ghdprentice
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| Is more amp power always better...? In general, if you hold the sound quality the same, then yes, and more so for solid state than tube. But not true at the margins of speaker efficiency: low… more important… for high efficiency speakers it can cause problems). Also, unless you are ... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision +1 Audio Research, as contemporary as you can afford. | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 I would go to the usedcable web site. Typically used cables are 1/2 price. So you can jump up a level in performance. | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated @erik_squires … “I find Pass lean, and scratchy. I don’t like listening to it for long.” While I agree different people have different tastes. This is not at all the Pass sound. I am familiar with the overall spectrum of component sound. I wou... | |
| New Amp... Is it time to switch my speaker cables?? I would audition some good quality Cardas, Clear or Beyond. This will immediately tell you what you want to know. Excellent cables, may add the midrange / bass solidity you want. | |
| Time, Wear, and Technological Evolution That is the best way to find out if it is worth an upgrade. | |
| Ken Fritz article @tcotruvo +1 | |
| Anyone with experience having cables made using Amorphous Metals/Alloys @williewonka Steve, thanks for sharing your journey on making cables. It nicely points out how many permutations there are in searching for the “right stuff”. Early on in my career I was asked to develop a electro mechanical system which require... | |
| DAC comparison. Cheap vs expensive with 15 test tracks @roxy54 😊👍 | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? @larryi +1 | |
| Have Luxman 509x. Considering Pass Labs INT-250 or Dan D’Agostino Progression Integrated I am familiar with the Luxman and Pass integrated. I would consider the Pass a big upgrade over the Luxman. It has much better rhythm and pace… sounding much more musically involving and much better midrange, both in quantity (being well balanced ... | |
| New streamer I would recommend a used Aurrender, as current as possible. They have very low noise floor, great dynamics and natural sound. I have two. My excellent analog end sound virtually identical to my digital end. Both natural and musical. | |
| Equipment sight but not sound. In 1979 when I bought my hugely expensive Threshold S500 ($5K then, $19K equivalent now)… with my first ever bank loan there was no choice. This Pass amp was very cutting edge at the time… no samples any where. I did not care about looks, I was on... | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? No. I don’t look at frequency responses. Professional reviews and personal auditions only. | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? In a good system a $2K Audio Quest Hurricane can be a bargain for the amount of sound quality gained for the money. This is the whole reason high end wires are around, for a person that chooses wisely, he will always be getting a bargain for w... |