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What makes speaker's sound big?
Mark & Daniels. I have the 1st gen Maximus-Ruby. They use their own version of the AMT driver and a 5" woofer (crossover at 900Hz). Terribly inefficient but with a proper amp they have amazing dynamics and soundstage. The 2nd gen is supposedly... 
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Bill Evans Trio - Portrait In Jazzpersonal library 
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Charles Lloyd "The Water is Wide"QobuzWith Brad Mehladu, John Abercrombie, Larry Grenadier, and Billy Higgins. 
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Jan Garbarek - Bobo Stenson Quartet "Witchi-Tai-To"QobuzExploring some old ECM titles. This one from 1974 is said to be one ECM's best. With Palle Danielsson (bass) and Jon Christensen (drums).  
Takedown of pricey servers, streamers OCD HiFi guy
Your comments are always tinged with a bit of healthy skepticism. Keep following your nose and like many others you might discover that in audio, price in not always a good indicator of product performance especially in digital audio.+1 .. and don... 
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Eyolf Dale "Being"Qobuz (24/96)  
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - The Unforgettable NHØP Trio LiveQobuz 
iPhone/iPad good as a source, or get a streamer?
iDevices have surprisingly good sound quality when bypassing the on-board DAC as you’re doing. That said, to my ears streaming via my microRendu > DAC sounds better than my iDevices into the same DAC using the CCK connection. It’s noticeable, b... 
Two subwoofers for two channel music listening
The only proper way to hook up subwoofers is with a dedicated two way subwoofer crossover preferably digital. The preamp outputs go to the crossover which will have dedicated main amp and sub amp outputs all line level. This rolls off the main spe... 
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Milt Jackson & John Coltrane - Bags & TraneQobuz (24/192) 
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Lee Ritenour "Dreamcatcher"Qobuz (24/96) 
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Mike Bono "Familiar Places"Qobuz (24/88.2) 
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Emmet Cohen "Future Stride"Qobuz (24/96)Although I'm a fan of Emmet I'm not sure about this one. He's a gifted pianist for sure but the ragtime influenced stride just isn't my thing. Some tracks (i.e., "Second Time Around", "My Heart Stood Still")... 
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Ahmad Jamal's "Alhambra"Qobuz 
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Joe Sample "Old Places Old Faces"Qobuz