ghdprentice
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| Mac Mini As A Streaming Source OP, Let’s start from scratch here. You have a good piece of high end audio equipment, the Mark Levinsion 585.5. You do not want to be hooking that up with iPads, laptops or PCs. These are very low quality sources and will be reflected in the o... | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? In general, a good solid rack will do the job. You get the best components you can, upgrade all the wires… which increase performance, then power cables, then room treatments, then isolation devices on you stable platform. While you can certainly... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? @ricco275 Yes, sometimes. But ultimately it is the whole system, and really important to have that power paired with the right speakers. 60db is fairly low… I typically listen at volumes I in the low 70’s. But I am using a 70 wpc tube amp. Wh... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? Magico are extremely accurate and fast speakers. Almost every setting I have heard them has either had less than ideal electronics or a room that was not ideal and they sounded terrible. You get speakers of this high a quality and you need an appr... | |
| Low Powered Tube Amp Distorting High Efficiency Speakers? My 50 year history in high end audio primarily comes from the massive power / current amplifiers in the beginning, working down in power to the 70wpc of triode tube amplification I have now. But what you describe is classic under powered. | |
| Ayre QX-5 Twenty I have owned a QB-9 for around a dozen years, I had it upgraded to the QB-9 Twenty about the years ago. It is an outstanding DAC and also for the money. Relaxed, details, natural. Excellent DAC. A great company that upgraded my 8 year old DAC for... | |
| 300w tube amp monos - which one? At this level you want to hear them. I am very much an Audio Research person, but recognize Conrad Johnson and VAC in the same general sound space. MacIntosh is very different sounding. Not very detailed with massive bass and midrange… the mus... | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? @mikelavigne +1 right on. | |
| the big one: how do you choose speakers? By what features, data? @kennyc if this is your budget… great place to start! | |
| Aurender Conductor app reliability and user experience The Aurender Conductor is a solid app that is easy to use and rock solid. If someone is having issues with connectivity it is probably their network, not the Aurrender. OP… you want to purchase an N level streamer only product. Then you can ch... | |
| 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... |