ghdprentice
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| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? @curiousjim I must agree. While at first they come off as very detailed, over time one can realize the cost is in hidden harshness. Although, you can probably mitigate the issue with very warm tube equipment... there is always that, "It depends"... | |
| SACD v Streaming The equation for equal or better sound quality from streaming has been changing rapidly over the last few years. If you carefully choose components then Streamer ~ = DAC… which should = preamp or amp. I’m not sure of your system… but I would guess... | |
| Air Play Hmm. I’m guessing that is a function of your Aurender 200. I have used airplay on other devices and it has been simply terrible... unreliable, poor quality... etc. I’m just going to have to take a guess that the Aurender is caching the contents ... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? Older ones. Buy your wife a really extravagant, heart felt gift before casually mentioning it. Mention in the afterglow. | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? Good point, if it is depth charges then not as tight is ok. | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? ARC Ref 80S + Sonus Faber is an excellent match. | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? @jsalerno277 Agreed, there are other sonic aspects that must be correct as well. | |
| Audio Research S-200 This is all I know about. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/preview-audio-research-announces-new-core-amplification-products/ However the sound of audio components are not just overall design, it is also about carefully choosing each ... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? @freediver Musicality, technically comes about primarily from the properties of rhythm & pace and midrange bloom. Understanding the elements are not necessary. You can gauge the from auditioning products and systems, reading reviews and liste... | |
| Tube Tester Searching for a bad tube is pretty easy. I always have a spare set. You just substitute one at a time until you find the bad tube... or eliminate the problem from being a tube. Most companies that supply matched tubes write down their electrical t... | |
| Looking for new speaker cables What equipment do you have? I'd recommend putting some photos and identifying the components under your UserID as a virtual system. That will help us get a good feel for your system. If I want the sound of the components to come through I buy Tr... | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? @polklover +1 | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? Musicality. The gestalt of the component... overall presentation. It is too easy to concentrate on fine details, transients, micro textures, width of the soundstage, image size, etc, and completely miss stepping back and considering if it creates ... | |
| Buyer Beware @saugertiesbob +1 | |
| Streaming music and movies from tv @tony1954 +1 we really need to know more. Optical is not as high a quality, but on a budget two channel system, it is probably not noticeable. And really, the best thing would be to use a surround processor and add a third central speaker of t... |