ghdprentice
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| ARC SP-6B Newbie with Questions Great to hear about your rejuvenated classic. Also glad to hear ARC has whittled down the backlog for repair. | |
| Fiber Optic Cable Congrats, thank you for sharing. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening One nice thing is that streaming (Qobuz) is increasingly adding cover art and the included notes to albums, For instance the recently released works of Shostokovitch by the Boston Symphony has about 25 pages of the collection’s notes attached in a... | |
| Better DAC or better Streamer @bluethinker +1 OP, I own an Aurender 100, an W20WSE... I have heard other models as well as dCS, Linn, Grimm and others. Also I own and A&K SP2000. There is nothing remotely bright about any of the Aurender streamers. It must be coming... | |
| Vinyl playback - lack of bass? Components make the difference... when the same source material is used (same mastered recordings). It is your turntable/ cartridge / phonostage. I used to own Olympica 3 speakers and a Pass 350 amp with Simm DAC and CD player. My turntable sound... | |
| Thoughts on swapping out Audioquest and Transparent cables for Duelund Given your quest. I would recommend Cardas. Transparent... and for that matter Nordost tends to be too... sorry, transparent for that kind of equipment. I have owned Simm. I prefer buying well known brands that have considered all parts of the aud... | |
| Seeking a Tube preamplifier I'd reconsider used. Companies like Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, and Zesto make preamps that will perform reliably for decades and outperform lower end models. | |
| Best affordable Linear Power Stage @sns Oops, perhaps my comment was too brief. The focus of my comment was on the words "audiophile equipment". The best way to get the very best sound (and associated power supply) is to purchase audiophile equipment... so, like Boulder, Audio Res... | |
| Im going to regret my cable question Better cables generally bring higher resolution... but that can be a problem. They can conduct some previously unheard distortion or detail which ends up making them sound worse. Or they can tip the tonal balance a little... for better or worse. D... | |
| Audio Research Amplifier tube rolling What is the rest of your system? Components and cables? If you have very warm cables and warm speaker, it might be too much. You definitely want very neutral interconnects and speaker wires to fully communicate the naturally balanced output form t... | |
| Back in the vinyl saddle again. OP, For exploration... great. Have fun. These days at most budget levels you can achieve parity between digital and analog for around the same investment. In the lower tiers it might require say a 20% to 50% increase in the digital side. So s... | |
| I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment. Oh I thought of a way to make this more palatable. The folks working at these subcontractors and fabs (at least in mainland China) often have come from absolute subsistence existence... I have been in the marginal areas where new plants have ... | |
| Best affordable Linear Power Stage I am sure the best available power supplies are available inside audiophile equipment. | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? I always wear thin disposable cotton gloves. You can get them on amazon... lots of choices. I also use them while positioning speakers not to smudge or scratch. https://www.amazon.com/OKAM-Moisturizing-Resistant-Stretchable-Inspection/dp/B087Z4B... | |
| Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby? I have always aimed at upgrading "a level". Reaching as high as I could and then over the next couple years upgrading all components to that level. This is the active upgrade time. Then I optimize for a year (positioning, cables, vibration control... |