ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Tubes trouble? Great. It is always wonderful to have an easy fix! | |
| First Tube amp suggestions If you think of changing speakers… I would start there. They are the first determinate of the overall sound of your system and will determine the kind and quantity of the rest of your system. It is usually best to think first as your system as a s... | |
| Cable elevators OP, Thanks for the feedback on your test. This is why lifters have been around for at least thirty or forty years. I got mine around then… ceramic electrical… were relatively inexpensive back then and are a permanent part of my system. All this l... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @mapman… “@invalid, …when I look at measurements, specs, or other objective information, I’m looking as much if not more for red flags ie clear problem areas as I am which measure best…”. In this post I think you did an excellent job of ration... | |
| Any Advice for those Listening to Youtube Reviewers? @hilde45 +1 Also only follow youtube reviews after reading this months Stereophile, The Absolute Sound and HiFi+. | |
| Tubes trouble? I agree with @newbee it doesn’t sound like a tube problem, good advice on likely fixes. But for all my ARC equipment I have an extra set of tubes. If a funny noise comes up in a single channel, I change the tubes in that channel (or both if I ... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red Nice clear video. | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum OP… mister handyman, You are fortunate then that you can competently fiddle with tt’s. One advantage I would have in this situation would be I would only need to call up my dealer and he would fix the issue at no cost or effort on my part.. | |
| Sequential Tube Monoblocks I have had three ARC Reference 160 stereo amps and two of the same model monoblocks. The monos produced at least two years before the stereo versions and the stereo versions produced over about a year. They all sounded exactly the same… first when... | |
| All ARC vs All Pass Labs vs All CJ system compare @jjss49 +1 Very well put… I agree. | |
| Base trap spacing OP, Just a note. Typically 2 meter power cords are recommended. This is because the longer they are, the more “power conditioning” you get. This was a fairly new concept to me, so, I got a hold of a one meter and two meter AudioQuest Hurricane... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum Just my own personal view on turntables and cartridges. First, I am not dexterously endowed… nor do I have a lot of patience with little stuff. So, I always purchase my analog end from a dealer. I never touch it, but to use it. He comes to my hous... | |
| Am I broken? Am I stuck? Do I have to return my audiophile card now? @pmiller115 Thank you for your follow up comment. Yes, we are using compromise in the same way. I have found that sideways moves in audio equipment virtually always amounts to compromise; trading one set of strengths and weaknesses for anoth... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @jjss49 Thanks for the overview of your testing Odyssey. I must admit to a much shorter list, but similar conclusion. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? This has to be a classic Marantz Model One (?)… the one with the oscilloscope. |