ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Sonus Faber Upgrade worth it Dependent a bit on the room size, but probability is very high. Likely to be tighter bass and more coherent and detailed sound. What is your room size? I have owned Cremona M, Olympica, and Amati. The steps have always been significant. If you... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Go for Quboz. Slightly better sound quality than others and half a million high resolution albums vs a tenth of that for Tidal. | |
| Sonus Faber Amati Tradition or Serafino G2 I power my Amati with an Audio Research Ref 160 in triode mode... 70wpc... plenty of power... can blast my large room way louder than I would ever want to listen to them without compression or detriment. These are tube amps... you would not get th... | |
| What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate? @thecarpathian +1 | |
| My Gray Experience Sorry to hear of your experience. Thanks for sharing. | |
| Why are DAC's so much more expensive than transports? DAC's are the component that determines the sound character. So, the amount of effort components to carefully craft the sound vs just spin a disk and stream the bits is simpler. | |
| Thoughts on using a smart plug on intergrated amp. Is your system a high end audio system or a good sounding audio system. If the later... using a switched plug is probably OK. But I feel very comfortable in going out on a limb and saying it is definitely going to compromise the sound quality of a... | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Most high end streamers do not have a DAC. I highly recommend Aurender. For budget... N200 or used N100... or N20. The more you invest the better they sound... up to the very highest level. One of the considerations is the app used to control them... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Absolutely. The best cartridges I have heard are the over $10K and the sound quality jumped a lot. One being the Esturo Gold and top of the line Grado... are the ones I remember. I’m probably going to buy an Esturo when I am able. | |
| Cork room treatments Great idea. Sure looks like it would be effective, unfortunately I have no experience. | |
| CD player choice: Linn Ikemi, ArcamCD73, Adcom GCD- 575, or Linn Karik Given the state of the high end audio industry. I would sell them all and get a good quality Streamer and DAC. Streaming is as good or better sounding and is the present state and the future. Alternatively you could verify each can be used as a ... | |
| Ayre QX-5 Twenty I am familiar with a number of Ayre products and currently own a QB-9 DAC... their equipment is excellent in terms of sound quality. It is natural sounding and musical while being detailed. The streaming part is new to my. So I had to look in... | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! I never heard that one... It is definitely not true in my experience. | |
| PLUG AMPLIFIER INTO POWER CONDITIONER OR INTO WALL RECEPTACLE Into the wall. I have tried high end power conditioners made specifically for high current / amps and they still sounded notably better plugged directly into the wall. I have also tried a high end audio distribution box also claiming not to restri... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @robob +1 I share your opinion on the Rega... I owned one for a couple years. And agree the Linn will holds its own... on any tables remotely in the same price category. Of course, that is a very big range given the options. |