ghdprentice
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| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? Woah, who said anything about future proofing. Definitely not. But each technology goes through a number of stages. Introduction (remember the CD! Wow, quiet background… but wow, what terrible sound)… slow improvement, then rapid improvement a... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? OP, Thanks for your thoughtful response. I am happy that we share observations over time. As is said language is a living thing. I remember being perplexed on a problem at a meeting not that long ago an said, “I’d have to noodle on it”. This was... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? “It tells me their have more money than brains.” Yeah… no. All the audiophiles with large budgets I have known have earned their money. They used their brains and hard work to get their money and use their brains and hard work to acquire audiophi... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming If you end up trying more than one, it will be interesting to hear if you not a difference. | |
| HOW TO CHOOSE A SPEAKER CABLE? @jpan +1 | |
| Cable brands that work well with Cardas? Golden Reference speaker cables are very unique and extremely warm. I used a set of biwired for at least twenty years when I had a largely solid state system with very revealing planar speakers…. that was way too bright. The Golden were sooo warm ... | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment @mglik Yes, no mater how many times I relearn that you must let a component break in… I sometimes have to learn again. But it is hard to wait a couple hundred hours. Your wife is hearing high frequency hash that you cannot hear. As the am... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? OP, Huge design time. Painstakingly swapping many different kinds of capacitors, resisters. Remember break in of hundreds of hours. Higher tolerances on all materials and construction. You can’t just throw it over to China to a contract manuf... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop OP, Thanks. That is why I asked about your equipment. My general rule of thumb is that each component should be carefully chosen and at roughly the same cost; streamer, DAC, preamp, amp, phono stage. While a single component can raise the... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming I use a Netgear ACxxxx… around $300 and a cheap Net gear wall wart extender… into which I plug my Aurender W20SE. From this I get performance at the same level as my $45K turntable and Phonostage. My belief is that ultimately your streamer is ... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @mofojo I understand jealousy. | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment @mglik Ok, funny. I read the post and guessed it was an ARC REF. Then noticed your UserID… OK, I was right. Fortunately ARC does burn in the tubes, so you don’t have to listen to the first ten hours to new tubes… they are not good hours. | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? There is no such thing as a forever component… well for me there may be… I’m 70. But, in general no. But on the other hand you can buy ahead. I am willing to bet that my Aurender W20SE will out perform the contemporary BlueSound for at least 20 ye... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding @torojano I think it depends on your personality. For me, I sometimes just feel like listening to something different. I have a high quality record cleaner… so, if they have not been cleaned I clean them. Also, I have a great turntable… and ... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop OP, In general, you get what you pay for. Blue sound and the Cambridge you mention are budget streamers. I forgot if we know your associated equipment.. but you need to move up to a Aurender N150 if you want mid-tier performance. Or something bet... |