ghdprentice
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| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 @coltrane1 Yes, we completely disagree. Audio Research is in absolutely no danger of going out of business. I have corresponded with Trent Suggs shorty after he bought ARC and while owner. And I have a friend that recently spent over an hou... | |
| Stenheim Alumine 3 vs. Sonus Faber Amati G5 I have not heard the Stenheim Alumine 3, but I own Amati Traditional (see my virtual systems). From reading about the Stenheim… they are as different as you can get from the Sonus Faber, both sonically and aesthetically. From the descriptions the ... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 @coltrane1 ? You mean because ARC was bought by a well intended, highly leveraged person and had to sell it to a great deep pockets owner? If so, none of that is a reason not to buy or not to sell. | |
| Amplifier and Speaker A/B switcher OP, Switching the banana plugs is certainly a good way to assure no impact on sound. The higher resolution your system, the more prone you are to hear a switch box. Given your equipment, I think a high end audio switch box, would be indiscer... | |
| New Aurender conductor V4 app So far so good for me. This is why it is a beta. They are looking for input from users. I would find it hard to believe they will not find this thread. | |
| Can anyone explain what a power tube does inside an amplifier, eg kt88. Common guys, give him a break. You do not have to know how a technology works to realize it does. | |
| Amplifier and Speaker A/B switcher What is your equipment? There is a place to show photos and ID you equipment under virtual systems. This will help a lot in answering your question. It depends on your equipment. The better it is, the less likely there is such a thing. I have ... | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? @fsonicsmith1 The bicycle analogy is pretty good. I am an avid bike rider… with a long distance / touring slant. I have four custom made bikes of my stable of eight. Each is carefully crafted, with every detail thought out to the highest leve... | |
| Music that has a hold of me beyond understanding OP +1 | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? OP, Yeah… Zesto… I know… I would not instantly turn my head and think, “That must be a world class audiophile product.” A British guy in Southern California… great sounding audiophile products… much better than Schiit. I am not in favor ... | |
| When did you put the most effort in setting up your audio system? I started on my first true high end system not too long after I got my first professional job after college. I think I spent at least two - three years getting my first system put together. There was a lot of swapping, as this component or that wo... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? OP, Oops, Zesto. | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade I would call it a nice aesthetic design choice. | |
| RCA versus XLR interconnects Unfortunately it depends. It depends on the components. It would be really helpful to know what your system is. There is a place to put photos and ID your components under your virtual system (To the right of Audiogon Discussion at the top is a d... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? @emergingsoul My friend? Thin, inarticulate, no bass, no imaging… it is so bad it is unreal. I have tried coaching him for decades… but he will simply not listen, and picks well reviewed stuff. He has a Presto preamp, Krell amp, Esoteric SACD... |