ghdprentice
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| Do audiophiles creat the high prices we complain about. There are two standard ways of pricing and companies tend to follow one or the other. Pricing by the market (basically the value the market will bear). So, carefully as @mahler123 mentioned, compare with performance in the market. The second i... | |
| Butcherblock Acoustics "feet" effecting sound and isolation While I have not tried hockey pucks, I can say that all vibration control footers that use elastomers are many, many times softer and less viscous. Much closer to jello as opposed to hard plastic. | |
| Cost effective power cables recommendations, low and high power The ridgidity is dependent on the brand. Cardas are not ridged although thick. In general I agree that the emphasis on greater flexibility for components. It is not uncommon this to be true. Most companies make power cords specifically for amps a... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better @hilde45 I like the food analogy. Consider predicting how people will react to a dish by measuring the pH, thickness, saltiness, sweetness. Characterizing the food by single parameters is almost hopeless. So you have the characteristics of a mi... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better “Get your measurements perfect and you will have perfect sound.” Sure… if you have them all. The problem is the measurement problem is so oversimplified… it does not come close to characterizing sound as heard. It is like using stick figures to d... | |
| To preamp or not to preamp. That is the question. @charles1dad +1 I would be careful not to underfund a preamp. I would recommend doubling your budget, and buy used. The preamp can really enhance your system. But a real budget one will not. I recommend a used tubed preamp not more than t... | |
| Cost effective power cables recommendations, low and high power OP, Thanks for the equipment list. I have to agree with @waytoomuchstuff. Best try some… even if you think they are out of your price range… then judge on their performance. It would be too easy to buy too cheap and confirm they don’t make... | |
| Starting from scratch in a large room @rolox +1 I make it my policy to buy my partner a really nice expensive gift before I buy something for my audio system. If then putting speakers in a communal room, after the present… involve her in the process of picking out the speakers. ... | |
| Need Help Optimizing PC Audio The HT processor box packs so much stuff into one box it is not going to sound great. So, a separate integrated is a better choice. Purpose built for the least number of functions nearly always sounds best. | |
| Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern? Sorry, this is not a direct answer… but in every decade for the last five decades amps of the same relative value have sounded significantly better than the previous decades’. So, ergo, modern better by no small margin. | |
| Need Help Optimizing PC Audio OP, Thanks for the additional info… very helpful. So, my first thought is… the speakers are likely to make a big difference. The better quality… the better. I would work on that first. The Kanta’s are likely to be great. When I first started ou... | |
| Anyone Still Using Zerodust @mulveling +1 Diamond has a hardness of 10 on the Mohs’ hardness scale of 1 to 10. Why it is used as a stylist… it can survive the miles and miles of vinyl grooves it endures. | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better Good post. This is probably a good way to look at it. Described as the accelerating return only creates controversy. I have been thinking about this as of late. Looking at my enjoyment, it increases with greater sound quality… a lot. So, f... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @larrykell +1 👍 😊 | |
| A Question About Time Alignment @4krowme “Wow, just wow. I never would have dreamed that this topic could be so 'diverse'.”. This is why I leave equipment design to the designers, ignore the marketing, and just use sound as a judgement on the equipment I buy. |