ghdprentice
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| Ripping CDs @linnvolk Yes great opportunities for listening. I find your counterpoint logical but very very unlikely. The cat is out of the bag. I can’t see a way it gets put back in. The world is going digital… it has to, we cannot afford the resources... | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? Both. I have, in the very beginning tried to minimize cost and maximize effort (gaining experience) and found I wasted more money by trying to save money… I would try going low cost and just ended up buying three intermediate components and the fi... | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @benanders I’m glad you are curious. But we are not working on graduate degrees here (which btw I have). Those of us with lots of experience are trying to help those with less to effectively navigate this extremely complex landscape and avoid was... | |
| Ripping CDs @linnvolk Yes, you are correct, I am assuming most all content is available. Most is. However, what happened to me, and I suspect what happens to most folks is that once the sound quality difference disappears and you have access to more than a ... | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 😊👍 | |
| Dc voltage sent to my speakers I for one would be really interested in hearing the results of actual analysis of the preamp and amp. There are lots of great theories here, it would be really be good to hear what actually happened. I don’t think the take away is to go buy a ... | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 @blisshifi Thanks for your value added contributions. George | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @benanders You are simply speaking from a lack of experience and a strong unfounded sense of skepticism. Many of us here have decades of experience in high end audio and have constantly listened to the digital technology as it has developed ove... | |
| Cable upgrades Congratulations. Yes, at first listen before being broken in, cables tend to be forward and a bit bright… they “relax” over time. So, you are doing the right thing. | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 I have two Aurrender and have had the Grimm in my system, and listened to Linn in several systems. So… that kind of gives me a feel for things. I have not heard the Lumin… I had eliminated it via extensive research. I also owned a Aurlic Aries G2... | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs @mahler123 +1 I have a number of these most are stunning. | |
| DAC RECOMMENDATIONS PLEASE There has been a lot of discussion about the DiectStream DACs on the forum and a friend of mine got one, and that sent it back. There have been lots of questions about a high noise floor and some questions on design and construction. Many folks re... | |
| Help with speaker selection <$20k I find using a Bard comparison as a good place to start. It is typically pretty accurate.. but occasionally can a bit off… it can gets one adjective wrong. But great place to get a feel for the differences: Comparing High-End Audio Speakers: R... | |
| Help with speaker selection <$20k So you are keeping the electronics you have? Or are they going with the other speakers? After decades with other speaker types I accidentally ran into Sonus Faber speakers about fifteen years ago. They have a natural and organic sound that no ... | |
| Advice needed: It's time for a new DAC Berkeley Alpha. I love my Audio Research Reference CD9SE. I had a Berkeley Alpha Reference 3 in my system for a couple weeks. I found the ARC a tad more musical… my preference, but the Berkeley was ever so much more detailed with nearly all th... |