ghdprentice
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| Nobsound springs - load range Oops. My bad. I moved mine from under feet to under the chassis. Sounds better. Not sure what made me initially put them under the feet. I have used, cones, vibrapods, pucks…. Long list and never put them under the feet. Oh well… senior momen... | |
| Analog upgrade time 👍 I would definitely be looking for a used in that price range. Buy a used Audio Research or other top notch audiophile component and you can get really outstanding performance and high reliability. | |
| Which Solid State amplifier would you recommend for my budget? I think it will come down to what character you are looking for. I think you have identified some amps with “the right stuff” for speakers requiring high current. Given you have a Conrad Johnson preamp I would think the Krell would be a great matc... | |
| Will a New Amp Sound Better Than My ML333? @jrimer There are people for which that is true I have no doubt. I am definitely not one of them. | |
| Mesh network versus a simple Wi-Fi extender Streamers only need a trickle of bandwidth. My streamers are on extenders and while I can’t get my page to refresh on my iPad in unusual times of bad performance from my provider my streamers work flawlessly. I haven’t looked but I am sure they wo... | |
| Liquid Stylus Cleaners I am definitely no expert. But I always cringed at brushing stuff on my stylist… which I did on my previous cartridge (a Frog). A couple of common brands… one from Last. Nothing bad ever happened. I stick now with a gel pad when it gets dusty. I j... | |
| Analog upgrade time Definitely the phono stage first. I was holding my turntable back (a lot) until I got an Audio Research PH8. I now have an Audio Research Reference 3. I highly recommend moving to in between these two end points in Audio Research. I have been up... | |
| TT quandary Well. Yes, probably a significant upgrade. I owned a VPI Aries for twenty years. It is going to sound different. I would also look at your phono stage. My turn tables out performed my phono stage until I got an Audio Research PH8 about 15 years a... | |
| Aric Audio Custom 300b PSET Thanks for the post and review. 300B amps really have a special sound. Don’t worry, the treble will calm down. Classic new amp sound. | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System Honestly guys. What a lot of BS. Let’s assume you work hard for a lifetime assembling your perfect sounding system. Decade by decade converging on better and better sound. That from the time you were 20 to say 70… slowly converged on the best soun... | |
| Aurender N20 @kmmd Cool. You must be very excited. | |
| Nobsound springs - load range I use Nobsound springs under the existing feet. But, only way to be sure on your system is to try. Four Nobsprings are plenty for 40 pounds. I would remove enough springs for them to compress about half way when loaded. If I chose to use a cu... | |
| Do Simaudio integrated amps run hot? I have often worried about appropriate heat dissipating. High quality audio components (like Sim) are well built and pretty immune. If the company says 4K inches on the sides an 9” above… I would be certain” on either side and 3” above are plenty.... | |
| How crucial is the quality of a digital cable? I remember long ago after experimenting with different analog interconnects thinking that digital could not matter. I swapped digital cables on a CD player / DAC combo thirty years ago ($500 each?) and my jaw dropped. It was as if someone walked i... | |
| Looking for new AV Receiver I guess if I were in your shoes I would try to separate the surround processor and amp as a first step if you want to increase sound quality. I would put $1K+ into a surround processor (Best Buy 18 month 0% financing) and get a $1K 5 or 7 channel ... |