ghdprentice
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| ARC amp differences. @cundare2 OK, now that is a hard one. I guess, if it takes the VSI75SE to get you into a ARC preamp and amp… then I would go that way. Audio Research stuff is really complimentary to other ARC equipment. So, if you were thinking Audio Research ... | |
| Speakers versus Balance vs Amplifier OP, I think you get it. The sweet spot is the sweet spot, and it is in the center between the speakers. It is way more complicated than just boosting the power on one side. If at all possible… sit in the center. I have owned Pass amps for nearly ... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? A word about phonostages. I owned my frog and upgraded my phonostage from an Audio Research PH 2, 2SE, 3, 3SE, 5, 8, and finally an ARC Ref 3. In each case I got a sizable boost in performance until the last. This is partially how I came up with t... | |
| budget diy tube preamp beating many expensive preamps... problem with my system? It is a question of values. What you call good may not be what I call good. What I call good has changed over the course of the fifty years I have pursued high end sound. Slowly with experience I was able to listen deeper into more aspects of s... | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience Very nice.y written. Thanks for documenting your experience. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? +1 DHLabs for excellent quality budget cables. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Thanks. Interesting. I had not heard of them. Lots of tubed equipment. They must use the tubes conservatively to get so much mileage out of them. Always good to see different audio companies. | |
| Magnepans and dogs My dogs like my system. I have a love seat with my side in the sweet spot. One of my dogs always jumps up and listens. Likes classical, and jazz… but not the crazy frenetic stuff. In the much earlier days when I had solid state stuff other dogs an... | |
| Room Acoustics I use tube traps in the corners. Depends on the size of your room and speakers as to how much improvement you will get. Acoustic panels and big bass traps are expensive. Clearly one way is to get a company involved. After the corners, I experimen... | |
| USB Cable @hce1 Nice post. | |
| ARC amp differences. Oops, a clarification… the only non-Transparent wires I have is the Audio Quest Hurricane power cord on my amp. All others are Tranparent… cables, interconnects and power cords. I fiddled with different power cords for a year on my amp until I fou... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature @invalid That makes sense the lasting longer would not extend from power tubes to rectifier and smaller tubes. So, what is your preamp / DAC. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? “…balanced components are "insensitive" to cables…” This is absolutely false. Single ended or balanced the first most important thing is the quality of the wire. How much this affects the sound quality depends on your components. In general co... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? @stingray26 +1 | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature @invalid Thanks for your reply. Really. That means you are running them 8,700 hours a year. I have been told that tubes… particularly power tubes age more slowly when on but not in use. Maybe that has something to do with it. My Audio Resea... |