ghdprentice
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| Tube preamp recommendations for Pass X260.8 monos OP, If the new cost of a REF6SE puts you off think about a used REF5SE… or even 5. You will get most of the sound, for much less money. I am sure the average life of an ARC preamp is over thirty years. I upgraded from an REF5SE to a Ref6se… b... | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer Congratulations! I remember the moment I heard my Aurender N100 for the first time… I couldn’t believe it. Finally, high end audio sound without a turntable. I quickly progressed to the N10 and finally Aurenders flagship, each more impressive t... | |
| Why do so many members seem afraid of making an audio decision? @danager I understand where you are coming from. But remember that is low fi to mid-fi. Companies like Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, Cardas… virtually all high end companies were not started as primarily money making enterprises… quite on ... | |
| Comparing external DAC to CD player DAC What is the rest of your equipment? In the price range you are comparing anything is possible. Depending on the rest of your equipment, I would recommend maybe start with a Schiit Gungnir DAC as a reference. It is a very good DAC for the money... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? @fastfreight Upgradimg the power supply to the Aurlic Aries for a big improvement sound right on the mark! I owned a Aurlic Aries G2 for about a year… while it was clearly better than computers and MACs… it did not have a dead quiet backgr... | |
| Mark Levinson & Others @jjss49 I have to agree with your assessment of Mark Levinson. I spent a lot of time on the 90’s auditioning Levinson… and have actually had a Levinson system in my car for the last 15 years. It is very sterile… well accurate… polite, but to ... | |
| Turntables @dover I am interested in your comparison between Rega and VPI. Could you be very specific in the sonic differences? My first failed attempt at getting an Audiophile table was a Rega… long time ago, and not at the level of a P6 today would ... | |
| Tube preamp recommendations for Pass X260.8 monos Congradulations. I have owned Pass amps for nearly 40 years. By far the best preamp matches have been Audio Research… preferably Reference level. I also always paired with a Audio Research phono stage (and now DAC as well). I owned Pass preamp... | |
| My Lifelong Quest to Make my Expensive Rig Sound as Good as $500 Headphones OP, Yeah, the S500 was a ground breaking amp… the first professionally designed and manufactured with real serious current… something around 3 - 4 amp output. Not that far from a welding unit. And it had serious slam. My partner will make... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? @pwerahera I’m glad you brought up Audio Research DACs. I own an Audio Research Reference CD9SE DAC. It is simply phenomenal, musical, and detailed. It made a huge difference (positive) in my system. My dealer lent me a Berkeley Reference... | |
| Amp straight into the wall OP, Audio Quest power cord. Worth saving up for. Well, it was in my system. Nothing is 100% guaranteed in every system. | |
| Personality Type? I don’t remember INTP… but looking it up__ sounds like me… fascinated with astronomy since five years old, a bachelor’s of science degree, practicing scientist for ten years, before deciding to turn around 180 degrees from reductionism to basics (... | |
| Anyone using 2 preamps in their rig? OP, “”My quandary is as I look up the performance ladder the prices get scary.” Yep, I completely get it. The performance gets more and more satisfying. It’s a question of what you value. Fairly early in life I realized I really gained great sat... | |
| My Lifelong Quest to Make my Expensive Rig Sound as Good as $500 Headphones OP, I met my partner 37 years ago in graduate school. I told her I was into high end audio… but that she would have never heard of anything I owned. She said,” try me”. I had bought a Threshold s500… taking out my first loan of $5K… nearly $20... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? First, I only base my decisions on the sound qualities. Never the technology used. I have had components basses on ESS DAC chips and they have sounded everything from terrible to great. It isn’t the technology, it is the implementation that matter... |