ghdprentice
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| Streamer? Aurender's "caching streaming" ? how important is this feature? OP, If tne Aurender N100H is in your price range and more is not. Absolutely it is worth the money. Aurender produces outstanding components. That is less than half price and is less than 8 years old. | |
| Get out and listen! I have had season tickets to the Oregon Symphony 8th row center for ten years. 7th row center is the “classic” best audiophile seat. But I found in this particular venue 8th is better. Although, to my horror they installed a cutting edge DSP soun... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path @laaudionut My experience as well. | |
| Static attack! Time to get the humidifiers going @mijostyn OK, fortunately I live across the river in Washington. Yeah… twenty years ago when we moved here Portland was my favorite city. Safe, friendly, odd, with the old Eastern city feel and a touch new… perfect. Then over the last five years... | |
| Which preamp to go with pass labs x150.8 I owned an Audio Research Reference 5SE for nearly ten years… marvelous preamp. If I had not upgraded the rest of my system and in the process my ARC to REF6se, I would still be very happy with it. For much of that time I had a Pass x350. A very ... | |
| DAC’s @holmz You shouldn’t have to listen to any particular instrument to detect the difference between an iPad dongle and a $2K DAC. It should be obvious and overwhelming. Definitely, Spotify is not a high quality source. But even then… very unusual.. | |
| Can anyone give me Info: on the Moon CD .5 CDP The player released around 2010? The problem with old CD players can be the mechanical transports. They are the least reliable part of a system, and may not be available for repair. I owned a Sim Moon 650D DAC / player for many years. Whil... | |
| Which preamp to go with pass labs x150.8 Audio Research. I have owned Pass amps for forty years and Pass preamps. The best mix to me (assuming you can;t afford an ARC amp) is an Audio Research preamp with Pass amp. I owned a Pass x350 for nearly 15 years. | |
| Transparent interconnect Cable, Super versus ultra I do not use Transparent in my home theater. That is a whole different thing. It does not require the resolution of my audio system. They would not be worth it to me. I think my preamp to amp run is around 16’. My older components would not soun... | |
| The character of analog and digital OP… “What I’m trying to say is that if you’re into the music first you’re more likely to make a good judgement as to whether the SQ is enhancing the musical experience.” When we go to choose audio equipment we go into analytical mode where we dir... | |
| Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system. A likely problem is your seating position is in a null point. The following explains the mechanics of bass in a room. While the subject is subwoofers… it explains standing waves and will give you lots of info on how the room changes the character... | |
| Streamer Upgrade Bluesound Node To Aurender N10 Yes… an Aurender N10 will make a profound improvement in sound quality. I own two Aurender and auditioned the N10. These are audiophile components and perform at that level. Optical connection would be the least preferred. Coax input to the Ma... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers This is so common an issue. One component is really critical until it at or above the rest of your system… then it is not. If you have a low quality DAC… then, upgrading makes a huge difference. Then, if you upgrade the streamer… OMG, what a diffe... | |
| The character of analog and digital @millercarbon Nice post. Welcome back. | |
| The character of analog and digital Ok. Just for fun. I compared the vinyl copy of the remastered audiophile Revolver, with the streamed exact same streamed version… 16/44mhz, the vinyl wins by a nose. But the new 2022 version 24/96 bests both… not by a huge amount, but noticeably.... |