ghdprentice
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| Nordost Tyr2 vs Valhalla1 Powercord Be patient and wait for a matching cord. They matter. | |
| I Hate Moving Sorry to hear your situation. I have been fortunate that the last two moves were after 20 years and I have been here for twenty. Any chance of buying a house? Makes the problem more avoidable. But not inevitable. | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch DHLabs. | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers @kokakolia Not something I would ask for or need. I personally develop my own lists by starting with highly reviewed components… like Stereophile and The Absolute Sound recommended components. Then I research those. i will discover a couple mor... | |
| Questions on Dedicated 20 amp home wiring I would go 10 gauge. I think std breakers are 15. You need not go 20amp. Typically one would have dedicated lines for amp(s)… and a dedicated line for power conditioner (s). If you’re doing it, I would do a total of 4 dedicated lines. The cost wil... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers @ozzy62 Sorry. But someone goes through the trouble of posting such an extensive list… one intended to allow someone to follow up and dig in to the details gets my respect, not criticism. While I am a scientist at heart, I really apprecia... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers I just assumed everyone laughed seeing a comment about a long list being flawed because of a trivial typo. | |
| Amp vs Preamp which is more important? @tattooedtrackman The reason I am not upgrading to the Reference 10 right now is because it is not a financially reasonable thing for me to do. But if I correctly envision my financial status in a couple years, I may be able to do it. On the oth... | |
| Linn LP12 & Miyajima Madake or ? Just personally I have a contemporary LP12. I started mid level, then upgraded the substructure and arm to Ekos SE. it just gets better and better. Each upgrade definitely worth it in sound quality. I am not familiar with the Madake. | |
| Heavy duty amp stand, Sonic benefits? @markmuse Exactly, rubber stoppers. I bet that is where it all started. Then out cam vibrapods with different flexibility for different weights, and half spheres… creating dozens of products… I’m sure besting the stoppers by a bit. Then came mor... | |
| Headphone Amp to pair with Audio Research VSi75? The Woo WA5… without question. I put top quality 300B tubes in it and it is simply stunning. Not small or cheap. I also have a WA6 and WA6SE… they are great, but do not have the power to tame headphones like the Sennheiser 800. The WA5 just took c... | |
| Is simpler better? Generally as simple as possible, but not simpler. Not using a preamp typically significantly reduces the sound quality. Typically separate preamp and amps sound better than integrated… but you have to be carefull how you compare. Two box preamps,... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 upgrade to 6SE. A friend of mine spent about an hour talking to the new owner. He comes across as a very strong leader, passionate and knowledgable about high audio, a competent business man, with the very best intentions to strengthen the brand and importantly d... | |
| Heavy duty amp stand, Sonic benefits? As always it is system dependent. I went to look at your system and noticed it gone. I have used amp stands for decades. I have high quality amps, tubed now. Originally I remember a small improvement. It is likely adding 100 lbs of amp stand w... | |
| Headphone Amp to pair with Audio Research VSi75? While a number of integrated amps have headphone outputs, they are typically terrible… not worth using, on even more expensive equipment. I recommend Woo audio head amps. By and large it is all they do. If you like Audio Reseach sound this is ... |