ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Occasional Sound Imbalance Issue Wow. This sounds like a really difficult issue. If this happened to me I would allow the system to achieve balance and then see if I could not touch it for as many years as possible. This sounds like something you could spend an enormous amount... | |
| Interesting situation! Do we need this.... Does one need high end audio to enjoy music? No. Of course not. Those pursuing high end audio are very much the minority. On the other hand I enjoy my Bose Quiet Comfort noise cancelling headphones while traveling. Not remotely high end sound… bu... | |
| Need advice for upgrading my analog setup My experience has been that turntables require appropriately high quality phono stage to sound their best. While I have not heard the Darlington Labs MP-7 phono preamp, I have doubts that it would be up to the sound quality of your intended new tu... | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare Money usually works. Wish I could help… but we are clearly on opposite sides of the country. | |
| AES/EBU vs XLR cables for digital connection @steakster +1 | |
| Who says studio monitors are "cold and analytical"? @thespeakerdude You know lots of audiophiles, do you? | |
| Audio gear, sonic quality when you listen in less (or non-) focused ways +1 … well for me wine. | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions OP, I look forward to hearing your decision. I commented earlier, but not on what I did. I had a VPI that I loved for over 20 years. I retired, and realized I had an opportunity to upgrade… as I was upgrading the rest of my system. I did the ki... | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home @hilde45 To my ear, was a requirement. The number of times I have been in audio sessions with other folks… let’s say, midrange Magico (so what is that… $70K), driven by $50K amp… and I wanted run out of the room screaming with my hands claspe... | |
| Anotherspeaker placement question (distance measurements) The key is you use something consistently, that is all. I always use the front plane and tweeter for toe in. As you know, all the recommendations are only starting places. So, it only maters you use something consistently. As an example, the... | |
| Ultimate stereo nightmare OP, I get it. I really hate working on my home theater. But fortunately I had taken it apart years ago and labeled the interconnects. Where do you live? There might be some not quite as old a codger nearby willing to help. For someone that ... | |
| Comments on the Berkeley Alpha DAC 2 I have spent time with Berkeley DACs. The are outstanding. But, like in all aspects of audio. What is the rest of your equipment and venue. It would be very helpful if you would post your system, components and photos of your venue in your user pr... | |
| “Prima Luna HP” Have you swapped tubes? Preferred from a backup, but assuming you don’t have a backup set. Switch two identical tubes. Does the tube going dead change location? While tubes are not unreliable… they are the most likely thing to have a problem, and... | |
| Starting from Basically Scratch. Help me power some Wilson Watt Puppys First just a high level perspective. As a rule of thumb, to get the most out of your equipment you need to balance the sound quality of each of your components. To do this, you have to do a lot of research and carefully choose compatible and appro... | |
| Buying Equipment Based on Philosophy??? The technical design philosophy has absolutely nothing to do with my purchase decisions. Great way to make poor choices. To me, except in the lowest level equipment. Now, the design philosophy of Audio Research and Conrad Johnson is not technicall... |