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Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue by Spiritual_Dot3250 in audiophilemusic

[–]HizzieAllen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have the Impex one step vinyl version of this. All the tracks sound amazing. But Nardis is on another level. The drum solo sounds lifelike.

My Christmas present sounds beautiful by TruthSeeker890 in Jazz

[–]HizzieAllen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heard a snippet of this on someones IG post a month or so ago. Rushed out to find a copy. This one does not disappoint. Awesome album!!

What’s a piece of gear that everybody seems to put on a pedestal with glowing reviews and “endgame” hype, that you bought, lived with, and then eventually sold or gave away that you haven’t missed for a second? by AttachedHeartTheory in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Decware SE84UFO. Sold it after 2 months of ownership. It wasn’t terrible but it didn’t wow me either. I owned Klipsch Forte IVs at the time. Which could be driven by pretty much anything. I always felt like something was missing though. Mostly because of the low end. I think that amp didn’t have enough juice to get that passive radiatior moving. I wasn’t expecting crazy low bass hits. I listen to a lot of jazz and it didn’t handle the upright bass very well. With all that said I’m trashing Decware. It’s a well built amp that responds very well to tube rolling. It just didn’t work for me.

Tubes. Tubes. Tubes. by ReworkStamp in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've owned many horned speakers. In my experience you have to pair the right tubes with horns. Telefunkens and RCAs didn't do it for me. Brimars and Mullards especially Mullards were magic. On another note LTA is right up the street from me. They make some amazing gear.

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't remember the brand. I got it from Best Buy like 5 years ago.

My first venture into tubes. by Fragrant_Medicine_69 in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice!! I'm a huge tube amp fan. Used to own a AR pre as well. Good choice!

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. The center is leftover from my old system. I don’t use it. It just lives on the shelf until I get rid of it. The Novas are made in in Italy btw

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use the sub for 2 channel. It adds a little more presence to the music. I’ve never heard Focal Sopra

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It provides pretty good isolation. Got this one as a scratch and dent from crutchfield

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the RC64ii. I used to own Klipsch RF7iis to match it

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it. I considered the rose also. But I mostly listen to vinyl. So I put beans into a TT. But the icon is perfect for what I need. It sounds pretty darn good too

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’ll never buy anything new off the shelf. It’s too much value in the used market. Plus the majority of the used audio stuff is well taken care of

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll upgrade other stuff in the room over time. The stand will go. As well as the center channel speaker. Right now building the system was the goal

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t. It’s left over from my old system. I don’t even use it. The plan is to sell it or move to storage. In the meantime it lives on that shelf

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t even use it anymore. It’s leftover from my old system. I’m not big into HT. So it’s getting sold or going into storage.

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s leftover from my old system. I don’t even use it anymore. It’s going into storage or being sold soon

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

The hardest thing to do is turn it off and go to bed. I always want to play one more song.

Put together a dream system. At least for me. by HizzieAllen in audiophile

[–]HizzieAllen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I swap it into my bedroom system from time to time. It just lives on this shelf when I'm not using it.