Recent content by jmusica

I hear you for sure; and this is why it’s so important we all learn to respect the “to each his own” principle in audio. I enjoyed the susvara to a degree but eventually sold it in favor of aroma jewel iem’s. I had the abyss 1266 phi and did not enjoy them on any level, although of course...

I’ve owned a few Class D amps from reputable makers and they’ve ranged from awful to ok, with one exception (I’ll get to that in a minute). By far, the amps I’ve preferred from what I’ve owned and heard at shows or home sessions have been Class A. The amp that by far gave the sound I’ve enjoyed...

This is one of those questions that sounds simple, but is really kind of a trick question. A great headphone/amp setup and a great speaker/room setup are not really trying to do the exact same thing. It is a little apples to oranges. Not because one is obviously better, but because they give...

Annnnnd... the latest. I thought I'd had pics in here of the previous, which was really my pinnacle system, but guess not! So current, below.

AGD Axxess Forte > Scansonic MB3.5b. Simple, easily managed, great looks, great sound. It's not my Lumin X1 > Boulder, but I'm very happy with it.

Didn’t see a post on this yet, so putting it out there. (Apology if I didn’t search hard enough and it’s already on here somewhere). Tidal just rolled all of its premium hi-res streaming features into one affordable plan | Tom's Guide Tidal is streamlining services and will be including hi-res...

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Didn’t make much effort at decent photos this year, but since there seems some demand, here are a handful of random cell phone pics until someone can get better ones posted.

Inspired by another thread focused on discovering new music. Let’s leverage all the great music knowledge amongst our collective right here, by sharing our streaming service playlists (Tidal, Qobuz, etc). You may need to mark your playlist as public in the service. Example: Mellow Jazz...

As a corollary to the “listening to tonight”, and inspired by a recent thread on office systems.