ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Glare with Qobuz… I do not find any glare what so ever on Qobuz. No changes what so ever. I listen to Qobuz about three hours a day. I listen to about one vinyl album a day… so, I constantly have that ruler. | |
| Cables from amp to preamp or longer speaker cables… Short speaker cables and long interconnects. Over the last fifty years I have tried both. Depending on your equipment, generally the quality of the interconnects between preamp and amp are more important than whether or not they are single ended o... | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In OP, Congradulations! You have made a big step forward. It sounds like you did your research and found the sound that matches your aesthetic. And, I am pretty sure, lack of bass is not an issue. To my surprise I found the most recent Luxman lac... | |
| If you had $12k / £10k to upgrade your analogue front-end... There are so many choices. I think my initial comment is that I would recommend close to a 50 - 50 split between phono stage and TT / cartridge. Personally I would find the highest level used Audio Research or CJ and spend 40% of my budget on that... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @fleschler Wow! That is an incredible number of albums. I have been collecting since the late 1960’s . I have 2,000. I remember about 35 years ago making nearly daily trips to a record store next to campus (after college… I had money) and the... | |
| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? @woofman74 +1 | |
| New streamer? N150 vs U2 I would like to say something useful. I have read many reviews of Lumin… an excellent streamer. I also own two Aurender and after my experiences researching and auditioning an streamers, no question I would go with Aurender. It is all they do and... | |
| Headphones vs speakers…. OP, You can see my systems under my ID. I have been I proving my main system since the 1970’s I got serious about my headphone system around 2007. I improved my headphone system to the point that when I listened to my main system, I was comple... | |
| Why don't higher end amplifiers come with a separate power chassis? This is an educated guess. Most amps, at the highest level are monoblocks. Most of the highest level preamps are two box (power supply separated from the amplification). So preamps are amplifying very low level signals and the important part is ke... | |
| Need tube help! I would definitely listen for a long time to the tubes that came with it. You want to know your system… this is your reference. Then think about changing things, | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. Audio Research PH8 (used) or higher. I finally found Audio Research phono stages in about 1990. Since then I have been completely dedicated to them. This was a PH2. I then upgraded to a 2SE, 3, 3SE, then.a PH8, and finally a Reference 3… which I ... | |
| Tube stereo sounds -smaller- after being on @mijostyn +1 There is a reason high end equipment eschews extra functions adding extra potentiometers. | |
| Radio Paradise becoming repetitive? I happened to listen to Radio Paradise Eclectic mix very frequently. They repeat sets. There are thousands of internet channels. Qobuz has over half a million high Rez albums… and well over a million albums… more music than you can listen to in y... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. @mijostyn +1 He brings up a very valid point. At this point in time without a huge collection of albums (I have 2,000 mostly in pristine condition and many of audiophile pressings) you have to put a high value on nostalgia or just putting th... | |
| Any racks that use coasters/ wheels ? It is about sound quality. If you want the highest sound quality out of your system then vibration control is of paramount importance. Coasters or other convience devices compromise sound quality. So folks interested in sound quality would not con... |