ghdprentice
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| Will a New Amp Sound Better Than My ML333? Amps have sonic character. If you were to buy another Mark Levinson of equal or greater level it would probably have the same character, but with much better performance. For much of the last 40 years I had Pass amps and found a significant (worth... | |
| Good read: why comparing specifications is pointless I went to the ASR site about six months or so ago. I read many review (most of the content) and conclusions. I particularly focused on components I had personal experience with. From a detailed analysis of method, reviews and conclusions I realize... | |
| Are advances in technology making speakers better? Maybe I look at this differently. I never upgrade unless I can jump up another level. So if I found the very best for my budget… say fifteen years ago… I look for the very best I can buy at a minimum of 2x cost. This way what ever advances (yes, l... | |
| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? I think the crux is that one must strike a balance in technical complexity and the resultant sound. In today’s world that balance… when high performance is desired is two channel. The additional equipment and resultant setup greatly increases the ... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming @yoramguy1 Cool. That was great of you to spend the time to do that! Excellent data point. My partner has better hearing than I, although she cannot describe differences. She can very much hear minute differences. Running cable in my house w... | |
| Balanced vs. Single Ended Interconnects @audphile1 +1 | |
| Good read: why comparing specifications is pointless @cleeds That must be it. To me, it just looks like fun with charts. I used to use charts to understand the performance of an organization. I’d find correlations then dig down to the cause and find it had nothing to do with the organization, but ... | |
| Best sounding CD player You mean Audio Research Reference CD8 ? If yes… I have read reviews of many earlier versions of Audio Research Reference CD / DACs and own a Reference CD9SE… I would definitely buy one. They have shown a wonderful natural, musical sound increa... | |
| Good read: why comparing specifications is pointless @amir_asr I have no idea what you gain from your deceptive site and posts. I like charts, I was a practicing scientist for over a decade. I have been a professional engineer and led large global technical groups and teams that evaluate and imple... | |
| Re-tubing my Audio Research Ref 110 I would talk to to Audio Research, technical support. They are great. Personally I always replace with exact duplicate tubes… but that is me. I cherish the Audio Research sound and simply wish to perfectly maintain it. But, that is me. | |
| Magnepan LRS in the house! OP, Beautiful!, thank you for sharing. You have a lot of speakers in your living room. 😀 | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine Haunting… yes… perfect word. | |
| Tube preamp options Congratulations… cool looking as well. | |
| I keep being reminded of how much power cords mater As much as my brain keeps coming up with reasons why it shouldn’t matter, my experience says, you have to try it. I would love to hear from someone who has tried it. | |
| Next step for office set up I worked on two office systems for about fifteen years. For me, the objective was for my headphone system achieve magic… that status when you listen to it, it is delightful. For the speaker system it was realistic, natural punchy, with great imagi... |