ghdprentice

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Does Equipment Break In, or Does Our Hearing Adjust?
While it does not sound like your experience necessarily has anything to do with breakin. With high end equipment breakin is very real and completely reproducible.  
Speaker wire selection for inefficient speaker?
That is what the 5db boost is for. To equalize the channels for your seating position..  
New or legacy Sonus Faber decision help
Over the last 15 years I have become huge fan of Sonus Faber speakers. I have owned Cremona, Olympica 3, and now Amati Traditional. Older versions are less trebly. Although I have never heard a review calling them even slightly trebly. SF get bett... 
What is Your End Game System?
I have never really had the idea of end game. I would go through an upgrade cycle about every seven years and reach as higher a level as possible. It wasn’t until near retirement I thought I should upgrade one last time before retiring. Which I di... 
Streaming
Hi OP, I’m in the 70’s club as well. Today you can get the same or better sound quality and with streaming and have access to nearly infinite music. It is actually a complete game changer… and you do not need to get up. You can see my systems und... 
Aurender
The overwhelming reason is the sound quality. They sound simply fantastic and are built like audiophile equipment.   Often,  high end audio equipment manufacturers choose to implement only the technology that can produce the highest quality sound... 
Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1?
OP,   Definitely quiet comfort then. I live out side Portland Oregon and corporate headquarters was in New York for me for nearly 20 years… although most of the time I flew globally. You want wireless Bose. As a company I have hated Bose for mas... 
Speaker wire selection for inefficient speaker?
Cables will not make a difference. I agree with @fuzztone. You rebalance your surround processor. It will do the job for you. You go through an cycle to set volumes and delay times.  
Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why ....
This thread has gotten a bit off track.   I have been an early adopter of digital since it’s inception… sad, I know… thirty + years of disappointment. Digital has been improving, especially in the last fifteen to twenty years. Today with careful ... 
Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1?
I understand. One of my favorite headphones are Beyerdynamic T2. They are exceptionally hard to drive. One of my headphone systems is shown under my ID.   For over forty years I have traveled with headphones and stayed up on contemporary technol... 
CD/SACD Changer for the lazy audiophile....suggestions?
Streaming. No changing.  
Turntable suggestions for a shaky wooden floor
Oh… wireless… no. Straight down and under the carpet?   
speaker impedance
If upgrading speaker. Typically you want to find speakers that captivate you… ignoring requirements. Speakers are very important to your enjoyment and if they don’t captivate you it is unlikely any amount of changes in electronics is going to help... 
rca or usb digital
With an Aurender you are likely to get best performance from the AES connector. This is what I found best from my W20SE.   
Best Phono Cartridge for VPI Titan Turntable
OP, I’ve got all audio research stuff… so maybe we are looking for a similar sound. There’s a place to put your system and venue if you plan on hanging around. It is really useful for us to make informed recommendations and you don’t have repeat ...