ghdprentice
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| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? Tubes undergo less wear when not under load so will last longer, but I don’t think any manufacturer would recommend leaving them on: fire hazard and a really short tube life. | |
| what should I get to replace what I am planning to try Yes… I get the joke about sitting in the kitchen. But what is the issue? You want a smaller soundstage? My sound stage goes way back behind the wall and my speakers are four feet from the wall.. this is an asset not a problem. Also, yes, th... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz Qobuz. Sound is slightly better and they have about 1/2 million high resolution albums versus fifty thousand or so for Tidal. | |
| Many Questions Need Help You have a challenging question. First, integrated amps tend to have terrible headphone jacks. They are afterthought features… often even on very expensive ones. Sennheiser HD 650 headphones require a lot of power to sound great… so defini... | |
| Passive preamps - differences between technologies Audio Research is very synergistic with other Audio Research. The REF3 or LS28se are really great preamps. | |
| Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there? Yes… well, minus the pipe… I had to give that up fifty years ago. Oh yes, also minus the suit. But I wear slippers. | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing Congrats on you folks that have bought an Aurrender N200. It is likely the Sp/DIF connection will sound better and that the Yggdrasil will hold back the performance somewhat… but I am sure you will really enjoy the streamer. | |
| Where do I go from here? The VPI Classic sound great. But the cartridge depends on your tastes in sound. Really detailed or musical? I love musical, so am really attracted to Van den Hull and Koetsu. They are musically oriented. | |
| Dealers with excellent listening rooms? Most cities have places that are sufficient to get the essence out of the equipment. In Portland Oregon it is Pearl Audio, Echo Audio and StereoTypes. | |
| Is my amp good enough? You ask a pretty simple question. The answer is also really simple. Yes, your amp is plenty good to power the speakers you are thinking of buying. Also, yes, you are likely to get a significant increase in sound quality and bring a big smile on yo... | |
| Upgrading cd player Congratulations. I look forward to hearing what you think. I love my Ref CD9SE… while with streaming I only use the CD player component rarely. It is great to be able to compare streaming and a CD so seamlessly as with this unit. I really think i... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @phd Yes, I felt the way you did until I finally bought one… now, I could care less about the wear, or any other theoretical problem. The sound quality justifies it. I now have thousands of hours on tube amps with no failures and no tube chan... | |
| Not sure if this is the right forum You might also try Bard. I have found comparisons to be pretty good. | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? I remember fiddling with off brands and some inexpensive Shunyata power cords to no effect. This was ten or fifteen years ago. With my newer Audio Research amps they come with heavy duty copper and 20 amp connectors, so I couldn’t use any of m... | |
| Speaker placement Quandary @skinzy This is what “sliders” are for. Making it easy to move them around. I think it took me a year to get mine situated. I got to know them really well in the position of my old speakers. Then every week or two I would move them a little… and... |