cmjones

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Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
Seems that marking a playlist as public is not sufficient. Here's the link: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/2104851 
Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
Greetings all. Thanks for playing. I created a public playlist on Qobuz called Cheap & Tawdry. It's about 80% accurate. Some tracks I couldn't find, and I often selected another from the same artist. When a whole album was called out, I picked... 
Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing?
Thanks to all who joined this conversation in the spirit intended. I'll listen to all.As mentioned, I usually start with Aaron Neville's Feels Like Rain. Next is Time After Time, Eva Cassidy. Taj Mahal: Queen Bee. Angelique Kidjo, Summertime. Girl... 
Top five live Rock And Roll Albums
Just another Band from LA... 
TOP 5 CD OR LP LISTENED MOST TO IN LAST 3 YEARS ?
Steely Dan - AjaTaj Mahal - Señor BluesJames Taylor - HourglassFrou FrouTie between Khaled - N'ssi N'ssi and Lal Meri 
the greatest pop song ever?
Feels Like Rain, by John Hiatt 
Need some Jazz recommendations..some pop and swing
Try Charlie Haden's work with the Quartet West. 
CDs with heavy, fast bass and/or long drum solos
Miles Gurtu! 
Criticize my power supply arrangement
Thanks for the info so far. When I installed the new outlet, I reacquainted myself with the in-wall wiring in the house. According to internet sources, standard house wiring is 14 gauge. That is now tightly connected to the hubbell outlet, and the... 
Do you leave your components on 24/7?
Inna, If there's hell below, we're all gonna go.Paperw8, You describe leaving the components on as 'massive waste'. If there's no signal, consumption is low. Give me a comparison if you can: Is a SS device on (no music) the equivalent of one 100w ... 
Can you hear matched power cables?
I learned a lot from that link, thanks. 
JMR Offrande Supreme V2 vs GMA Calypso
Thanks for the revived commentary. I had to go to Boston on business in January, so I drove two hours to Amherst to listen to the OffSV2s. Bob Neill is a very personable guy, and we spent several hours listening to the music I brought along. My fi... 
JMR Offrande Supreme V2 vs GMA Calypso
I received the following in an email, to add to the info. Thanks for your responses so far.Slightly edited, OKed by the sender:"I auditioned the Offrandes ... and was very impressed - to a great extent, they do deliver that "warmth and realism" th... 
Reimyo vs Audio Note 3.1X vs Lampizator DAC ?
I've had the Lampizator DAC, L2, for about 6 weeks. I think it's great. I did not have an outboard DAC previous to the LZ, simply an Arcam CD73 which has an internal Wolfson chip. The rest of my system is a Placette active pre, Edge m8m, and JMR T... 
Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus?
A few weeks ago, I touched the vol+ on my remote and it jammed, pushing the volume to the very limit. It took about 5 seconds to turn the sound off. Since then I have had a regular high pitched ring for most of every day. I have had it on and off ...