ghdprentice
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| Magico's M9 I guess you cannot afford them. Yes you would pair them with appropriate electronics. Likely costing more than the speakers. There are people that legitimately make a lot of money. I have worked with many of them. CEOs of large corporations... | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? @mahgister 👍 yes I believe we do. You bring up a really good concept… about the unconscious brain. That is what we are supplying music to… the unconscious is the appreciator and it uses our conscious brain to do the analysis and work to allo... | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @monkeys_on_the_moon For 99.99% of the time no. There were some amazing speakers like the Quad 57 that truly have a unique sound. But that is always followed by, but of course there is no bass and the high frequency is attenuated… but that mi... | |
| Power Cable Audioquest Dragon vs Isotek EVO3 Ascension The biggest change in sound quality to my current system has been amp power cords. I switched among Cardas Clear Beyond, Cardas Clear Reflection, Transparent Ultra, WireWorld 7, DHLabs, the ARC stock cord, and the Audio Research heavy duty stock c... | |
| Headphones for a noisy household That is a good question. There are three approaches… the DAC/Headphone amp / closed back speakers… or get a DAP and closed headphones… they look like a thick iphone but are dedicated to music. In general this can be a a very good and portable. I h... | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! @kennyc Very good price/performance ratio. | |
| Source For Styrofoam Packing Inserts There are a number of brands of expanding foam bags that will… well, create foam and conform around whatever you are packing. You would want large ones. Amazon has a number of them. I would search google to find the right size. | |
| Power Cable Audioquest Dragon vs Isotek EVO3 Ascension OP, I am really sorry for all those unhelpful posts by @jasonbourne71. That is his thing. I only own an Audio Quest Hurricane for my amp. After working through many other power cords it just completely hit the right (neutral) tonal balance... | |
| what speakers do you consider "energetic"? In general electrostatic. Good electrostatic sound like the notes are just springing out of the speakers. A really amazing and unique sound. One I chased for a long time. | |
| Vacuum tube amplified headphones... Speaking of old coots. I saw a photo of an old guy who had implemented a tubed headphone amp on the back of his bicycle so he could enjoy the nice warm tube sound while riding. I’m only 70… but maybe when I am 75 I’ll try something like that. | |
| Quick Question About Power Cables @unreceivedogma I definitely did not say your hearing was defective, nor in any way have an obnoxious attitude. Hearing is only one aspect. What we turn our attention to and focus on also plays an important role… what we value as well. For decad... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? The best reviews are professional reviewers that have experienced many components across the sound quality / cost points. They show their associated equipment and use standard high end audio terminology. Think Stereophile, The Absolute Sound and H... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable It is highly system dependent. So it would be helpful to know your system. Having said that, it is best to try them (making sure they are broken in). Typically one would use the cable companies library to try them. Giving the budget nature of y... | |
| AES/EBU vs RCA s/pdif into dac, RCA analog out Thanks @heymikey. That is my point. One really great DAC will sound better than one run of mill one. The higher quality the DAC, assuming it supports the sound quality you really like is much better than owning several. Put all your money in one g... | |
| Audioquest Dragon ZERO vs Transparent Opus Yes, Transparent Opus / should be calibrated to your components… it is part of the reason to go to Opus. |