ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| I’ve got the upgrade itch I would recommend it, and the Atma-spherica, if you would like to take your system to the next level. The preamp is the heart of a system. Prima Luna is great budget stuff, but Atma-spheric is audiophile stuff. It captures levels of greater nuance... | |
| Basic question about power/watts The difficulty with Maggie’s and subwoofers is the integration. The Maggie’s are really really fast… dynamic woofers are slow. The only great integration I have heard is really big Maggies with lots of power. This can be subtle… so may definitely... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? In the assault of the high end I think there are at least two or three value camps. One would be high resolution and another maybe natural / musical and forgiving. You could probably come up with a couple more. But I get what Mike is asking… t... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @liquidsound My condolences! Wow, that has got to be rough… you only live once. I have been lucky. My significant other (of 36 years), likes to heckle me about my audio addiction.. but she also recognizes that on average I worked 70+ hour... | |
| Implications of vinyl on musical trends? @sbank Well yes, I intended XX… but unfortunately My niece’s mother was crazy and XXX works with her daughter… as well a drugs… sad. Good news, she is 32 years old and still alive. I would have bet against it. | |
| Does upgrading you system have to be on a logarithmic curve? I have grown my system from a $350 affair in 1972 to it’s current state of around $150K. I have methodically and incrementally invested over the entire time. I have spent thousands of hours learning, experimenting with cables, cords, and component... | |
| DISCUSSION: "It only comes out at night". Does anyone else have this experience!? Certainly if you just had a fight with your wife… that preconditioning will have an impact. This kind of stuff can be relevant. But I have honed my listening skills for fifty years. I can over time differentiating conditioning from real sonic diff... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony @rok2id I know for myself… knowing the story behind the music has no impact of the images and emotions I experience. I have never felt that connection. I can know it is about War and Remembrance (teehee) and I am moved by the beauty and delic... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony OP, Carlos Kalmar was the music director here for 18 years… he made the Oregon Symphony what it is today… I believe it took him many years… about 8 years to really get them together. I have been privileged to have season tickets for the last ten ... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? In my experience differences in sound quality between CD, stored files, and streaming is entirely contingent on your component choices. I have extensive experience since I bought one of the first high end CD player that was released shortly after ... | |
| Basic question about power/watts OP, There is a place to put photos under your user ID… create a virtual system. This would be very helpful. | |
| Streamer creates a Wow experience @reimarc +1 for Aurender streamers. They have outstanding good sound quality every level of price / quality. They are completely self contained, so no need to play around with other software. You can easily move any files you want onto them. The... | |
| Has anyone compared Lumin the U1 Mini to the U2 Mini? I cannot speak specifically to the Lumin, but my experience has been that double the cost and typically you get a large improvement in sound quality assuming the rest of your system is of similar or greater quality. Lumin is well regarded. It is e... | |
| Diffuser Panels/Room Treatment Question I would recommend photos of your system and venue. That will make it easier to understand your situation. You can see mine under my ID. Treatments can make a huge difference…depending on your speakers, room, electronics and preferences. | |
| Late night blues I go to Qobuz’s genre and choose “Blues”. You can see the most recent, Qobuz recommended… etc. also, from internet radio there are dozens of blues channels. |