ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Upgrade Interconnects/Cables or…? Beautiful system and space. I’m 71 as well and very happy to have achieved exactly the sound quality I have wanted all these decades. I like the way you blended the audio rack with components. I would see if you can find an Audio Research Refe... | |
| Heavy difficult to move speakers- how do you deal? @ozzy62 I always have six sliders around… vinyl side for on carpet and carpet covering for wood floors. But seldom have I ever needed them. I have the delivery guys put in approx position and they are simple to pivot and walk one corner at a ... | |
| Acoustic treatment ideas I’m not sure if this is a possibility, but if you could remove the audio rack from between the speakers and move the tv higher on the wall and treat the wall behind (between the speakers you would likely get a really big improvement in sounds agin... | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced Digital Cables @m_j_s Correct. The question is SP/DIF (unbalanced) vs AES (balanced) digital cables and not the analog equivalent that provides a volume boost. On my Aurrender W20SE to Audio Research Reference CD9 SE DAC the AES sounds a slightly better. Th... | |
| Interconnects priority 😊👍 | |
| Sonus Faber Amati G5 vs Lilium +1 Lilium | |
| Interconnects priority @sls883 Cool. I like DHLabs a great deal. Tell us what it sounds like once it is broken in. Allow well over 100 hours. I used to keep my old cables to allow me to experiment on the next upgrade cycle. Early on I bought some really good hi... | |
| **Smoking integrated tube amp, advice needed: Yes the tubes should have been removed and packed separately you clearly did everything right. I’d just return it and chalk it up to chance and buying used. | |
| Judging speakers to purchase. The ones I have an emotional connection with. When I listen to them, I am able to forget about evaluating their technical aspects but am sucked into the emotional content of the music. | |
| Don't do anything! Congradulations OP, It is great to hear you did the right thing as a result of some of the posts here. Breakin is a very real and important part of system building as is learning what your system sounds like. From continual daily listening you ca... | |
| Turntable bargain including tonearm? I’d go for Rega in that price range. Ubiquitous, well reviewed and service. I wouldn’t even consider a foreign low volume mechanical device.. But then I’m not a gambler. If you are roll the dice. | |
| I’m confused. Please explain. If one chooses audio equipment by what sounds good at the moment you can end up on a wild goose chase. I know, I’ve been there. Wow, that flashy presentation of my test disks sounds great! But, as you choose components that way, your system can st... | |
| Long time lurker looking for HT opinions Yes, the house sonic character of Focal is not laid back. | |
| Power Cord for Accuphase Amplifier The basis for science is observation. Theory follows observation, then testing both positive and negative cases to prove a theory to be true. Observing and analyzing sound quality and the equipment producing it involves many dozens of variables. W... | |
| What speaker cable for Martin Logan motion series (AMT) tweeter. Cardas are designed to be very warm at the bottom tiers (concealing flaws) and more open and neutral as you move up their lineup. So, top level will be much more transparent. I use Transparent exclusively… they are just that… you get exactly what ... |