ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Something other than Harbeth SHL5 Congratulations. I took a quick look at a couple reviews, they sound like great speakers. Tell us more when you have had them for a couple months. | |
| Dac: Old vs New Very difficult question. This is very budget oriented equipment… so with limited design time and part choices based mostly on cost. So, if you want a significant improvement in sound quality, I recommend save up,twice as much and buy a used unit a... | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica nova 2 VS Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker vs @mofojo +1 | |
| Pass Labs XP32 or XP22? I have long paired a Audio Research preamps with Pass Labs amps. This is a very good combination to get the most out of great Pass amps. | |
| Sonus Faber Olympica nova 2 VS Sonus Faber Cremona M Loudspeaker vs I used to own a set of Cremona M, Olympica 3, and now own Sonus Faber Amati Tradional. The Cremona M are very warm… I think most folks would say with a soft top end. The Olympica ushered in a more neutral balanced but still incredibly natural and ... | |
| Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade? Your comment is very cynical. Manufacturer manufacture things to sell… professional reviewers identify a fatiguing piece of equipment and would point it out… resulting in poor sales… however: Inexpensive audio equipment can be fatiguing… those bu... | |
| Warm, Lush Laid-Back Smaller Floor Standers? Wow, you are really lucky. You could put a pair of Sonus Lilium In there and they would not overwhelm the room at all… would be real pieces of art and sound fantastic. I listened to a pair of those speakers in a 10’ by 12’ room… they sounded grea... | |
| Is soundstage DEPTH a myth? The depth of the soundstage is determined by your equipment, venue, and recording. Assuming a good recording that can have depth… many. I don’t want to get off onto the details of this subject. My system images well (see mine under my UserID).... | |
| Simaudio 340 i hard to beat for the $$ It looks to me you are setting up to simply swap sideways. This usually means disappointment, swapping one set of strengths and weaknesses for another. I have am very familiar with Sonus Faber Speakers and at least similar models of SIM and Luxma... | |
| I noticed brightness/harshness more than usual from my system a couple months back. Different systems, depending on their emphasis can be really forgiving, or not. This is about the components and interconnects. iI I were to buy some different interconnects with the hope of fixing the problem you have it would be Cardas. I ow... | |
| Home audio or pro audio? I don’t want to get pulled into this. But the goals of pro audio are very different than high end audio. In general pro audio concentrates on near field, narrow diapresion and “details forward” to hear all the nuances… allowing them to hear nuance... | |
| What's all the fuss about late 70s and earl 80s run of the mill midfi turntables? Wow, I had a Philips 212… what a terrible sounding turn table. Also, some Thorens and cheap Garrard. I also had an AR circa 1980… with the Sure V15 (?). Wow, also terrible in comparison to any reasonable priced table and arm from the late 90’s to ... | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? My audio guy has instructions to sell my system and my vinyl collection upon my death. I already have given away most of my CDs… they are nearly worthless, or will be soon. My 2,000 pristine albums… with hundreds of audiophile versions my dealer w... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks @unreceivedogma Yes… locating monoblocks within a foot or two (and shortening the cable) is supposed to make a big difference. A friend / dealer has done this repeatedly to good effect. Unfortunately, I have not… the interconnect / speaker ca... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks Unfortunately, all things being equal will not include price. I am listening to a pair of ARC REF160m monoblocks… they sound slightly better… nuances only, than my ARC REF 160s… but the difference in cost is $12K. So, yeah, the monoblocks are bett... |