ghdprentice
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| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables I did a comparison in the 1990’s and included a Home Depot 12 gauge power cord (with ends cut off, cut to length), cheap Radio Shack speaker wire and a set of Transparent and Cardas Speaker cables. The Home Depot sounded great... it was better tha... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 @ozzy +1 The Watt Puppy 8 does have a notably harsh... unnatural top end. It’s doesnt’ ruin the experience... otherwise it is very good sounding. I have a friend with a pair. Even with very natural sounding tube electronics this is obvious to an... | |
| Power Help - What Conditioner - WHERE? That’s a lot of stuff. The best would be to connect the minimum for a 2 channel stereo in one location and to a direct line. A power conditioned for the streamer through turntable through preamp… and amp in the other socket. I’m trying to be reali... | |
| Which amp with Wilson watt puppy 8 I think we should drill down on ehe blown speaker issue. How loud do you listen? I am familiar with Sonus Faber and Wilson speakers, I have heard them at ear splitting sound levels powered with smaller amps. I think the problem lies somewhere othe... | |
| What is your audio axiom? Patience, listen, research, learn. This is a long term pursuit that can be incredibly rewarding. However you have to be comfortable with ambiguity and learn to listen and hear. Each turn can be rewarding. Early days are the hardest until you get t... | |
| how long with a PSaudio Preamp last No reason to expect less than twenty or thirty years. To keep top performance, it would be good to have them serviced after 20. | |
| MBL Insolvent Of course the house sound of equipment varies greatly... so while it might be of the right quality and one does not like the house sound. Also, there are differences in how well designs are executed among companies. But I would say the lie betwee... | |
| MBL Insolvent @kerrybh "..Raises an interesting question though- I suspect we all agree with the wisdom of selling "affordable" gear, but what is that price point? Is it $1,000 speakers, $5,000? I don’t know, but an interesting question." Yes. Absolutely, An... | |
| Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system. @mapman +1 | |
| Chair I have back problems as well. I started by visiting "Relax the Back" store. They have zero gravity chairs and ones designed specifically to address bad backs. I found the seat below. It can be purchased elsewhere. From experimenting I found the... | |
| MBL Insolvent @yesiam_a_pirate "...A sad fact is that the 2 channel high end audiophile is aging out and dying off. The successor generation has little use for high end gear. " I have heard this for forty years. Yet the proliferation of high end companies... | |
| MBL Insolvent @lalitk "...That may be true, but what seems to hurt many of these high-end audio companies in the long run is affordability...." Correct. I am pretty sure that is exactly why Audio Research has just released their new affordable line. It has a n... | |
| Looking for a High Quality Short HDMI Cable I would go for DHLabs. They are my go to for high quality but budget conscious. I have several of their HDMI cables for my home theater. | |
| MBL Insolvent Yes, it is very sad. But hopefully they will work their way out of it. Glad to hear in the mean time it is business as usual. An example of how these audio companies are small businesses run by folks that are passionate about audio and are not g... | |
| Yamaha+PreAmp or Rotel RA1572 Rotel. They build better sounding equipment for the money. Gets you in the right league. Buying used, excellent idea. |