ghdprentice
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| ARC amp differences. While I agree tube gear is a little bit “fussy”… I would like to add a bit of nuance to that. The reason is that tube gear has that reputation… but high quality equipment like Audio Research will occasionally require re-tubing an very, very occ... | |
| Synergistic element copper good for power amp? I highly recommend looking at the Audio Quest Hurricane. Over the last couple years there has been a lot of buzz in the community around them. I had been trying to find the right power cord for my amps for nearly a year… being frustrated at each t... | |
| At what price is one considered an Audiophile. I think audiophile is primarily a passion and frame of mind. When you are truly passionate to get the best possible sound achievable… and people think you are crazy. Often the test is monetary. Because the percentage you are willing to commit to ... | |
| Best Buy Says Bye-Bye to DVDs @lalitk Looks like we have the same monitor. I got rid of all of my DVDs… leaving about 4 or 500 blue rays. Once in a while we will pull out a disk… no difference. | |
| Need advice on media player and or dacs If faced with a choice between an Auralic Aries G2 and Grimm… definitely the Grimm. I have had both in my system. Although for that money I would go for an Aurrender N20. Each more natural in the high end. | |
| upgrade path from my current speakers? (Dynaudio Special Forty) Sounds like the DynAudio is the place to start. Sounds like you are doing fairly fast semirandom equipment swapping. That makes getting where you want to go nearly impossible. You need to start with a good set of speakers and then upgrade the elec... | |
| Best Buy Says Bye-Bye to DVDs It is very predictable yes. But the sound quality you get from a DVD or Blue Ray vs streaming is just like the comparison between CD and analog and streaming. It depends on your equipment. Careful choice of equipment and streaming sounds as good a... | |
| Balanced XLR vs RCA for phono stage @tokushi Nice write up. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? A friend of mine was considering buying Mogami interconnects and to help out I did a lot of research. My conclusion, only from research, was that the Mogami interconnects are worth their price… meaning that if they cost $100 their sound quality is... | |
| Streamer Operating System Storage: SSD vs EEPROM? @lalitk Thank you. That is really useful. I was aware that my two Aurrender’s were extremely good at isolating playback from my network, helpful to see that statement from them. My Aurrender W20SE is really amazing. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? @atmasphere I appreciate your long and sometimes technical discussion of why diffferent XLR interconnects don’t and shouldn’t matter. Sounds like you have an electrical engineering background. My generalizations come from listening to a numb... | |
| upgrade path from my current speakers? (Dynaudio Special Forty) Interesting question. That is a pretty large array of speakers. I think we need to look at the whole picture: all the electronics and venue. It would be really helpful… actually manditory (if we are to help) to see your system, there is a place to... | |
| REF5SE tubes The Tube Store. | |
| Speakers versus Balance vs Amplifier OP, Before the move, give your wife a huge bouquet of flowers… or if wealthy… some elaborate gift. Make her very happy. Then make the move. Or half the move. My partner knows this trick (she has a PhD in cognitive psychology)… and looks ar... | |
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