ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| A tip for those using First Sound Preamps Congratulations. It is great to hear you upgraded with so many different positive experiences. | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? I definitely recommend switching over to Qobuz… widely regarded as the best sounding… and which has over 500,000 high resolution albums. Tidal is nearly as good although with a tiny fraction of high resolution albums. I believe you can still get o... | |
| Looking for comparisons between CD transports If your transport sounds better than streaming it is the fault of the streamer. Skipping around with streaming generally means a lack of musicality in your system somewhere… typically lack of mid-range bloom and PRaT. My system more than once ... | |
| I Sold my CD Player!!! Streaming sounds so incredible!!! Yes, advances over the last ten years have completely eroded the advantage of vinyl or physical media based digital. With high resolution low cost streaming like Qobuz the unbelievable restrictions of owning physical media have been laid bare. Fo... | |
| Six DAC Comparison @soix +1 Also, for lower level DACs part choices are made on just choosing appropriate parts or on cost not sound. Also, it takes a lot of experience to just figure out the “sound” of different capacitors and resistors and where they are put in ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Peter Vuust : Image of Falling | |
| Dealers of High End Equipment Honesty, integrity, heads up on equipment I might be interested in, reasonable prices without asking… that can be easy trade in or some discount. Free installation and support. I have been lucky enough to have twenty year relationships with th... | |
| $8k for speakers - new or used Hmm, detail punch and bass… B&W’s strong suite. | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system I found the Yggdrasil to sound very good for the money but nowhere as good as a good quality $5K or higher DAC… it’s treble is unrefined and overall the sound is thin. But, it’s good for a budget DAC. | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets 👍😊 | |
| Is "detailed" audiophile code for too much treble? Wow, that is quite a range of answers. I would say more often than not a “highly detailed” “whatever” relies an excess of treble and often a dearth of midrange to highlight details. Many of these are major high end brands. But definitely not alwa... | |
| End of a long quest to vanquish sibilance. Happily I only had trouble with sibilants only with one speaker solid state preamp decades ago. Never since at any volume. | |
| Recommendations for 20 amp electrical outlets OP, Consider just installing direct lines with hospital grade outlets at first. You’ll get the boost in sound quality. Then a few years down the line when everything is optimal, swap out one of the hospitals for a Furutech. You will be able to... | |
| Speakers better without subwoofers? Crossover and synchronization issues? What do you do The reason bass drivers have gotten smaller is they are much more capable (longer throw) and faster (less overhang). Huge drives have inertia and are not nearly as articulate. Lots of folks have subwoofers… I suspect very often they are not adding... | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system I have migrated slowly over the decades to all tubes. Seduced one component at a time. I now have all Audio Research equipment. I find Luxman to be overly trebly with a bit of a bass kick and very lean midrange. The missing midrange takes away the... |