ghdprentice
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| surface noise reduction I puttered around in relatively low - mid end tables and cartridges through about 1980. Like the second coming of the AR TT, Philips, and Gerard… with cartridges like the Shure V15 Well respected, but low to midlevel and absolutely not audiophile.... | |
| Replacing surround with sound bar @erik_squires Thanks Erik, Now I get it. My main system uses inputs from cable box, AppleTV and DVD player… so we never use the TV as input. All the bedroom stuff is contemporary. Wow, I missed that problem… I was lucky for once. | |
| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Looking at this question, I am realizing how hard it is. In order to answer it, you must be familiar with a number of speakers brands… say five and what they sounded like ten years ago and now. More would be better. It would be really hard to comp... | |
| Anyone else suffering with Qobuz tonight It was fine for me last night. Sure it isn’t your network or internet connection? | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing OP, Streamers performance generally conforms to the audiophile rule that if you invest two or three times more in a carefully chosen component (meaning great quality and crafted to your sound values) then you get a very sizable increase in per... | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing In the last couple weeks I helped a friend choose a new streamer / DAC. He had a Yggy and my Aurrender N100 for comparison. We were auditioning a Linn Selekt with only the Streamer / and the mid level DAC (total $12K. ~$4K streamer and $6K DAC). ... | |
| DAC's from the past, are any of them really worth much today? There has been a lot of progress in making DACs sound much better in the last ten or fifteen years. Like all audiophile gear, really high end gear stays relevant much longer than the lower level stuff. Given the equipment you own, you should prob... | |
| Replacing surround with sound bar There is a big difference between a real surround system and a soundbar, even a cheap surround system. I would do what you have to do to keep it. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I understand the eARC issue. The last time I upgraded our TVs… suddenly ... | |
| Speaker cables recomendation for Luxman L509X / Dynaudio Contour 30i @ryder Cardas cables are the warmest in the least expensive category and become less so in each level up. That is by design. Yes Cardas Clear would be a good choice paired with a Luxman. Which is best will be a call depending on your tastes. ... | |
| surface noise reduction What kind or turntable are you using? | |
| New computer for Streaming???? @inna “if your analogue and digital sources sound the same, why do you still keep the turntable ? Habit, tradition, aesthetics ?” Nostalgia. I also have a collection of 2,000 albums in pristine condition that I have collected over the last 55 ... | |
| Apple Music and Tidal Qobuz is the best… with many more high resolution albums… over 1/2 million. Then comes Tidal and the rest a step down. | |
| Is it worth it? DAC question @facten +1 | |
| Yes, another audiophile at a crossroads story and request for advice Hi OP, I have been retired for five years. Before retirement, I went through the same kind of thinking. I upgraded so I would no longer have to make any more purchases. After retirement for a couple years I realized I could afford another upgrade... | |
| How easily can you distinguish between different DACs? True, looking at this as software. But ever subcomponents… resistor, capacitor, and turn on the circuit board… the distance between the power supply and all the other subcomponents, the resistance to vibration from the outside world makes a differ... |