strateahed
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| How women, both American and internationally, have affected jazz. Lot of great women mentioned here. It got me to thinking about the many excellent female artists I've had the very good fortune to see/hear live over the years. Folks familiar with the SF Bay Area will recognize of few of these venues. In no part... | |
| speaker cable that would work under a rug @tksteingraber +1 if you want to go premium. Check the Cable Company. I have runs of about 14 feet of Goertz MI 1 flat copper under family room large area rug. Works great. Happy Listening! | |
| What's the best audiophile headphones for under $300 (used)? I’ll start by saying I would never buy used headphones. So shoot me. There’s a thread about that somewhere on A-gon. At any rate, I own and very much like my HIFIMAN Sundaras. But if I were in the market right now, I’d jump on the HIFIMAN Editio... | |
| Brent Jesse rebirth? Thanks for the heads-up @mofimadness. I was looking for just this type of information. Much appreciated! | |
| Dipping my toes into EL84 tubes I owned an EL84 based amp for a little while. It was nice sounding, but not quite powerful enough for the speakers I had at the time. (They were 6 ohm 86dB.) You can check out the ST35. Might fit the bill if you don't mind picking up the kit and b... | |
| Recommended Venus Label Recordings @dodgealum Oops! I said Matt Hazeltine (formerly of SF 49er's). I meant David Hazeltine | |
| Recommended Venus Label Recordings Venus is a very good vinyl label, as far as production quality is concerned. All the stuff I have (really small collection) is very well recorded. That said, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "cocktail music"... but I recommend Eric Alexander ... | |
| What Tube Preamplifier Under $1800 to Choose? +3 Schiit Freya+ | |
| Aero DAC by Linear Tube Audio - experience Regarding what @stuartk said about @mitch2 's DAC comparison above... lots of stuff to wade through. Also, IMHO nothing wrong with coming here to ask a question directly. To me, that's really the added value of having a forum like this. At any ra... | |
| Inter connects I used LAT International cables for years too. For something comparable, I recommend Wywires... basic level is enough. For balanced cable (XLR), I use all Blue Jeans, and you have can have custom lengths made. According to some folks, balanced co... | |
| Vinyl vs Streaming @jay73 I get exactly what you mean. Although vinyl is a richer experience... I use the analogy of enjoying excellent frozen yogurt vs tasting real ice cream... streaming is just so much more convenient. I'm listening to my "Straight Ahead Jazz" pl... | |
| Do you buy gear new, used, both? Both, but will go used if I find exactly what I'm looking for happens to be on the market. | |
| Bluesound died - is Wiim a good alternative? @cheeg - I didn't go back through the whole thread; so forgive me if anything is redundant. I had the BlueSound Node 2, which didn't always work... especially with HiRes files. Tried to practically give it away. No takers. I replaced it with Wii... | |
| My experience: new Galion TS A75 vs Schiit Vidar 1 @cobrabucket congrats on your discovery and welcome to the club! Another plus for Thomas Tan... great guy to work with. I explained that I was looking for a replacement for Linear Tube Audio Z10 integrated with more power and better low-end gr... | |
| Tubes @elevick , thanks for that info ...never heard of them. I have a drawer full of unused tubes. @dshuler Also, you might find pretty reliable vendor on EBay who may be open to buying. |