jerryrocks
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| Tidal or Qobuz Here we are a year later. Just renewed my Tidal trial subscription for $2 for 60 days. The reason is more and more Roon/Qobuz tracks are playing with soft clicking sounds. Annoying. I opened a case with Roon, provided all of my gear specifics and ... | |
| Is the Rockport Avior II an Endgame Speaker? I upgraded to the Avior ll’s about 3 months ago and they are a perfect fit for my system. Are they end game? Is anything end game? I don’t know but for now they are by far the best speakers I have owned (many) or heard. Happy to talk about them an... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s Not on the OP list and worth considering - McIntosh MC275 with C2300. Amazing sound. | |
| Upgrades and repairs on hi fi components Another thumbs up for George Meyer in LA. I am able to drive there and have spent quite a bit of time talking vintage Mac gear and required maintenance. Expensive and worth it. Much more expensive to have repairs of repairs.. | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear Having owned Mac equipment for most of the past 25 years, I would like to add my thoughts. SQ - suits my ear, more the tubes than the solid state. I have made money on all of the Mac gear I have sold over the years, except for the speakers. My ma... | |
| Magico A3 replacement I upgraded from the A3's to the A5's almost three years ago and have been enjoying them tremendously. The A5 is a great speaker that plays above its class. I run them with Mac tube pre and power and have added two B&W DB3D's. I am a solid Phi... | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. Grateful Dead - American Beauty | |
| So you just took a gummie...What song is on the menu? @garebear and @ezwind - I searched spotify, qubuz and amazon for the show but only found a few cuts - where might one find the entire show? | |
| So you just took a gummie...What song is on the menu? When I have the house to myself my current routine is to grill some sea scallops, open a bottle of chardonnay and spark a fatty From there, I find a show from the dead & company catalogue and go to 100. Enjoying the ride. | |
| Speaker recommendations :-) I had the Harbeth SHL5’s and really liked them at low volume, good for jazz and acoustic music. I had the 4367’s and they were too big for my listening room. I now have the Magico A5’s with a B&W DB3D sub and could not be more pleased with the... | |
| Budget re-cabling bluejeanscable.com | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? Being a CPA I have an affinity for numbers. The interesting aspect of this thread for me, aside from the usual morality plays, are the percentages across components. I am in the camp of allocating the highest percentage to speakers (50%). The nex... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Bluesound Node To Aurender N10 Are you really comparing a $600 streamer with a $6,800 Aurender N10? I would hope to shout there is an improvement. A better comparison is the Node2i to the Cambridge Audio CXN V2. Even though it is almost twice the price, it is not 11 times! I ... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? I am coming at this from a slightly different angle. My Mac MCD500 has a great DAC, based on the ESS Sabre Reference 8-channel D/A converter in Stereo Quad Balanced mode. My Node 2i, while competent, was the weakest link in my chain. I researched... | |
| What Is Most Important? @juanmanuelfangioli f / wrong all those years.. |