ghdprentice
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| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs Thank you for the additional info. First, if you click on your UserID… a couple times you will eventually find, “create a virtual system”. If you get their it becomes easy. Easy to post photos and ID your system. I looked up the components yo... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities OP… “Listing a third or fourth quality without indicating priority is fine, but it's dilutive because it's that much closer to listing all the attractive qualities one can think of.” Actually, perhaps I wasn’t getting my point across. I was no... | |
| New to Preamp - Preamp suggestion around 10k I would recommend a used Audio Research Ref 5SE or REF 6. The current model is Ref 6SE which is nearly $20K… very worth the money. I have owned many. It REF 6SE is the center of my system. But from your description this is likely best fit. Or Conr... | |
| Tonearm chatter? I think more information than just the word chatter is required. The term is just to general. My first thought when I read chatter was tracking pressure to light… but that is just a reaction to the word chatter. I have never heard a sound remotel... | |
| The difference between Qoboz stream vs purchased songs The simple answer no. I have two Aurender streamers using Qobuz and if the published resolution is the same and, of course the same mastering, then no. Qobuz supplies over half a million high Rez recordings and millions at CD quality level... | |
| 300b lovers @ffzz I understand. One of the most intriguing systems I have ever heard was powered by the Viva. Oddly a set of Millennium electrostatic. A ridiculous combination. But, it’s incredible emotional connection brought tears to my eyes. I never forg... | |
| Top two most important sound qualities Rhythm & Pace, and tonal balance. Good question… but two is pretty limited. But I understand what you are trying to get at. If you had asked me over the years starting in the 1970’s to now I think each decade would be different. Probabl... | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? I am listening to an all ARC Reference system as I type this. It is the most incredible system I have ever heard (and I have heard dozens of much more expensive systems over the decades) and amazes me daily how magical and musical it is. It took ... | |
| Sat front row at the symphony... @brunomarcs There have been great concert halls for hundreds of years. Many great ones available to us were built in the 1920’s. They are great acoustically and aesthetically. I am not sure when I attended my first… probably Chicago in th... | |
| Digital Dilemma OP, I had a look at your system. Looks like you have about $10K in your preamp and amp or an average of $5K / base component. So, you should be looking at a Streamer and a DAC for that price range. Don’t worry about interconnects, those come a... | |
| Center Channel Dialogue OP, First of all, I am really sorry to hear the problem you are having. Second, there is something very wrong. We have had a great home theater system and a bedroom system (currently a 65” with a Sennheiser Ambeo sound bar) for at least 30 yea... | |
| Amps on top? That one is new to me. In 50 years of pursuing the high end, most of the time my amps weighed well over 100 pounds and went on the floor. If you are lucky enough to have mono blocks they definitely sound best placed within a foot of their speak... | |
| Digital Dilemma Thanks, then the answer is easy. A get a good quality streamer and a good quality DAC. I recommend separates. Not sure your system / interest levels, but <~$2K or so per component is budget gear. You can expect a sizable improvement over $3.5K ... | |
| Digital Dilemma What is your streamer? Since you found the CD to sound better than the stream using your DAC that points to the streamer. I think also it seems your DAC is not much if at all better than the one in your CD player. Ok, no insult intended here.... | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade First of all, I owned a x350 for over ten years__ granted in a fairly large room… but it never got more than warm. And some of you have $10K amplifiers and no air conditioning? Seriously? |