ghdprentice
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| Nordost reference jumpers vs second set of cables Great question. @jl35 +1 I would do the jumpers and use the difference to upgrade something else… direct lines if you don’t have them, or upgrade your amp power cord, or room acoustics. | |
| Vinyl Lovers Congratulations on where you are. What is your system? There is a place to put photos. Very helpful. What turntable? I started collecting in the 60’s as well and continued through present. I was shocked that when cleaned and with an audiophil... | |
| Dynamic Range - the golden key to music nirvana? Thank you for the thoughtful documentation of your journey to a system that really engages you. I think that is the desire for us all. Of course we all have different values and they change over time. As you noted at the onset there are more attr... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @nonoise +1 Takatsuki are very fine tubes! Highly recommended. | |
| Tube Integrated With Clarity Damned by faint praise. Reading your post, my immediate reaction is that your Lab12 Integre4 really doesn’t do it for you. It may have attributes you like. But when I have really found components that I connect with I don’t want anything diffe... | |
| A fine realization Congratulations, that is what good audio should do, bring smiles to our faces. | |
| Vibration Control through Ginko products @carlsbad2 👍 | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? I guess we use different tubes. I have 50 tubes in my current systems, and have used tubes for decades… although less in number. I got a whistle in a tube a few years ago after several years of use and had on tube that died upon arrival. The rest ... | |
| Corner bass traps - most installed wrong? +1 @johnnycamp5 | |
| Upgrade my older Linn Sondek or move on? If you have a local Linn dealer that is going to install the parts or you are a detailed oriented meticulous person and want to do it yourself I would do the upgrades. Each of the upgrades you propose will significantly increase the sound quality.... | |
| Flat frequency response Speakers with completely flat responses do not sound good. I have read articles from more than one speaker designer that attests to the fact that flat response speakers sound dry and lifeless. One sticks in my mind of a designer that could not dec... | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... There was a couple threads on the fake Nordost offered on Aliexpress. I had a real set of Nordost Odin 2 in my system for several weeks… so I know what they sound like. So I bought a set of Nordost Odin2 from AliExpress. I can assure you, they did... | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It @kota1 I am really happy that folks try to employ new technology to old problems. I am actually an early adopter, both in my personal life and professionally for over fifty years. My job was to evaluate new technology and to not adopt to early… ... | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It @drbarney1 Ok, fair enough. Then you are not an audiophile, or a person dedicated to high end audio. That makes you a normal person. Those of us that are tend to be solitary people that will do every thing possible to get the best possible so... | |
| Vibration Control through Ginko products @carlsbad2 What size wool balls do you recommend for a hundred pound amp, so 25 pounds per corner? 3” XFirm or 2” XXFirm? |