ghdprentice
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| Ripping CD's You are talking about doing something one might have done fifteen years ago. A newer approach would be: You could just rip them all to a USB drive or computer hard drive or Network accessible drive and create play lists. This was the contemporary... | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade The Pass x series produce little heat. I had X350 for over ten years. Under load it gets a little warm. Pass xSeries amps are very good for solid state. To me much more musical than the Parasound. | |
| Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps I was a long time owner of a Pass x350. I now have Audio Research Reference 160m monoblocks. The moment I heard the ARC 160 that was the end of my love affair with solid state amps. It is because they sound like real music and in particular the ba... | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 It certainly does not hurt to get opinions on interconnects, but which will sound best will be strongly dependent on the rest of your system and your values in sound. So generalities can be helpful. In general Cardas will add a touch of warmth... | |
| Speaker platform OP, Thanks for your references. I reintegrate my comments from dozens of folks over that last few years. I look forward to hearing your evaluation of the isolator feet. | |
| Thinking about another amplifier (Galion) OP, I am aware of the current status of Audio Research. It would not deter me in any way from buying a new or used component. I have owned multiple components for over 30 years without failure. So, great opportunity to snatch up a world class ... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? I have struggled with this question for the last fifty years. My observation has been that space available increases over time as one becomes more wealthy. My conclusion has been that keeping high end audiophile component boxes is appropriate. ... | |
| Change of Ethernet Cable OP, +1 I agree. I have been using DHLabs Ethernet (having tried several other good quality cables, like Nordost) … but realized after your post, I am sure a Cardas would be the ticket. I will ask my dealer for one when he has a chance… it soun... | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 OP, Congratulations. I have been. Wadia fan since back in the 1990’s. Chord is very popular but it’s emphasis on detail can loose track of musical reality. | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k OP, I completely agree. The musical nuance you get with good quality tube amplification is hard to meet with solid state. Once I went to tube amplification there was no going back. | |
| Speaker platform I can’t think of an incident where Townshend Podiums were introduced and there was anything but endless praise. They are a no brainer. Amazing system you have! | |
| Looking for advice, recommendations OP, Welcome to the forum. From what I can tell of your system you have a great opportunity for improvement. You have very good speakers capable of much better sound than you are likely getting. It is really helpful to us to be able to see your ... | |
| ARC REF 6 upgraded by ARC. OP, I went from a REF5SE to REF6SE so, no direct correlation. However, I have heard long term the REF 3 phono stage and the REF 3SE Phonostage. I believe the internal changes we similar if not exactly the same as would be for the preamp (I th... | |
| Can This Really Matter? In developing my office system I experimented extensively with USB cables. Yes they make a difference. But getting an inexpensive one is likely to result in a very small or no difference. After extensive testing of stuff like WireWorld Starlight a... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? OP, …”size of speaker”. Good question. I don’t know of any rule of thumb. My dealer has been to my house many times and we discussed extensively. But, while I can identify many speakers ridiculously large for the room they are in, and many in... |