ghdprentice
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| ARC amp differences. Oops, a clarification… the only non-Transparent wires I have is the Audio Quest Hurricane power cord on my amp. All others are Tranparent… cables, interconnects and power cords. I fiddled with different power cords for a year on my amp until I fou... | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature @invalid That makes sense the lasting longer would not extend from power tubes to rectifier and smaller tubes. So, what is your preamp / DAC. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? “…balanced components are "insensitive" to cables…” This is absolutely false. Single ended or balanced the first most important thing is the quality of the wire. How much this affects the sound quality depends on your components. In general co... | |
| Question: What are some of your best pieces of advise to someone new to the hobby? @stingray26 +1 | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature @invalid Thanks for your reply. Really. That means you are running them 8,700 hours a year. I have been told that tubes… particularly power tubes age more slowly when on but not in use. Maybe that has something to do with it. My Audio Resea... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? Yeah. It was my first audiophile tt / cartridge and it was simply revelatory. Speaking of jaw dropping. The surface noise I was so used to disappeared, the bass slapped me in the face. It was a completely different ball game. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature @invalid Definitely that can be true. But is somewhat dependent on the specific equipment. I suspect both your pieces of equipment have solid state power supplies and tube amplification. Tube power supply life tends to be much shorter than the... | |
| System advice OP, Giving your desired sonic character… I definitely recommend auditioning the Linn. | |
| ARC amp differences. I have Sonus Faber Amati Tradition speakers and have powered them with the Reference 160s and Reference 160m monoblocks. I also auditioned the Serfino. They sound great, really a perfect match. I have also heard the Vsi 70 and the VT80. My listeni... | |
| Replace Ayre gear & kEF Reference 1s with KEF LS60s? Simplification sounds good. I have the QB-7(?) Twenty DAC. It is a great DAC. I get the appeal. However, if I was thinking that way, I would go the Linn DSM route. You can get the whole stack in one small box… and the performance is astounding. I ... | |
| System advice I just finished auditioning a Linn DSM in my system. This was configured as a streamer and their mid-level DAC. It was priced at $12K. The sound quality was definitely worthy of the price tag. It can be configured as a complete system and include ... | |
| Is Van den Hul Frog Gold a good choice for my rig? I lived very happily with a Van den Hull Frog and VPI Aries turntable for about fifteen years. Very musical, great bass, and quiet combo. a good choice for these reasons. | |
| Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature I have found the warm up time required to sound the very best is highly dependent on the make and model. For instance the Audio Research Reference 5 and SE had a very distinct ~ 10 - 12 minute warm up sound improvement… but a signal going through ... | |
| USB Cable @soix +1 | |
| Significant steps? (DAC) From the engineering and manufacturing perspective while the part cost goes up with higher quality DACs the engineering cost goes up much faster. It isn’t simply a matter of choosing “a better quality” part, it is a mater of choosing one that soun... |