ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| new to streaming- help! Definitely don’t go back to a PC. There is a place to show your system. Would help us better assess where you are at and taylor recommendations. I have brought my digital end from terrible, step by step to having sound quality equal to my ex... | |
| USB Cable @soix +1 Very true. PCs cannot compete. I played with PCs for a number of years. I used different software, striped down the background jobs, Changed cables, added noice reduction… did the same on a MAC, ran it on batteries. Still my first stan... | |
| Heavy Vinyl Most audiophile pressings are done in heavy vinyl. Then there are old pressings, some of which are heavy vinyl. I have found most, but definitely not all to be superior to the other pressings. I assumed for the reason of the mastering and extr... | |
| Audio Research Financial Troubles Audio Research’s problems are long over. Nothing to do with the viability of the business, but of a highly leveraged buy out by a great guy with the best intentions and a change in the interest rates. If there is some components available on-line,... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? @shermanosity ”…Buy the best speakers you can afford and go from there.” +1 that is a good one. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Life is too short. Flip on the tubes and enjoy your system. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? The hyper detailed system is a common result of the pursuit. I have heard a number of systems that sound exactly like the one you describe. I think it is a fairly predictable outcome of analytical minds pursuing better and better systems. I can’t ... | |
| Will the Topping E30 II support Tidal's FLAC streams? I think the most important aspect of a DAC is how it sounds. The overall sound quality is of the highest importance. Then it’s ok to verify it supports typical formats. If I was in the market again, get the best sound quality possible… making sur... | |
| USB Cable OP, Holy cow! Definitely get a streamer of that caliber… I recommend an Aurender W20SE given the rest of your system. Our systems are very similar… Audio Research REF 6SE, REF CD9SE DAC, and for me ref 160s and m. You definitely want the Aure... | |
| Garage into listening room? I suspect you would need lots of treatments. It would likely sound cavernous, the cement floors would need thick carpet. You would probably end up moving the speakers to near a wall, and treating the walls. The 18’ ceilings could be a problem, as ... | |
| New Speaker advice I would recommend doing some more auditioning. Also, try to switch out of the analytical mode… try and listen to the music. I would extend to more brands and try not to evaluate the characteristics as much as seeing how compelling the music is. Do... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? Auditio, audition…audition. Listen to live acoustic music. Read Harley’s book. Always stretch for an audiophile component. | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs If at all possible do not combine a home theater and 2 channel system. It may seem cheaper, but it comprises so much. I would rather have a 2 channel system in a walk in closet, separate from a home theater. You can craft the sound… carefully plac... | |
| USB Cable @soix +1 I agree. While both the DHLabs and Transparent USB cables are really good ones… I use both… Transparent on my main system and DHLabs on my headphone system… they are connected to wall wart wifi extenders and first class streamers on th... | |
| Tradeoffs of external phono stages? If you want the best possible sound, then separates. If you are looking for cost effective, then combined. The two worlds of objectives are worlds apart. This is an easy choice. The highest level components separate each stage and component. S... |