ghdprentice
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| how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable? OP, Congratulations. How many hours do you have on your new table? Like all equipment there is breaking and the sound tends to get more relaxed and improve over time. Also, higher end equipment tends to be better in subtle ways… which you becom... | |
| can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k? @akg_ca +1 My rule of thumb is never upgrade less that 2x. While you could argue this would be a 2x upgrade… i would not consider it to be. I would not go less that $3K - $4K. You want to be delighted with the sound improvement… not disappointe... | |
| Do older power cables still hold up to newer ones? Unfortunately technology does move forward. But much like in components, high end stuff does not go out of date as fast. I am retired as well and understand your dilemma. But I also just upgraded my system and all of it’s cords. No question there... | |
| Opinions before purchasing @waytoomuchstuff Honestly, the issue is talent. It takes talent as well as experience, and dedication to get the skills to do this well. I have met only three or four individuals with this ability. I have met many dozens of competent audiophiles... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? OP, Great question on having two, two meter cords, or two one meter one cords. That sounds like one that is going to be system dependent. If you can, get your dealer to loan you enough cords to figure it out. I would get a 1 meter for the p... | |
| Audiophile Jargon Demonstrated Learning many of these terms requires listening, some of them lots of listening. Some are pretty easy… slam, overall tonal balance. But many take time. I have read constantly during my pursuit of the high end. One term, grain meant little to me. ... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? @yyzsantabarbara That makes the most sense to me. I would say reducing resettling. This has always amazed me… but fiddling around with cables requires them to “settle down”. One more thing experience teaches and no amount of thinking about it... | |
| Are you discovering new music? I am constantly discovering new music. Mostly new, new through Qobuz. I probably listen to stuff I have heard before 10 or 15% of the time. Pre-streaming I relistening to old stuff nearly 100% of the time. Between, new releases by genera and i... | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? OP, Your welcome… I learned something as well. (Every thing matters and more money, more better… oh, I already knew that.) I have two direct lines. One for my power conditioner and one for my amp. I found plugging an amp into a power conditioner... | |
| NEED TO REPLACE OLD FAITHFUL- WHICH AMP. SHOUD I CHOOSE @motorheadflash Great combination isn’t it. I also have a REF 3 Phonostage and a REF 9se DAC / CD player. The DAC was a real game changer for me, making the digital end natural and musical like my analog end. | |
| Ideal power cord lengths? As a follow up. I switched back to my Audio Research REF 160s. First listening to my 1 meter Audio Quest Hurricane power cord for a couple hours. Then switched to the 2 meter Audio Quest Hurricane. I was really hoping not to hear a difference… sin... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Are they in a pair? If so likely analog. I don’t remember seeing arrows on SP/DIF cables. But… That would not be definitive. There are a lot of manufacturers out there. ‘’I have had dozens of analog pairs and a few digital cables over the ... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @frazeur1 +1 Yep. We all have our passions. Also, this reminds me, “It is best to have a friend with a boat”. Like having a friend with a pickup truck. Ownership is a tremendous amount of work and money… or always having friends ask you to help... | |
| Opinions before purchasing @waytoomuchstuff +1 Great story. One of the most amazing systems I heard long ago was a tube system set up in what I would call a medium sized walk in closet by a dealer that understood how to position and tweak for sound. it was natural,... | |
| Original Sonus faber cremona auditor again? After years devoted to planar speakers and years of listening to live music I realized I needed to change speakers… I was struck by the sound of Sonus Faber. So, as an experiment I bought some used Cremona M… this was twelve years ago. I have been... |