ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Recommendation for Digital Coax If a manufacturer says the current should flow one particular direction. I am going to do it. There are so many variables in this pursuit… life is not long enough to wast time investigating things I don’t have to. I would prefer to listen to music. | |
| Tube or solid state The best preamps I have heard have always been tubed (fifty years of experience in high end audio for me). I moved into a tubed preamp 25 years ago, then one by one tubed everything else. | |
| Audio Research i/50 The I/50 is an amazing amp. Wonderfully warm and musical. The Zu DW look interesting. Efficient enough. The Lumin streamer, very well respected. It is hard to criticize. | |
| Inter Connects - What I know and don't know In general, more expensive cables sound better. Each company has a number of factors they feel critical in achieving great sound. They use them. Only in the case of low quality wires will you find a good correlation between the parameters you lis... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? @frogman Great and insightful comments. Not related. But I have an album that the cover notes extolling the magnificence of the recording capturing the ambiance of the venue… I was excited… put it on the turn tablet… no ambiance… no venue so... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh OP, Your comment about “Being able to crank it even more”, I think says something about what you value in sound. Have you auditioned a large number of speakers? I would recommend doing a tour of speakers at dealers. Try B&W… and what ever ... | |
| Interconnect advice needed Given what you have said I would consider DHLabs, Transparent, or WireWorld. The later two go for used. UsedCables web site. I would try to make sure they are doing whst you want. If new… remember it takes a couple hundred hours for them to break ... | |
| New DAC or New Streamer? Congratulations. You have something great to look forward to. Look forward to hearing your comments as well. | |
| Luxman 507z I was listening to the Luxman 509 with Sonus Faber Olympica speakers yesterday. Beautiful component… solidly built, something anyone would be proud to display. The sound is very detailed, quiet, good tonal balance and bass. Imaging excellent. It ... | |
| radio? I have a Tivoli with a their subwoofer in my kitchen. Fortunately it has not broken, but its Bluetooth / wifi connection has not been reliable. If I was looking… i’d be asking the same question. | |
| If someone handed you this system, what would you change? It is great you have enjoyed your system and now know what it sounds like. Your speakers are clearly the best component. Great choice… you have a lot of room to grow into them. A bit of perspective. I am going to assume that over time you wil... | |
| Solving the "complex music problem"? @wolf_garcia ..”Wanna hear the result of "room acoustics?" Go listen to a live symphony. A good system in any reasonable room (with a good recording) can easily reproduce either a solo instrument OR a symphony brilliantly, they’ve been able to do... | |
| How to adjust the bias on an Audio Research Ref 75? Congradulations! Being a real fan of the wonderfully natural and musical sound of Audio Research. I know what you are experiencing. That combination has the sound that draws you in and involves you in the music (instead making you listen to the sy... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey OP, ‘Thanks. Great post. While I have been in this pursuit for fifty years and am still learning… a lot. Great advice. I churned a lot in my first few years as well… not as much as you perhaps… but quite a bit. At first unless you have experi... | |
| Speaker Pairing With Amplifier To increase the sound quality I would recommend going to an integrated audio amp. AVRs have too many functions in one box… and particularly older stuff. Given your interest in old stuff…I would look at NAD and Rotel integrated amps. They will supp... |