ghdprentice
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| Amplifier Pairing with Coherent 15s OP, I hope things work out. I am sure you are aware that matching / purchasing unheard is a really difficult way to get an optimal system, one in close alinement to your preferences. If you look at how well a system fits your values as on a ten p... | |
| Hiatus @curiousjim Thats funny. As I have aged, I find I can finally sit down for extended lengths of time. My watch is always telling me it has been an hour and that I should get up. I can ignor it easily for and hour or more. | |
| Where do I go from here? The choice to go straight to streaming is the right one today. Streaming can sound better than CDs and equivalent or better than vinyl… but it depends on the price range. Vinyl wins in the <$20K digital leg area (meaning, you have to pay a ... | |
| Hiatus I think Audiophilia attracts certain types of people. Men for one, but with analytical skills, a love of nuance and subtlety, lots of cuiousity, and definitely somewhat obsessed. Depending on where you are on the scale of obsessed will probably de... | |
| I need advice on Dissimilar runs using XLR So, you really have no experience. You are just parroting something you read online. I have googled why smoking is good for you and discovered that doctors and religious people confirm smoking is good for your health. Also, that climate change... | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing OP, I recommend signing up for the free month of Qubuz. My dealer pestered me for the better part of a year to switch fro Tidal to Qobuz. I finally did a couple years ago and cancelled my Tidal subscription within a couple days. While there... | |
| I need advice on Dissimilar runs using XLR @jeffrey125 Could you please relate your experiences that support your supposition. What brands, differential lengths, and components were involved in your testing? I have always desired to take some shortcuts. Wasting money has never been so... | |
| Hearing aids Great question. Fortunately one I haven’t had to ask yet, despite too many loud concerts when young. | |
| I need advice on Dissimilar runs using XLR The rule is always the same length. I have never broken it. Cables can be looked at as having hundreds of small capacitors per inch where different electrons are detained by very slightly different amounts. Often why single crystal, or fancy m... | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing OP, Thanks for your impressions. I use my Ref CD as a DAC 99% of the time streaming with my Aurrender. The higher resolution of much of the material from Qubuz sounds better and the CD is there as a backup in case the network goes down. | |
| Connection from router to streamer. @mapman +1 | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance OP, ‘Thank you for your response. On the subject of the sound of music. I grew up with cheap systems of the 70’s and live concerts… The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Moody Blues…etc. in really good venues and towers of amplifiers and speakers. I a... | |
| Full range stand mounted speakers I would think the individual vertical strings of the Sonus Faber would be much less interesting to cats. They also sound fantastic. | |
| Connection from router to streamer. Like all components you must consider the quality of the component. The better the component, the more important the interconnect. I have had streamers at the$1K, 3K, 5K, 10K, and now my streamer is $22K. In general the better the component the m... | |
| Help and opinions needed on pre-amp situation OP, True audiophile companies are like this. The people in them are passionate about what they do, and above all else want folks to achieve and enjoy high end audio. For those of us that have been pursing high end audio for a long time have conne... |