ghdprentice
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| Ceriously, it all started with a power cable @roadcykler "...Who knew that wiring of any kind had a "break-in" period?... Actually everyone who is experienced in high end audio. It is an obvious, consistent and unfortunately repeatable phenomenon that makes testing and purchasing cables (an... | |
| Perhaps an ARC gain/matching problem? I climbed from the PH2 in small increments to the PH8.. then jumped to the Ref 3 phonostage and Ref 5se... now 6se. Sounds like the Ref1 has a problem... probably with the mod? | |
| Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence This is a serious question? If so, could post photos under your user ID in virtual systems. It is easy to do. The one you posted is too distorted. But even then it looks like a pile of audio equipment. No system could sound good in that cramped sp... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables Actually I am talking primarily about Clear Beyond and Clear Reflection. Clear Reflection being warmer than Beyond. The sonic characteristics tend to be similar in speaker wire and interconnect, just a difference in magnitude. I use Transparent.... | |
| Big problem / bottleneck in my chain Well. The Aurender is probably as good a source or better than the Moon. I would expect it to perform at least as good as the CD transport... possibly better. I own a Aurrender N150 for my headphone system. In my main system, I cannot tell the ... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables I would not characterize any Cardas cables as highly transparent... this is not a dig. I recommend these all the time. They are great cables and often add naturalness and take the edge off of systems that all to often lean towards too much detail ... | |
| Please tell me how to set up simple computer system I think any recommendations need to be based on more information. But it doesn't seem likely that there is a high end audio system involved here. Otherwise, discussions of how much difference JRiver, vs iTunes, vs shutting down background jobs... ... | |
| Synergy Thank you for sharing. Really interesting. When a system is balanced on a knife edge... it doesn't take much to push it one way or another. I think by the very nature of what we are trying to do lends itself to this situation. My objective has... | |
| Cardas Clear vs Nordost Frey 2 vs Chord Sarum T Speaker Cables I find AI (Not the steak sauce) to do a pretty good job of characterizing: Each of these speaker cables has a distinct sonic signature, catering to different listening preferences and system requirements: Cardas Clear: Known for its warmth... | |
| Please tell me how to set up simple computer system @kofibaffour +1 We need to know to what? An external DAC? | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? In all honesty the mix and match strategy was the only way fifty years ago. As true high end equipment was being developed for the very first time. For instant, Pass developed the Threshold line of amplifiers and other garage entrepreneurs created... | |
| Matching a amplifier to speakers Congratulations! Excellent choice in speakers. They are excellent performers, very capable. Given what you have said. A Pass amp would be an excellent choice. I would recommend used. At that budget point, you would be able to get one that was ori... | |
| How hot is too hot? @mylogic Unfortunately I read a lot of history. It is very cyclic. This has happened before, democracy replaced by strong men... it never ends well. | |
| What Meatloaf and Beer Have Taught me about Audiophiles @stuartk Sure there are going to be some trade offs. The more you invest, in general the less tradeoffs. I used to go through periods when I would explore different genre of music. Rock was my first love, then jazz fusion, classical, tradition... | |
| Throwing 2 High End brands together will not automatically equal success. Thoughts? @audiotroy Thanks for your comment. Great perspective. |