ghasley
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| The Horror @audiodidact @tvad has given you some great advice about booking some time with Mr. Smith. I'm certainly not pointing any fingers at anyone on this thread with what Im about to say but I've listened to some pretty nice systems in pretty terrib... | |
| The Horror @audiodidact Throwing a blanket over the TV might (or might not) make it suck less. LOL. Change nothing until you have a plan and are armed with proper advice. Its fun to sketch and come up with ideas but I certainly wouldnt commission anything un... | |
| The Horror @audiodidact perhaps you might consider sending these photos to GIK and get their opinion. Everything we post is pure guesswork and most likely a shot in the dark, which regrettably would be a continuation of your current strategy. From the ph... | |
| The Horror @audiodidact Seriously, start over with your room and your setup. Like many on this thread I’m sure, I hopped on to see if you had your system online and you do. Thanks, that helps those who want to be of help. The presence of photos also helps.... | |
| The Horror Spend some time with your room acoustics, speaker setup and choice of listening position. More than half of what you are hearing is your room and rest assured, hotel rooms are not ideal so there is reason for hope. Optimize what you have, you will... | |
| A Better Way to Buy Gear - Help Needed @toddsyr That’s actually not true, unless you are using a credit card and yes, the credit card company gets paid not Paypal. If you are paying someone via F&F from a cash balance, either in your Paypal account or your linked bank account, th... | |
| Do NOS Mullard EL34 tubes last much longer than NOS SED (Svetlana) EL34 ? @akg_ca The Rega ISIS uses 12au7’s, not el34’s. Additionally, Mullard 12au7’s are among the most robust and finest sounding 12au7’s ever made in the right circuit. While NOS Mullards are exceptional, all tubes are capable of failure at so... | |
| Eversolo or Aurender: Options and Opinions @tony1954 I wouldnt worry too much about it…alot of people buy great products and then sell them on when the next great product comes along. Its also a strange thing when some purchase a hot new product and expect it to solve all the other problem... | |
| For city apartment dweller audiophiles. Have you ever had neighbors banging on your walls? @roxy1927 you don’t know your immediate next door neighbor after several years? | |
| Why is my expensive streamer to my DAC better than sending Roon or my Mac directly to DAC To add on to @audiotroy post (he sold me my first legit streamer, an Innuos Zenith) it boils down to less noise and depending on the streamer's output method (usb v spdif) better and more reliably precise clocking. A multipurpose pc is better than... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? @helomech @audiokinesis is a respected speaker designer with decades of experience. | |
| Upgrade from DeVore Gibbon X @post2338 I mistyped above when referring to Vandersteen which of course you correctly identified as Von Schweikert | |
| Upgrade from DeVore Gibbon X What does Kevin Hayes say when asked which speakers mate best with his gear? VAC and Vandersteen seem to show together frequently. I have heard the X but I have not had the pleasure of experiencing your VAC amps(but Ive owned a few VAC amps ov... | |
| Great network streamers with only USB outputs @erik_squires I don't know about most, but here's a good example with S/PDIF as well as USBoutputs. Keep in mind that USB has better jitter and also much higher bandwidth than S/PDIF. If you are happy with your DAC and it's high rez capabil... | |
| Great network streamers with only USB outputs The Innuos Pulse outputs AES, RCA SPDIF and USB. I have not listened to one however Innuos does fine work. Previous owner of Innuos Zenith Mk3, current owner of Grimm Mu1. Best wishes. |