ghdprentice
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| Isn't MCA Dead? Why is TAS touting MQA features in current emails? What sounds better is highly dependent on your equipment. Henes all the controversy. | |
| Length of SPDIF cable The brand is more important than the length. If you have $100K components… and the very best interconnects, then I would start worrying about the exact length. | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers @hsbrock Glad I could say something helpful. Let me add some detail. The time I had to go out and find warmer cable was when I had AMT and ribbon speakers. They were too, well let’s say, too good, in the upper frequencies. They reproduced th... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? I would definitely recommend separating the streamer and DAC function. Choose well and they will sound great and make future upgrades much easier. Two rules of thumb that I find useful. Only true if you do your homework and identify the best a... | |
| PS audio m1200 I’ll have to think about your dilemma. But you have an outstanding preamp and speakers. Putting a much lower quality amp like PS or some others recommended here is not going to result in a great sounding system. If I were you I would be lookin... | |
| AI and the future of music @rettrussell Sure, it is not competitive with unique / original heart felt blues. But that was the result of a 10 second endeavor… 5 to form the query and five seconds to receive the output. Virtually anyone in the industry five years ago wo... | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers @hsbrock There are dozens of variables involved in audiophile cable construction. Companies like Cardas, Transparent, Nordost, etc. have decades of research and development into making the very best. Because there are so many variables, almo... | |
| DAC Under $3000 @gdnrbob +1 I must agree. I own an Ayre DAC and Auditioned a Yggdrasil and own a Gungnir. I would go for the Ayre. A more natural sounding DAC. When thinking about a component a bit over your price range… I always think about how long I h... | |
| AI and the future of music Here is a blues song ChatGPT just did for me (invested time ten seconds): (Verse 1) Well, my baby walked out that door, Left me stranded, ain’t here no more. Said she found another man to please, Now I’m drowning in these lonely seas. (Chorus) O... | |
| Lumin U2 vs Aurender N200 Lumin has a good reputation for sound quality. I have not heard one so I can’t really comment on it. However I own two Aurender and have heard a couple others. Streamers is all that Aurrender does and the produce what is probably the best. At sho... | |
| Transparent Cable comparisons across both level and generation OP, Looking at your system, Transparent is the brand you should be looking at. I have virtually all Transparent Ultra Gen 6 on my system. I have upgraded from various previous generations and models. I believe that Gen 5 to Gen 6 was a ver... | |
| The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition @noromance V6 👍 😊 Honestly, I don’t know what the 50th anniversary edition sounds like. So, this is all complete speculation. | |
| The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition OP, I think you are correct… in that at the $60K price point, you can get a better sounding table. Different league ? Well, that would have to be determined in a real intimate comparison with both of us in the same room comparing our preferences ... | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? @emergingsoul Thank you. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the space. Fortunately I have a couple OLED flat screens upstairs. I dedicate the downstairs to music, books, and art. | |
| Amp vs Preamp which is more important? @localnet Great experience for you. Our journeys to audio nirvana is individual. Our systems are composed of a bunch of components in our audio space. We have different values and different homes. It is a journey that we must make ourselves… but... |