ghdprentice
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| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? @jonwolfpell That’s the best way to learn. Find yourself a friendly dealer. Over the last forty years I have always been friends with at least one dealer. I might propose a question like this and he would know the answer and set up a demo for me,... | |
| Don't try to fix these electrical prolbems with a conditioner! @erik_squires Wow. Although I do remember one flickering lights story recently… but that is the only one. | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? Power conditioners restrict current in some way. I have even tried a couple power conditioners ’just for amps". The degradation in sound quality has been instantly obvious to me. Now, in a home theater, it may not be as obvious. I find that being... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? @jonwolfpell Yes. That is exactly what I am saying. I have never been a fan of Carver. But I remember decades ago him doing a demo of the sound of (I think this is right) a set of scissors cutting a piece of paper. He was able to measure... | |
| Happiness is... This thread reminded me a couple years ago I took the top plate off my Audio Research Reference Phonostage... carefully putting all... geese, how many 20 tiny screws into a small container on the carpet next to my audio rack. I never saw them ag... | |
| Don't try to fix these electrical prolbems with a conditioner! My experience is that direct lines and good quality power conditioners both make significant contributions to better sound quality. Both on the same order of magnitude. I have experience with three different homes and a half dozen good quality pow... | |
| Don't try to fix these electrical prolbems with a conditioner! OP... "Lights flickering? Feel a tingle when you touch your equipment (or washer or range)? " That is a thing? Ignoring something like that? If it is my opinion of audiophiles goes down a few notches. Good idea to check outlets. They get fl... | |
| Phono cartridge choice I have a contemporary Linn LP12. A bit off topic... but I would like to suggest upgrading the bearing on your LP12. The Karousel that replaces its predecessor is one of the more significant upgrades and should improve the sound of all your cartri... | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables FYI. My dealer dropped by a Nordost Odin 2 set of interconnects ($20K). After a couple days I had to take them off because they sounded so good... I was starting to think about how I could put together the money to buy them... they were strung bet... | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain I used to have a Aurlic Aries G2.1 streamer. It had terrible and unreliable wifi receptions. I would get a WIFI extender and place it near your system... plug ethernet into that if it is not practical to run ethernet to your system. I would imagin... | |
| What decibel level do you listen at? What is ideal? @jonwolfpell Having high power amps is not about the ultimate volume. It is about dynamics and transients. The more current the amp can provide improves the dynamics and solidity... especially in solid state amps. So, with all things equal a 350w... | |
| Battery-Powered Audio System Buzzing? @cleeds +1 | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay @goldenways Wow. I’m really glad to hear you are having better results with Airplay. I sure am not. My ecosystem is now all Apple M4 Studio, Macbook, iPads, HomePod, etc. and phones. I try and use it often… and it remains unreliable and Qobuz c... | |
| Help please! Something amiss with my digital chain Yes, missing a preamplifier is likely the issue. Digital equipment today can often be run without one, but they loose their naturalness... musicality. A high quality, I recommend a tube preamp should bring its heart and soul back. I would look for... | |
| Qobuz vs Airplay Airplay is appropriate for low fidelity portable devices where there is no other option. It is extremely unreliable, low fidelity, and I believe lossy. Qobuz is the best of the high end streaming services... Tidal is not quite as good. It is imp... |