ghdprentice
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| speaker impedance If upgrading speaker. Typically you want to find speakers that captivate you… ignoring requirements. Speakers are very important to your enjoyment and if they don’t captivate you it is unlikely any amount of changes in electronics is going to help... | |
| rca or usb digital With an Aurender you are likely to get best performance from the AES connector. This is what I found best from my W20SE. | |
| Best Phono Cartridge for VPI Titan Turntable OP, I’ve got all audio research stuff… so maybe we are looking for a similar sound. There’s a place to put your system and venue if you plan on hanging around. It is really useful for us to make informed recommendations and you don’t have repeat ... | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. @bubba_buoy +1 I think you got it. | |
| Turntable suggestions for a shaky wooden floor Wall mounts are made for suspended floors as turntable suspensions are not made to deal with the kind low frequency caused by suspended floors. why not mount on the concrete wall? | |
| How far and wide? NSMT speaker placement Every room is different. I think my speakers are out four feet or so. Mine Sonus Faber speakers do well in my room with a 8’ equilateral triangle. The imaging stopped at the wall until I hung a thick wool carpet on the wall behind the speakers... | |
| Best Phono Cartridge for VPI Titan Turntable You are correct, it is subjective. So here is what I value. I love detailed but musical and natural sounding cartridges. I like a slightly forgiving sound… so I can enjoy the music. I stay away from “detail scrapers”… that are so revealing the... | |
| How Are You Using Bass Traps? It is room dependent. I have a large room ~30’ across the speaker wall. I use the corners for bass trap storage. I had bought them for a previous home. I wouldn’t consider them a cost effective solution for my home. Also, I am pretty sure all ... | |
| Downloads Versus Streaming @christianb5s4 Thanks for your observations. It sounds to me you confirm the state of the art. The components you choose determine the sound you hear and they can be close in sound quality. Therefore, carefully chosen streaming can probably equa... | |
| Using Qobuz with Bluesound 2i Congratulations. One of the best benefits of Qobuz is the half million high Rez albums as well. | |
| Downloads Versus Streaming OP, You are correct. But technologies reach tipping points a point where the financial and sound quality proposition is overwhelming, in my opinion that has happened with streaming. Yes, I think the better investment is streaming. So, you hav... | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. For me PRAT was probably the most difficult term to sense. It was always just a bit outside of my ability. But once I was able to figure it out one of the most important in parameters in establishing an emotional connection with the music. A reaso... | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... You need a real high end streamer. Your other equipment is excellent. I used to run a Moon 650 DAC / CD player. I streamed from PCs and MACs for years to get nowhere near CD quality until I bought a high quality streamer. My first was a Auralic A... | |
| Downloads Versus Streaming I do not believe there is any compression at all from Qubuz or Tidal for that matter. By todays standards the bitstream for music is minuscule. My streamer worked seamlessly while I can’t refresh my News page on my iPad. Since high Rez from my s... | |
| would I benefit getting a balanced amp (BAT 55se) - given my pre-amp is RCA output @carlsbad +1 Best you chose your amp based on its sound. In the case of real audiophile equipment this is the determinant factor (BAT definitely qualifies). Then deal with which connectors to use. Your next preamp will undoubtedly have ba... |