because so many others told me to This video really shows why some (including me) appreciate Norah. https://youtu.be/iWV01UuTTP8?si=2N_fa9gYkiKl-9KE |