ghdprentice
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| Looking for advice, recommendations OP, Welcome to the forum. From what I can tell of your system you have a great opportunity for improvement. You have very good speakers capable of much better sound than you are likely getting. It is really helpful to us to be able to see your ... | |
| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. OP, I went from a REF5SE to REF6SE so, no direct correlation. However, I have heard long term the REF 3 phono stage and the REF 3SE Phonostage. I believe the internal changes we similar if not exactly the same as would be for the preamp (I th... | |
| Can This Really Matter? In developing my office system I experimented extensively with USB cables. Yes they make a difference. But getting an inexpensive one is likely to result in a very small or no difference. After extensive testing of stuff like WireWorld Starlight a... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? OP, …”size of speaker”. Good question. I don’t know of any rule of thumb. My dealer has been to my house many times and we discussed extensively. But, while I can identify many speakers ridiculously large for the room they are in, and many in... | |
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| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. $5,000 upgrade to have each hour thereafter sound better the larger cost of trading in, well worth it to me. Ultimately it’s going to cost less that $.50 per hour. I have heard the difference between the Ref 3 phono stage and the Ref 3SE. I alrea... | |
| Best DAC for iPhone - Volvo Car Play Connection? OP, The iPhone musically performs three functions in musical streaming… streamer (creates a bit stream, digital) —> DAC (translates bit stream to analog) —> amplifies (here you would use headphones) —> headphone jack (new models do not h... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? Sound quality… then price… to determine which in the series I can affford. After over twenty five years owning planar… electrostatic, ribbon and Heil based speakers I heard Sonus Faber. They possess a very distinct natural sound that distingui... | |
| Best DAC for iPhone - Volvo Car Play Connection? If I understand the situation the DAC being used is on the car side. The iPhone would be sending a digital stream and the B&W converts to analog and amplifies. I think this is correct. | |
| Musico-audio experience @rvpiano I think I understand your point. I think many of us loved music when young and were drawn to hear it better, This would kick in our analytical skills and we would start listening to the system instead of the music. But really enj... | |
| Audio Research Dog @campoly Thank you so much. | |
| dumb and simple questions from a noob Under the carpet or in the walls for speaker wires. A good sounding budget system around $3,000 - $5,000, Mid-range system from $5K to $10K, high end $10 - $20K or much higher. A system anyone would be really incredibly rewarding $10K - $15K. I... | |
| Best way to A/B two different streamers I would not use a switch. Will confound the analysis. After both are broken in I would try one day one then one day another. Do that a couple times to see if there is some really huge difference. Then I would listen to the music from one for a... | |
| Speaker Jumper Cables Revisited Thanks for documenting your experience. Certainly will encourage others to experiment. I have some good quality jumpers on my Sonus Faber Amati Traditional. Unfortunately I had put them in the system when I was doing something else and did not... | |
| Most Difference I hate to say this… so predictable. But, it depends. Typically my SP/DIF have exhibited pretty high sensitivity. Except for that a couple times where Ethernet cable that made a bigger difference than typical. Sorry. |