ghdprentice
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| Tough amp decision I would say this is important decision sonically. I would not be in a hurry. MACs have a very distinctive sound. Make sure that is what you want. MacIntosh is frequently paired with B&W… because Mac is very midrange and bass heavy. Great for r... | |
| Phono Cable and interconnect compatibility...? It would probably easier to audition the same brands. It gets complicated very quickly auditioning all sorts of combinations. I assume you have some kind of connector in there now. Probably just cheap. Good. I highly recommend you listen fo... | |
| Tube or solid state @spaceguitarist … Use tube only if you prefer Low Fi and enjoy this vintage sound. :) While there are a lot of ways to generalize stuff in high end audio. Different people may be drawn to different sound characteristics. But well, that stateme... | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know OP… “I’m curious what (if any) objective truths their are regarding cables, conductors, connectors, shielding, etc.?” No. Only generalizations like copper is warmer than silver coated copper, which is less warm than pure silver. But, typicall... | |
| Apple tv with Apple music hi res streaming issues? OP, Given you situation… a BlueSound is the way to go! Switch to Qobuz. Qobuz is costing me about $12 / month using the annual plan… over a half million high resolution albums. Best sound of any streaming service. | |
| Audio Research i/50 I own an Audio Research DAC (ARC Reference CD9SE). For some reason, I just never thought of ARC when it comes to DACs. Until my dealer brought one over. I was not in the market… 30 seconds after I put it in I texted him to tell him to order me one... | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? ~$150K. About $25K in cabling and interconnects. But built over a period of over forty years of upgrades every seven years or so. Most audiophile do this as few are well healed enough as youngsters to go out and buy what they want. | |
| Interconnect advice needed OP, yes I have tried Wire World Eclipse… I think it was 7. To me they seemed worth the money.. but, as always they must be tried in your system. In comparisons, for me in my systems I preferred DHLabs. But that is not saying anything against WireW... | |
| Ref75se @skucie You are a member of a large group of folks that cannot let go. This is a common thing… even though folks admit they like the REF160 better… they can’t part with the REF 70SE | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @clearthinker Yeah, that is hard to miss that. I thought the current number was 18,000… which would take about 2.5 years to listen to once if you listened 24 hours per day. it is easy to be a bit sloppy with numbers… but those are some large ... | |
| Schiit Yggdrasil Less is More, is it a quality dac ? The Yggdrasil is a very good FAC for the money. I went through a detailed analysis of DACs in this price range for a friend and concluded that the Yggdrasil competed in sound quality with DACs twice their price (I have been at this for fifty years... | |
| Audio Research i/50 There a big difference in the MacIntosh sound and the Audio Research sound. I love the look of the Mac… I have repeatedly gotten motivated to buy one… gone in to audition and within 30 seconds gave that idea up. Macintosh is a very well respected ... | |
| Took the lithium ion battery plunge OP, Thanks for your comments. Very interesting. It would also be great to see your system. There is a place under your used ID for photos. Did you have direct lines? I have noticed that better audio equipment has more technology and space ded... | |
| Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing? Aurender are great streamers. It is all they do. They are solid investments for the money. I have ushered a Berkeley DAC with my Aurender, fantastic combination. About the volume control. This is not where you want to control the volume. You w... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? +1 on @subsystemtechnology ’s first post. Also +1 on displaying your system. |