ghdprentice
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| ARC amp differences. @cundare2 Perhaps I have not communicated that well. I would not say the Vsi 75 is at all of a different class from the reference, they have very much the same sound… most of it. As you move up the differences are subtitle versus a different com... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? Yes. But each time I upgraded, I first, researched the heck out of the current market to determine whether switching to a different company was appropriate, typically auditioning as well. Audio Research always led the pack. | |
| Where do I go from here? OP, Whether digital or analog sounds better these days is entirely a question of what equipment you are using. You simply must find the right equipment and you can get the full analog sound from streaming. Just because you compared this and that ... | |
| Picking a speakers The most important thing is to not mix brands… they have very different sounds. I think I would look at it this way. The HTM2 is a good substitute for the 4 until you can afford a 4. If you listen to two channel, then your left and right are t... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? Congradulations! | |
| ARC amp differences. @cundare2 OK, now that is a hard one. I guess, if it takes the VSI75SE to get you into a ARC preamp and amp… then I would go that way. Audio Research stuff is really complimentary to other ARC equipment. So, if you were thinking Audio Research ... | |
| Speakers versus Balance vs Amplifier OP, I think you get it. The sweet spot is the sweet spot, and it is in the center between the speakers. It is way more complicated than just boosting the power on one side. If at all possible… sit in the center. I have owned Pass amps for nearly ... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? A word about phonostages. I owned my frog and upgraded my phonostage from an Audio Research PH 2, 2SE, 3, 3SE, 5, 8, and finally an ARC Ref 3. In each case I got a sizable boost in performance until the last. This is partially how I came up with t... | |
| budget diy tube preamp beating many expensive preamps... problem with my system? It is a question of values. What you call good may not be what I call good. What I call good has changed over the course of the fifty years I have pursued high end sound. Slowly with experience I was able to listen deeper into more aspects of s... | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience Very nice.y written. Thanks for documenting your experience. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? +1 DHLabs for excellent quality budget cables. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature Thanks. Interesting. I had not heard of them. Lots of tubed equipment. They must use the tubes conservatively to get so much mileage out of them. Always good to see different audio companies. | |
| Magnepans and dogs My dogs like my system. I have a love seat with my side in the sweet spot. One of my dogs always jumps up and listens. Likes classical, and jazz… but not the crazy frenetic stuff. In the much earlier days when I had solid state stuff other dogs an... | |
| Room Acoustics I use tube traps in the corners. Depends on the size of your room and speakers as to how much improvement you will get. Acoustic panels and big bass traps are expensive. Clearly one way is to get a company involved. After the corners, I experimen... | |
| USB Cable @hce1 Nice post. |