ghdprentice
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| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 OP, I have got a seventy + year old back as well. I use talk and if necessary a $20 bill or two to deal with heavy equipment. There are all sorts of ways to arrange for you not to have to lift audio equipment. I will definitely not compromise ... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? This much talk about subwoofers can’t help me wonder about how many folks out there are using them correctly. Fortunately there is software to help configure them properly… but, I am surprised how often I have found folks with them turned up way t... | |
| How Has Your Finely Tuned Audiophile Dexterity Helped You in Your "Other" Life? For me it is a chicken and egg thing. I love very complex highly ambiguous problems where just getting your feet on the ground and bearings are hard. I love and thrive in this environment. So high end audio, and my job as electro-mechanical engin... | |
| Benchmark or McIntosh.... You really must listen to them. These guys are on opposite ends of the spectrum. MAC is a powerhouse in midrange and bass, with little detail, benchmark heavy detail. Both brands have lots of fans and are well respected. While I love the meters a... | |
| ARC VSi75SE v. MF Nu-Vista 800 @cundare2 Wow, that does not sound right.. but I can’t refute it with any knowledge. I’ll do a little research. I’d like to know. But it sure does not sound right. | |
| System advice @kennyc Congradulations. | |
| any current integrated amps in market have great dacs? @pscar I recently auditioned the Linn Select DSM with streamer and DAC (meaning it did not include the preamp and amp modules)… in my system… also auditioned the DAC in it, by itself. This is the midlevel DAC as there are three levels in whic... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER @moto_man 😊👍 | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. @asctim “…good tube amps sound plain and natural, not exciting or magical.” Let me change the gist of that a little. By being natural… and musical, they capture the magic of the music. I absolutely find good tube amps magical… they can send s... | |
| How to use headphones with separates Headphone systems are a different breed from main speaker systems. It is probably better not having a preamp with a headphone jack. They tend not to sound good, even on high end components. I spent fifteen years developing my headphone system fro... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. @dayglow Thank you for your kind words. | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs Schiit is great budget stuff. Very good sounding for the money. But it is not audiophile gear. I have extensive experience with several of their components. | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @daveyf By the way I have a contemporary Linn LP12… nearly Klimax. I skipped the Linn phonostage and use an Audio Research Ref 3 phonostage… so avoided the digital conversion. Not sure why they did that either. | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, @daveyf “…Is it possible that more experienced a'philes will have enough knowledge/experience of how to put together a system so that it has the least chance ( i'm not saying that all of these folks will not occasionally make mistakes and regress... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER @moto_man Thanks for your excellent contribution. Just a caution, which it sounds like you would do anyway. If you choose to move to the Pass XP-32… audition before you buy. From what you have said, I would bet you loose the magic you get with t... |