ghdprentice
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| Streamer/CD ripper The sound quality you get from a CD, ripped CD files, purchased file, file on USB drive, NAS, or streaming entirely depends on your equipment. Assuming the same file, it makes sense to get it through streaming as it will cost an order of magnitud... | |
| Aric Audio Custom 300b PSET OP, Glad you found the problem. Tubes are not tremendously unreliable, but they do occasionally have problems. If you have a pop, hiss, whisle… or other strange issue, then that is the place to look. By keeping an extra set of tubes, it is eas... | |
| Can you share your experience and thoughts on the Audio Research integrated? @mtbiker29 i have not specifically compared them. But I own a Prima Luna integrated and have listened to Rogue. The Audio Research captures the musicality of the very best warm and natural tube systems of the distant past while not losing the... | |
| The difference between an Audiophile and a Stereophile? To me Stereophile is a magazine about high end audio. But I do think the question of what is an audiophile is an interesting one. Often folks claim to be audiophiles but are clearly not. I think audiophiles are folks dedicated to achieving the ab... | |
| Best sounding CD player Burmeister, is probably it, or at least really close. | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @kota1 Cool. Look forward to hearing how this works out for you. | |
| When were the best tube amps made? 2022. Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, VAC… unless you have different sound preferences from me. | |
| Streamer upgrade? Congrats on the purchase. I look forward to your comments. I have owned an Aurender N100 for a number of years with a great DAC for my headphone system it put the sound in quite a new category. The N200 is known to be a significant upgrade. | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? @kota1 On headphone systems. Headphone systems are much less expensive to put together than main speaker systems. In general I fine about 1/10th the cost… obviously with lots of variation. I am not sure where I would make breaks on headphone sy... | |
| wanting to take a digital step Judging by the rest of your system you should look to invest some money in your digital side. But to get you going. You want to buy a DAC. Given your price range I recommend the best Schiit DAC you can afford. It sounds like right now you are ... | |
| Searching For Best Power Cable For The HoloAudio May. The best for you will depend on the rest of your system… and not sure I have the time to look through the list of stuff and random photos shown under our system. A few photos of your system would be helpful. Also you musical tastes would enter... | |
| Purchasing barely used NAD gear Well, that is pretty inexpensive. NAD gear was great for the money. I actually have given my integrated amp to a friend of mine that is 35 years old and it bested his inexpensive contemporary stuff… not recapped. Honestly at that price, as lon... | |
| Where does "MidFi" differ from "HiFi" or "LOFI"? Obviously there is no clear answer since synergy, exact components and personal preferences mater greatly. Let me take a stab at the mid-fi vs high-fi transition. I’m thinking $5K / component. So, assuming just digital… high-fi starts around the ... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? @secretguy 😊 Good one. Yep, that can be one way. | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl 👍😊 |