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Originally Posted by jyl

I am not an audiophile, but have been playing and tinkering with my hifi lately.

Currently I have NAD receiver and NAD power amp - don’t recall model numbers, definitely not an audiophile, but they are 90s vintage I think? The receiver’s preamp out goes to a miniDSP equalizer and then to the power amp’s input. The source is either an old turntable, or a gen 1 iPod, or an Audioengines BFi WiFi/DAC. The speakers have changed around a little. There were some donated speakers, also some JBL mini monitors, briefly some weird omni-directional cheapo things from the 70s. But mostly they are a pair of Bose 901, with a Polk Audio powered subwoofer with the x-over set to 40 Hz, and a desktop amp driving some separate tweeters. Those have also changed around but are currently a pair of Linaeum omni-directional ribbon tweeters with a 2.3 uF capacitor for a xover at about 10 kHz.

My goal is a hifi that can be listened to from anywhere in the room, with enough bass for Ron Carter, enough brightness for Elvin Jones, and a midrange presence for John Coltrane. I basically only listen to jazz and, as mentioned in a thread earlier, my hearing is not great above 10 kHz. So I’ve tailored my hifi to my very specific needs.

Interesting. Harry Bosch has my speakers, Ohm 4's. The perfect jazz speaker imho, especially with a sub.

You like that amp?