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Aaron Parks Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man Another amazing effort by this group, check it out! Bought on bandcamp where it was released early.

Great musicians live-streaming performances from their homes, donations welcome: https://www.livefromourlivingrooms.com/ As a jazz fan I’m especially looking forward to this.

Agreed, she is also very good on the Esbjorn Svensson tribute album by Iiro Rantala

Hazelrigg Brothers, songs we like. Read up on their recording technique, it definitely results in very natural sound, best shown off on great systems like ours!

He died 4/15 at a young 70. What a great guitarist! Listening to the Blues for Tony CD at the moment, jazz-leaning fusion with soul, a very satisfying recording. Another fave is the Jean Luc Ponty classic Enigmatic Ocean, extremely ear-opening for a high schooler into Yes in the late 70s. Saw...

There are still reviewers and listeners out there who purport that amplifiers sound basically the same when they measure similarly. I don't buy it, and love listening to different approaches, and hearing what the amplifier designer intended and heard when assessing and fine-tuning their...

Apologies if this has been posted before, but the audiomatters blog posted a link to a site I hadn't seen before, wooferandtweet.com which has some very funny and beautifully drawn cartoons about our favorite hobby.

Got my new Firstwatt F7 from Reno on Thursday. I’ve been intrigued by Nelson Pass’s approach to achieving the best sound quality from the simplest of solid state circuits. With only 20 Watts, speaker matching is important and since my Gallo 3.1s are 88db (albeit with no crossovers) I was...

Norah Jones The Fall

Just downed a nice IPA, Smuttynose. In my relaxed state, my system sounded especially awesome. This thread is only partially tongue-in-cheek, we talk about the room, components, frequency response, alignment, synergy, hearing loss... what about emotional state? How often has your mood/mental...

Esbjorn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) Good Morning Susie Soho - ostensibly modern jazz, but defies categorization, great late night listening. And Allen, just ordered Mighty Rearranger, can't wait to listen. Thanks!

Bought it from Paul Folbrecht, he has another I believe, used them to bi-amp his horns. The upgrades from stock (which itself is only $340 new, see at DALAUDIO Studio LM3886 R3 Chip Amp STD 2-Channel Gainclone Amplifier) are: 1.) Nichicon CAPS Nichicon Muse (Black Gold ) (6 per unit) 2.) Takman...

I recently bought a used DALaudio chip amp (based around the LM3886 chip) with cap and resistor upgrades and I'm surprised at how gutsy it is - nice densely textured sound and bass slam without sacrificing resolution. I find it has great synergy with my 88db Gallo 3.1 speakers, which are...

Congrats to the team and the great city and fans that supported them. It was a fantastic series with a well deserved winner. Kept me up too late though....

Finished box on top of the spectron. Still needs knobs on the left and right channel volume pots! Switch in the middle is for source selection. Of course I neglected to take a pic of the completed circuit board, I'll have to lift off the top and do that so you can see it in all its glory...