ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Tube change. Agreed. Nice looking amps... that's a lot of tubes. I have used a number of different Sophia tubes and they have sounded superb, warm natural and detailed. While they are not Takatsuki... they are upper tier. | |
| Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amp The new I-70 is auto biasing. It just took time to get there. I remember when all tube amps had to be manually biased. Not that long ago. There are demos on-line how to manually bias the I-50. It is not hard... I suspect since the amp must be... | |
| Optimized Center Channel OP, Thanks for sharing about your ATVX experience... wow. I had no idea folks modified these... wow $2.5K. We have Two Bravias and two Fire Cubes, Apple TVs and a Cable box. One of the Apple and Amazon boxes get upgraded every year so they stay i... | |
| Need Opinions for Streamer/DAC [One Box - Not Separates] Budget Approx. $ 5,000 To circumvent the wireless requirement, just get a range extender, and plug in near your audio system. Typically these work better than internal wifi. I have had several... including over $5K that simply did poorly on their own wifi. I know of a n... | |
| Thoughts and suggestions please I sure would not worry. I would find a way to export your list to a text file and assume you can find a way to import it into a new device or service should you ever need to. Streaming is the future... so, I can't see it going away. Owning music... | |
| Audio Research I/50 Integrated Amp @docknow +1 Hmmm, maybe I'll buy one. I love the I/50. Every time I have listened to one, I fall in love again. Then realize I don't need one. Perhaps I'll replace my Primaluna integrated. | |
| Optimized Center Channel OP, Thank you for your thoughts after your listening session. Are you volume constrained? I often have to listen to our HT with my partner in a nearby room... and hence have to have the volume turned way down. So, sometimes I need to turn on the... | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 OP, Yes I understand. I am by nature not a patient person. I completely get it. Whittling it down to a hand full is good. When you get your speakers you can focus on getting to know them and positioning them. Sounds like you already know it will... | |
| Last Critical Tweak… how to quell occasional high harshness…? After a cursory look at your components... it is really puzzling. It would take some really bad interconnects to do this kind of thing to the sound of your components. Could we please see your system. Please post photos in a Virtual system. When... | |
| Pass Labs xa-25 or Coda Continum #8 I'd get the Volti, get them broken in, carefully set up, and then start thinking about an amplifier. I typically want to have a known starting point... as in I know what the speakers sound like with what I have... then start the search. | |
| Room Acoustics and Speaker Placement OP Thanks. The great thing is that regardless of your investment level optimizing your setup willl make a huge difference in the sound quality and is great experience for later systems. When you have time after a couple weeks, add some photos ... | |
| What wire to use instead of Romex Use an electrician for installation. But specify the wire. They will think you are crazy, every time I have done it they have. They will refuse to believe that different wire sounds different. I just asked them to humor me. Definitely 10 gauge. I ... | |
| Optimized Center Channel OP, Looking at your system. I would try moving the center up and point the tweeter at your ear level (as someone recommended). My center is low, I used different elastomer pucks to angle it up towards my ears. I have no problem hearing the dialog... | |
| Aging ears and Nuances @limomangus Certainly a good warning. Excellent thought. However, the volume on headphones and earbuds is adjustable. Blasting not required. I literally spent thousands of hours listening to headphones as a geologist in the '70s driving for ei... | |
| Optimized Center Channel Sounds like you have a problem... unless your hearing is very compromised your system probably just needing adjustment. When you equalize the channels, you can give a boost to the center channel. 85% of the dialog comes from the center channel. ... |