ghdprentice
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What is "immersiveness" in audio experience ? I understand what you are going for here. From my experience I would go at it from a different direction. To me poor rhythm and pace is the major factor that prevents immersion. You can have incredibly holography without immersion. So, for me, the... | |
New Custom Turntable Wow. | |
ROOM TREATMENTS Wow. That is an amazing system. Like all of high end audio there is theory and practice. Experimentation is probably the best way. Looking at your venue. I would look to dampen behind your system… heavy wool rugs behind. Tube traps in the corn... | |
Has Your Hobby Changed? Yes, retirement can be seminal in enjoying your system. It has been for me… five years retired and fifty years of being an audiophile. I had started on moving from a very resolving system to a musical one about ten years ago after having season ti... | |
Can’t buy output tubes anywhere except from manufacturers at high prices. No, they are not that bad. You must compare the value of the sound created using tubes compared to temporary market changes. Tubes are not going away. All my equipment is tubed. I purchased a replacement tube set for each. This means that ... | |
I need Hign compliance cartridges Koetsu makes outstanding cartridges. I have a Rosewood Signature… outstanding. I don’t know about compliance, I let my dealer deal make sure what I buy is compatible with my system. It is. | |
Analog vs Digital on albums from the 60's and 90's What vinyl or digital sounds like completely depends on your system. What the recording sound like on an excellent system vary greatly. The late 1950’s and ‘60s have the most incredible recordings ever made. 1956 - 1963ish. If you have not heard ... | |
Bought A Set of Martin Logan CLX ART Its Going To Be An Adventure Congradulations! I am sure you are in for a great treat. I was really into planar speakers for about thirty years. There is an incredible magic to them. During that time, I came so close to buying Martin Logan’s on so many occasions. Enjoy. | |
Dumb Question I see you named your system but put no info under it. To respond helpfully we will need to know your system and venue. That would be really helpful. But I’ll try and say a few things. A SACD or CD player is a physical transport, streamer and D... | |
Best Amplifier & Speakers combo? Just out of interest, have you hear this equipment? There are different flavors at every price point ($1K - $100K). Choosing the one that really connects with you is what is important. There is not an absolute better… like maybe which car accelera... | |
Your audiophile chair @aniwolfe Ok, great photo. | |
Integrating speakers into contemporary decor - can WAF ever be overcome? I have been fortunate to have only one partner for the last 37 years. We have a very supportive relationship. She has done everything she could to enhance my life and dealt with me working all over the world and my audio obsession, even when it... | |
Bryston Versus Musical Fidelity Go to Charlotte. It is worth the trip to actually hear stuff. The secret lies with Charlotte. | |
Tidal music subscription Perfect opportunity. Subscribe to Qobuz. It sounds slightly better, but more importantly has over half a million hi resolution albums while Tidal only has about a tenth that. My dealer had urged me for nearly a year to make the switch… once I ... | |
How do you like the Headphone Section in your Luxmans? Next time I drop by my dealer, I’ll bring a set of headphones and listen to a Luxman. But my experience with several other… and more expensive integrated amps has been their headphone section is very poor quality. They have apparently been thrown ... |