ghdprentice
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| Pls help me decide Pass Labs X250.8 or Luxman M900u I have heard the Luxman u and must agree would not be a good match with the speakers. Having owned a X350 for nearly a decade I would find it hard to believe it would show any negative sonic qualities because of the impedance. However, at least si... | |
| DAC UPGRADE QUESTION OP, sorry about all the noise you originally received. Yes, it is very likely you can significantly improve your sound with a better DAC. Typically, if you carefully choose you will get a very significant improvement when doubling your invest... | |
| It this a decent Phono setup? It appears that you have a pretty well balance vinyl set up. Nothing stands out as a real weakness. If you want to invest a little then you could get a better cartridge. Longer termed, my rule of thumb is that each component (carefully chosen ... | |
| Isn't MCA Dead? Why is TAS touting MQA features in current emails? What sounds better is highly dependent on your equipment. Henes all the controversy. | |
| Length of SPDIF cable The brand is more important than the length. If you have $100K components… and the very best interconnects, then I would start worrying about the exact length. | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers @hsbrock Glad I could say something helpful. Let me add some detail. The time I had to go out and find warmer cable was when I had AMT and ribbon speakers. They were too, well let’s say, too good, in the upper frequencies. They reproduced th... | |
| Add External DAC or Upgrade to a New Streamer / DAC? I would definitely recommend separating the streamer and DAC function. Choose well and they will sound great and make future upgrades much easier. Two rules of thumb that I find useful. Only true if you do your homework and identify the best a... | |
| PS audio m1200 I’ll have to think about your dilemma. But you have an outstanding preamp and speakers. Putting a much lower quality amp like PS or some others recommended here is not going to result in a great sounding system. If I were you I would be lookin... | |
| AI and the future of music @rettrussell Sure, it is not competitive with unique / original heart felt blues. But that was the result of a 10 second endeavor… 5 to form the query and five seconds to receive the output. Virtually anyone in the industry five years ago wo... | |
| Effects Of Power Cords On Electrostatic Speakers @hsbrock There are dozens of variables involved in audiophile cable construction. Companies like Cardas, Transparent, Nordost, etc. have decades of research and development into making the very best. Because there are so many variables, almo... | |
| DAC Under $3000 @gdnrbob +1 I must agree. I own an Ayre DAC and Auditioned a Yggdrasil and own a Gungnir. I would go for the Ayre. A more natural sounding DAC. When thinking about a component a bit over your price range… I always think about how long I h... | |
| AI and the future of music Here is a blues song ChatGPT just did for me (invested time ten seconds): (Verse 1) Well, my baby walked out that door, Left me stranded, ain’t here no more. Said she found another man to please, Now I’m drowning in these lonely seas. (Chorus) O... | |
| Lumin U2 vs Aurender N200 Lumin has a good reputation for sound quality. I have not heard one so I can’t really comment on it. However I own two Aurender and have heard a couple others. Streamers is all that Aurrender does and the produce what is probably the best. At sho... | |
| Transparent Cable comparisons across both level and generation OP, Looking at your system, Transparent is the brand you should be looking at. I have virtually all Transparent Ultra Gen 6 on my system. I have upgraded from various previous generations and models. I believe that Gen 5 to Gen 6 was a ver... | |
| The new Linn LP12 50th Anniversary edition @noromance V6 👍 😊 Honestly, I don’t know what the 50th anniversary edition sounds like. So, this is all complete speculation. |