ghdprentice
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| When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached? Yep. As most folks have pointed out. Low cost DACs will sound like low end DACs and high end DACs will continue to sound way better. It is the nature of advancement. I have had a fair amount of experience recently with a couple of budget DACs ... | |
| Happen to you? Gear chasing because the fundamentals were wrong. @nonoise +1 Yes, when I started out I looked at the color glossies and reviews in non-high end audio magazines (1979). I bought this highly touted Onkyo tape deck… sounded good (although I had nothing to compare it to). Then, wondering through ... | |
| Shocking Lampizator Service @audphile1 +1 | |
| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? I owned small tubed components for the last two or three decades… preamps and CD players. I hesitated on tube am[s) for decades entirely because the fact you had to replace tubes (occationally)… I was purchasing at the very edge of my financial ... | |
| Nordost Tyr2 vs Valhalla1 Powercord Be patient and wait for a matching cord. They matter. | |
| I Hate Moving Sorry to hear your situation. I have been fortunate that the last two moves were after 20 years and I have been here for twenty. Any chance of buying a house? Makes the problem more avoidable. But not inevitable. | |
| Update on good Ethernet switch DHLabs. | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers @kokakolia Not something I would ask for or need. I personally develop my own lists by starting with highly reviewed components… like Stereophile and The Absolute Sound recommended components. Then I research those. i will discover a couple mor... | |
| Questions on Dedicated 20 amp home wiring I would go 10 gauge. I think std breakers are 15. You need not go 20amp. Typically one would have dedicated lines for amp(s)… and a dedicated line for power conditioner (s). If you’re doing it, I would do a total of 4 dedicated lines. The cost wil... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers @ozzy62 Sorry. But someone goes through the trouble of posting such an extensive list… one intended to allow someone to follow up and dig in to the details gets my respect, not criticism. While I am a scientist at heart, I really apprecia... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers I just assumed everyone laughed seeing a comment about a long list being flawed because of a trivial typo. | |
| Amp vs Preamp which is more important? @tattooedtrackman The reason I am not upgrading to the Reference 10 right now is because it is not a financially reasonable thing for me to do. But if I correctly envision my financial status in a couple years, I may be able to do it. On the oth... | |
| Linn LP12 & Miyajima Madake or ? Just personally I have a contemporary LP12. I started mid level, then upgraded the substructure and arm to Ekos SE. it just gets better and better. Each upgrade definitely worth it in sound quality. I am not familiar with the Madake. | |
| Heavy duty amp stand, Sonic benefits? @markmuse Exactly, rubber stoppers. I bet that is where it all started. Then out cam vibrapods with different flexibility for different weights, and half spheres… creating dozens of products… I’m sure besting the stoppers by a bit. Then came mor... | |
| Headphone Amp to pair with Audio Research VSi75? The Woo WA5… without question. I put top quality 300B tubes in it and it is simply stunning. Not small or cheap. I also have a WA6 and WA6SE… they are great, but do not have the power to tame headphones like the Sennheiser 800. The WA5 just took c... |