ghdprentice
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| We should reject hard-to-drive speakers more often @steve59 Typically, speakers respond to the amount of current available…. Basically the number of electrons instantaneously available when a bass note comes along. Watts does not measure this. Amps do. I remember getting my first truly high p... | |
| Questions about Resolving Systems @rogerh113… “Resolution is a very nice feature of a good system, while too much takes away from that.” Absolutely! | |
| Why do I need a switch? @markush What is the streamer and DAC you are using? The key to this is that performance is highly dependent on how high a quality your streamer is. The better your streamer the less dependent you are on switch’s… also the downstream componen... | |
| If you had to narrow your choices to 4 - 5 speakers @bobag I am really sorry to hear about your dilemma. I saw your post from 2019 looking for speakers. I guess I’m a youngster at 70, but I would not be wasting time and doing nothing. I would schedule a trip to a city or two and hit several de... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? @r27y8u92 Thank you for sharing you system. This is really helpful in assessing how pertinent your experience is to a readers system since we all have grossly different systems. It is great that you experienced such an improvement. Good go... | |
| Wayne's Audio Turntable Periphery Stabilizing Outer Ring Weight… only on some turntables will it not be too much mass for motor or suspension. Second, watch out for your stylus, great way to snap it off. | |
| Real world Loudspeakers what does very good cost ? I think what you are proposing is correct… that if you want a speaker that is overall a high performance speaker… (I stay away from highly resolving as there are inexpensive high resolving speakers that sound terrible on other dimensions). You can... | |
| The best part about MQA bankruptcy.. OP, 😄👍 | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? @r27y8u92 What is your system? There is a place under your userID to put photos and ID your components. ‘What was your system and what did you swap out? This would be really helpful to understand your experience. | |
| Mcintosh MC-1502 tube amp OP, I find Mac has a house sound… well, you put your finger on it. I guess we will find out if you find the Mac tube sound different. I upgraded my headphone system to an outstanding 300B system (Woo, with top notch Takatsuki 300B tubes) that pu... | |
| Transparent Audio Quality Transparent are… well, transparent. I bought my first pair, speaker cables about 30 years ago. They sounded terrible on my system: solid state with revealing planar speakers. Twenty years later I bought Sonus Faber speakers with upgraded electroni... | |
| Cartridge Advice Please OP, @aewarren Yes, when I saw 2SE… I assumed PH2SE. | |
| Shifting center image and recommendations on an approach Thanks. I love your room / system. Looks great… nice place to listen. While @kota1 brings up good observations that improvements in the venue could really improve the sound. Typically, I would do that after you have all the components you want to ... | |
| Streamer/server newbie As soon as you get a great streamer, other digital sources become irrelevant except for nostalgia. Most of the streamed albums I play are in higher resolution than CD. Qobuz has over half a million high Rez albums and millions more at CD resolutio... | |
| If you had to narrow your choices to 4 - 5 speakers Sonus Faber Dynaudio Wilson B&W Magico |