ghdprentice
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| Tip for purchase new power cable It is highly system dependent. So it would be helpful to know your system. Having said that, it is best to try them (making sure they are broken in). Typically one would use the cable companies library to try them. Giving the budget nature of y... | |
| AES/EBU vs RCA s/pdif into dac, RCA analog out Thanks @heymikey. That is my point. One really great DAC will sound better than one run of mill one. The higher quality the DAC, assuming it supports the sound quality you really like is much better than owning several. Put all your money in one g... | |
| Audioquest Dragon ZERO vs Transparent Opus Yes, Transparent Opus / should be calibrated to your components… it is part of the reason to go to Opus. | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! I’ll let @mglik speak for himself. He has swapped a few amps lately. | |
| Quick Question About Power Cables @unreceivedogma There are some folks that cannot hear audio improvements that are very apparent to many of us. I don’t have an explanation for this. I guess, consider yourself lucky. You can enjoy music to a greater extent with a lessor investme... | |
| Final? ARC Chapter... When Audio Research belonged to the same group that owned MacIntosh, the strategy was that Mac would have the intro gear and then when a customer wanted to step up they could point them to ARC or higher end MAC gear depending on their interest. Th... | |
| AES/EBU vs RCA s/pdif into dac, RCA analog out OP, sounds like you have a lot of DACs. You might consider consolidating down to a N20 and a single DAC. I had a Berkeley Alpha Reverence 3 for a while. My Aurrender streamer only —> DAC (Audio Research Reference CD9SE) sounds best with AES… b... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? OP, Thank you for your kind words about my system. One of the greatest benefits after the doggies is the sound space three walls concrete (front and sides)… and large, highly asymmetrical space. Bought the house knowing there was a place for my sy... | |
| Vacuum tube amplified headphones... Appropriately named old coot. Nice marketing. I’ll be interested to see some reviews by real audiophiles before passing judgment. Although I am skeptical. | |
| Quick Question About Power Cables @spacegitarist @unreceivedogma While it depends on the quality of your components, for highly resolving / high end audio components / systems power cords make a marked difference in system performace. As in you can hear a very important impr... | |
| AES/EBU vs RCA s/pdif into dac, RCA analog out Typically AES will be better as an input than coax. But it depends (like virtually everything in high end audio). What is your source? This makes a big difference. For that matter, what DAC? If you have a $10K or $20K DAC AES is likely to sound be... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? OP, There is a lot of contradictory and attitude coming from different camps in this string. It sounds like you generally understand. A higher powered amp (in current) with the same sound quality will typically sound better than a lower power... | |
| Final? ARC Chapter... Hopefully, they will strengthen and widen the brand after being restricted to only high end products when paired with MacIntosh. It is a shame Trent could not afford to continue. He truly wanted to make the company and products even better than th... | |
| Used vs new Tube mono amp? - same model How much are you saving? If it i could afford it. I would get the new pair. Tube cycles are in synch. Sure, would not sound different. I buy audio equipment as expensive as I can afford and keep it for at least ten years. I would prefer they w... | |
| How Long Is Too Long? Four months is a long time. But with a tiny business, well, he has to make choices. Hopefully if you ever get it back, then he will not charge you. Unfortunately, you can probably get results by being the squeaky wheel. |