ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? It is a function of your income / value of sound quality. I am retired. Right now my sweet spot is $35K for speakers and ~ $20K per component… about 8 of them. If my investment portfolio were to double I would double the investment in my speake... | |
| Newest Audio Research News: No effect. I bought my first Audio Research component in 1980 (used). I used it for an over a decade, and a friend of mine still has it and is using it… over 40 years later. | |
| How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music? Test tones? Seriously? That is ridiculous. Music is simultaneous sounds at vastly different frequencies fading in and out at grossly different rates. The system has to be able to reproduce them all without interfering with each other. Nearly infin... | |
| Sharing SACDs OP… “but if the person who made the copy for himself had no intention of ever purchasing the music, how does this become a loss to the artist?” To me, this comment gets to the heart of the difference between a respectful society based on “doin... | |
| Aurender N10 connection with the network 😀👍 Excellent. | |
| need advise, which is the weakest link in my audio chain I would continue to work on your room. Looking over your equipment. I would say, given what you have said, Bryson is probably not a good match for your tastes (or mine). While quiet and detailed, they are pretty analytical and the opposite of ... | |
| New Snaps/pop sounds after moving system? What is your system. There is a place to put photos under your UserID. This would be very helpful. | |
| I downloaded high-res files and... I own a ARC CD9SE which I use as my DAC… the best sounding DAC I have heard by the way. The device you play them from (streamer) will have more to do about the sound than the format in most cases. You need a streamer. I recommend an Aurender. Yo... | |
| "But it sounds better at night...." High end audio is so much about power supply. The more expensive the piece of gear the more effort, cost and weight goes into regulating and isolating the power. Note most high end components are two box with one dedicated to power. No major probl... | |
| Sharing SACDs To me the important thing is that it is unethical to share and rip. It is… well, ripping off the artist and the company that produced it. Illegal is not the important point to me, although it is. | |
| need advise, which is the weakest link in my audio chain OP, It would be really helpful if you could put photos of your system and room under your USERID. There is a place to create your virtual system. This would be really helpful. This would help us to understand the entire situation and make reas... | |
| Question about wpc on tube amps Wow…. 8 - 300B’s! Let’s see if you got Takatsuki that would be about $8.8K! ‘I am using Takatsuki for my headphone amp… fortunately only 2. | |
| Question about wpc on tube amps @avanti1960 +1 Tube amps also seem to sound a bit more powerful for their wattage, but the most obvious strength is when pushed. You do not want to plan for pushing your amp. High powered amps cost lots of money, worth it if you can afford the... | |
| Aurender N10 connection with the network Honestly, it should sound much better than just a “nice upgrade” from a MAC mini. This is a huge upgrade. Yes, just connect the solid state drive. The Aurender’s is great at detecting attached or network drives and importing the files. We n... | |
| Don't sell your tube amps Yes, tubes will be around for a long time… but the internal combustion engine not so much. They are destroying our planet. The electrical infrastructure will be improved, the ICE will be banned… in the next thirty years… or our planet will become ... |