ghdprentice
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| Hi-Fi and the Folly of Perfection @mahler123 Thank you! Have you seen “Midnight in Paris”? This is such a common thing, thinking back and remembering the whole experience and thinking it was the, in this case, the stereo. The equipment of today is simply stunning in compared to... | |
| Luxman 590AX II Break-In OP, So it sounds like problem identified. What did you decide to do? | |
| Streamer Upgrade Congratulations! Cool. The Yggdrasil is a great DAC, glad to hear the Rose complements it in your system. | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @whart To add some evidence to support your hypothesis… ham radio. Back in the 50’s and 60’s there were the adult nerds with huge antennas sticking up from their houses (modest homes). The talked to people all over the world… other ham operators ... | |
| Are measurements the end all, be all? Specs mater as a quick reference… like you mentioned sensitivity and impedance. But that is it. Let’s say I was buying a new set of speakers I would spend 40 - 100 reading professional reviews, a few hours on forum reviews… of that time, I would h... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Jennifer Warren’s, Eva Cassidy… how could I overlook those? | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @falconquest Oh… darn… I have been retired for a few years and been out of the loop. I know the Webb telescope is focused outward… I guess I got wrapped up in the genesis of new stars and failed to look inward. Thanks for the correction. | |
| Improve sound I think you pose a good question. No question there are lots of possible answers. My thinking is you first want rock solid basic electronics… the preamp / amp. This will give you solid - detailed and realistic output from whatever your source is a... | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @bluorion Thank you for sharing your recent journey. It can be really fun. One of the real challenges is to identify and put a name on the characteristics that really make a system satisfying to you. That is the real challenge for folks that purs... | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @falconquest 😀 Thank you @curiousjim , @kennyc @jtcf ,@panzrwagn and others for your kind words. | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions I noticed you put new speakers in there. While there are no set rules.. there are some really useful generalities. This particular one I fell into very quickly many decades ago… speakers first. If you think about them as the most sensitive and im... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? @charles1dad 😁👍 | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Lara Fabian Kate Bush Lisa Eckdahl Lisbeth Scot Corrine May OK, I can’t do it… there are too many. … in decades prior: Barbara Streisand Sara McLachlan Rita Cooledge Grace Slick Stevie Nicks Carole King Annie Haslam Linda LaFamme o... | |
| Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home @rsf507 OK, that is really cool. If I was into cars and wealthy that is right up my alley. The perfect transportation to transport my transportation around. | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? @lalitk / @charles1dad …”there is no effective reasoning with this ridged mindset.” This is very true. I have worked with hundreds of electrical design engineers, not the ones that create great audio components (like preamps and DACs), but ones ... |