barts
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| “Civilian” reaction to your gear? @stuartk This is my cousin of 70 years. He knows very well of my obsession with audio going back 60 years! He has heard my system in virtually all of its iterations just not the latest version. I simply was pulling his chain because he is no... | |
| “Civilian” reaction to your gear? @mylogic I can only guess that you didn't get the "tongue in cheek" nature of my comment. "DEVIDE"? "It is not better to educate rather than to evade or dismiss." <== please reread your comment. Regards, barts | |
| “Civilian” reaction to your gear? I've had the full range of reactions. Totally ignoring a room with an imposing amount of equipment all the way to "What is all that stuff?" My Hartley speakers are large 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. With that as backdrop.... A cousin of mine c... | |
| Visited a Store and was shunned I walked into Sound by Singer in NYC about 40 yrs ago and was promptly and ungraciously told to leave. I did protest mildly to no avail. Don't know if it was him but hifi podcaster Steve worked there at the time. Never went back even when I co... | |
| Pass Labs Amps - Does the heat bother you? I am running four Pass amps. Two X260.8 and two XA30.8 ion my tri-amped system. The listening room gets slightly warm...the amps never come out of Class A operation no matter how loud I make it. So full heat at idle and stays that way. I put a ... | |
| Arc Ref 5se owners Yes the power tube runs hot, my cover is also warped. I took the cover off and put the screws back in the holes. When I turn it on I remove the cover amd replace it when done and the amp has cooled (just laying it on top of the screw heads. Als... | |
| What’s your favorite cleaning method for connections I tried the rotating idea on the plugs but they wouldn't budge! So I got a pair of channel-locks and sure enough with some great effort I got one to twist. Actually broke it off! Jeez no one said don't twist balanced connectors! Regards, barts | |
| audio research purchase Hey @skids, Funny enough I have ARC components in my garage and vettes as well! It is not my main system but sounds excellent (which it shouldn't) being in a 1000 square foot concrete box. I'm hoping you get a smokin' deal on the REF6, I have on... | |
| Tube Pre and SS Power? Or the reverse? I'm running an ARC Ref6 and Pass amps. The REF6 throws a huge sound stage and the Pass amps are very warm, they never come out of Class A. I think its the best of both worlds and its my end-game system. Its nice to be done! Good luck with ... | |
| List a song so important to you that it can never be on a playlist I have this disability(?) where I always have some music playing in my head. My daughter has it as well. So my playlist exists as a constant running soundtrack. When something comes around on the merry-go-round in head that I haven't heard in a w... | |
| List a song so important to you that it can never be on a playlist I don't make playlists! | |
| Roon Trial I ran a Roon Nucleus into a Bryston DAC-3 for several years and was very happy with it. When they came out with the Nucleus Titan I jumped on that deal (like $2k off). I'm sure there's better but I always like with OEM... hey they designed it. ... | |
| Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull @buellrider97 I was listening to a Beethoven symphony from Qobuz through Roon. At the end of the entire thing I hear slight noise nearly silent and then the stylus in the run-out groove for about a minute! Ya just never know. Regards, barts | |
| Striking a balance between musicality and resolution @kirkwallace +1 I never have understood how any intelligent person (and there are plenty on this forum) could possibly think that listening to another's audio system via a recording no matter how well recorded could lead to a conclusion. The spe... | |
| Do you play the same records over and over again? Seems as though I always have some music playing in my head, fragments of songs. So that's usually where I start and then it can get pretty far afield after that. Yesterday started with Sheryl Crow because the lyric "I enjoy a good beer buzz in ... |