ghdprentice
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| Real world Loudspeakers what does very good cost ? I think what you are proposing is correct… that if you want a speaker that is overall a high performance speaker… (I stay away from highly resolving as there are inexpensive high resolving speakers that sound terrible on other dimensions). You can... | |
| The best part about MQA bankruptcy.. OP, 😄👍 | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? @r27y8u92 What is your system? There is a place under your userID to put photos and ID your components. ‘What was your system and what did you swap out? This would be really helpful to understand your experience. | |
| Mcintosh MC-1502 tube amp OP, I find Mac has a house sound… well, you put your finger on it. I guess we will find out if you find the Mac tube sound different. I upgraded my headphone system to an outstanding 300B system (Woo, with top notch Takatsuki 300B tubes) that pu... | |
| Transparent Audio Quality Transparent are… well, transparent. I bought my first pair, speaker cables about 30 years ago. They sounded terrible on my system: solid state with revealing planar speakers. Twenty years later I bought Sonus Faber speakers with upgraded electroni... | |
| Cartridge Advice Please OP, @aewarren Yes, when I saw 2SE… I assumed PH2SE. | |
| Shifting center image and recommendations on an approach Thanks. I love your room / system. Looks great… nice place to listen. While @kota1 brings up good observations that improvements in the venue could really improve the sound. Typically, I would do that after you have all the components you want to ... | |
| Streamer/server newbie As soon as you get a great streamer, other digital sources become irrelevant except for nostalgia. Most of the streamed albums I play are in higher resolution than CD. Qobuz has over half a million high Rez albums and millions more at CD resolutio... | |
| If you had to narrow your choices to 4 - 5 speakers Sonus Faber Dynaudio Wilson B&W Magico | |
| Moved Audio Quest cable to my DAC. WOW Powercords have improved the sound of my components considerably. The DAC for sure, the greatest impact on my amp. But the influence also depends on the power cord design. Some are made for components, where noise reduction over low resistance (bi... | |
| Cartridge Advice Please I read this thread simply out of interest in cartridge choices. I have made few in the last 30 years… and am really happy with my Koetsu Rosewood Signature. Then I noticed the phono stage… a 2SE? Wow. My first phonostage was an Audio Research PH2... | |
| Why do I need a switch? OP, Thanks for documenting your experimentation. | |
| Shifting center image and recommendations on an approach Sounds like the Rotel is the likely offender. So, I won’t comment on that. On the speakers. If you are not hearing a big difference… well, that is a problem. Dynaudio are very good speakers. So what is the difference in cost? Need more info he... | |
| 12 AWG Mains Power Cable From Wall To Power Conditioner Sufficient? For power requirements purposes: Yes. ‘For highest sound quality: No. | |
| Best Phono Preamp mm/mc under $3500.00 used Audio Research. In reverse order of preference: PH2, PH2SE, PH3, PH3SE, PH8, REF3, REF3SE. |