ghdprentice
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| Help in deciding which tube preamp to replace my old SFL-2 Sounds to me that we share a common aesthetic for sound. I own a Koetsu Rosewood Signature which has a very musical character. I owned a Sonic Frontiers tubed CD player for many years and use a great tube amp. You can see my current system under m... | |
| Coax or RCA question? I would guess the Marantz has a better DAC… so I would start there. Then after you have a lot of hours of listening switch. | |
| PrimaLuna Prologue 5 question I have one… I love it… for my office system. I would think 1/2 original price… around $1K would be reasonable. | |
| Basic question about power/watts OP, I would take your time and enjoy the process. Don’t be in a hurry. It is important to read through the hype and think about what you value. Make it a fun and calculated process. There is a lot of ambiguity in what vendors are selling, what y... | |
| How Important Are System Cable Upgrades and Where to Start? @lalitk I have always started from a stable and optimized system. Well, since 1980. As advice to the OP… optimize your system first… yes. As general advice no. It all depends on where you are. | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? @vonhelmholtz Your decision sounds reasonable. Certainly getting rid of the big pile of disk drives. I have been in IT most of my career… so I have about 50tb in storage… not including a bunch of source disks laying around. 1) my primary PC (14T... | |
| Tube PHONO preamp interference - RFI, EMI, bad grounding? OP, Congratulations on the ARC REF150. Great sounding amp. Now, I would recommend you give up on your EAR and get a ARC PH8… or better yet a ARC REF Phonostage. Each additional piece of ARC is incredibly synergistic… culminating in a really... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @meiatflask Hats off to you! | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @z32kerber Thanks for posting your system. While I had to look up a couple of the components. It looks carefully chosen and sounds like it works well together. Careful choices of components can assemble really great systems for modest prices.... | |
| Does upgrading you system have to be on a logarithmic curve? @danager Some good points. I wonder what the total cost was… a lot more over my lifetime. The wonderful hours of music, and the hours of research have been truly enjoyable to me. My first career was as a scientist, so I love really comple... | |
| Does upgrading you system have to be on a logarithmic curve? @jjss49 I have my K&E bamboo in my desk drawer… would you like to borrow it? I haven’t been using it much since 1974. | |
| Need recommendations for a streamer I am a big advocate of high quality streamers. I have used many approaches and a number of dedicated streamers and highly recommend Aurender… I now own two… see my UserID. I recommend looking at two components for upgrade… the Freya+ as well as t... | |
| How Important Are System Cable Upgrades and Where to Start? I think it depends on where you are and your timeframe. If your system is all brand new in a new location… that is one thing, if you have an existing system… something else. I do a system upgrade every 5 - 10 years. I change speakers typically ev... | |
| I’ve got the upgrade itch @soix +1 | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question OP, Interesting hearing more about your system. I owned Olympica 3 speakers for many years. They were real game changers for me. To me, it also reinforces the potential for your system to be significantly improved with a tubed preamp… I am a big ... |