ghdprentice

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Fleetwood Deville vs Wilson Sound
@carey1110    +1  
Can you think of a reason not to?
@ozzy62    +1  
The End of My Search for a Power Conditioner
Thank you for your detailed description of your experiences with these products. It is really helpful for those of us that have not experienced them.   
Shazam as an audio tool
Thanks for sharing. Excellent recommendations… app and some of the musical choices. I’ve listening to Matt Rollings’s now.  
What's my best upgrade options
Absolutely your front end. I would give carefull consideration to the future of your system. The future is streaming the past is vinyl and CD. Concentration of your money into one approach will get you the farthest most quickly. The strengths of ... 
Fo Audio Research Ref 10 owners, Best Amp?
Well, I own an ARC Reference 6SE, and before a REF5se. In the past I have used Pass amps, like most recently the Pass 350. The moment I put a ARC Reference 160s and 160m mono locks I knew that was the end of my long relationship with solid state a... 
Battle of the Older DAC
OP, Most of us had a moment early on in the pursuit of high end audio where logic said something shouldn’t matter and the actual sonic difference was huge. It becomes clear that numbers and measurement only tell a very small part of the story. Th... 
Recommendation for tube preamp
I recommend Audio Research, used as contemporary as possible. I’ve used ARC for phonostage and mostly for preamp since the late 80’s. I tried a couple other preamps in the middle and switched back to Audio Research. Last 15 years ARC Reference 5SE... 
Battle of the Older DAC
The last ten years the sound quality of DACs has improved significantly. Consider a newer one… maybe three to five years, you will get a significant discount and probably much higher quality. Do not waste your time on Audio Science Review (ASR). ... 
Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles!
@panzrwagn    That makes sense. I thought I remembered it in the ‘60s, but whatever I googles said 70’s.   Well the oscilloscope remained the coolest gadget on an audio component ever. It was inspiring to me as a scientist wanna be at the time... 
Unplated copper spades/banana
I’d like to hear from someone that has done detailed comparisons as well.  
Transparent Audio power cords
@roadcykler    Power cords make a very big difference, and especially on amps. Generally more than interconnects and on the order of speaker cables (on amps). Transparent Generation five and six further lower the noise floor, improve balance acr... 
The More Things Change.........
Thanks for sharing. Building great acoustic spaces has been a been a thing of great importance for a very long time. Some of the best acoustic spaces I have been in were created during the 1920’s.  
Transparent Audio power cords
I have to agree with @audphile1 that the Gen 6 is more balanced. top to bottom, meaning you are probably hearing your amp more clearly. I use Transparent almost exclusively. You can see my systems under my user ID. I have found Transparent to be... 
End of a long quest to vanquish sibilance.
@stuartk   Yes you have meticulously documented the multitude of changes you have done to deal with this problem on more than one thread. Swaps in CD players, preamps (I think), speakers, cables… we have even discussed this off line. Hasn’t it ...