ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| How long should speaker cables be? In general, everything should be as short as possible However, the shortest definitely need to be the lowest voltage… like the TT to phono stage and the phono stage to preamp. If you have to go for a long run do it between the preamp and amp. Very... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement @nonoise +1 Wow… lots of unhelpful techno babble. | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge @mijostyn I will admit I do like Swiss cheese. Do you think that is why I like Koetsu? Or maybe it was because I used to live in Japan… or maybe it is a spectacularly good sounding cartridge. | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge OP, I own a Koetsu Rosewood Signature. A fantastic cartridge, while detailed it is extremely natural and musical. My previous cartridge was a Van den Hull Frog. No comparison between the two. The Koetsu is magically musical, forgiving, and detail... | |
| Pass and electronic music Very good choice. I was quite infatuated with electronic music for quite a while and used Pass at that time. I used the x series. I thought the fine detail in the high frequencies can enhance the ethereal and ambient character of much of the music... | |
| The greatest tweak ever? @mijostyn 😊 Maybe not. I found myself astonished on how many JLo / Affleck marriage articles there were on Apple News… but I couldn’t not look. Maybe senility works in various ways. Yeah, I can’t believe I watched to whole video. | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement Installing dedicated lines should not be astronomically expensive. Twenty years ago… I think one cost me $300… last year $1,500 (it was a hard location to get to). The $1,500 was well worth it. It doesn’t take any sophisticated electrician… in fac... | |
| The greatest tweak ever? You know I noticed that labels / signs tell you all you need to know about an enterprise. For instance: “Honest John’s”… a crook, “Authentic X”… not authentic, “Scientific Audiophile”… not scientific… a lunatic. My partner and I pick out signs alo... | |
| The greatest tweak ever? @artemus_5 Ok, I am amused and disgusted… well mostly amused. I have a big HEPA filter down here, maybe that is why my system sounds so good. An amazing use of science… oh, what science? He means he thought about it. Yeah, that is the same ... | |
| Songs that can be streamed at higher Res Yes, Qobuz sounds better than Tidal and in addition only has around 60,000 high Rez albums as of about six months or so. I would try Qobuz right away… it’s free fora month… you can compare. | |
| Update on my TT causing distortion at higher volume OP 👍 | |
| New Rega P10 setup Few turntables isolate themselves from footfalls on a hung floor. That is what wall mounts are for. How old is the Linn? If it was set up correctly originally there should be no changes required. My dealer does setups. He observes “not setup corr... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement If you need to add an additional breaker box make sure your dedicated lines (hopefully you will be adding one for your amp) are wired into the same box… otherwise this may cause a ground loop. I’ll leave the details of wiring to others. Only, the... | |
| Connecting dual subs with speakon connectors Ok, I guess this is a thing. My bad. So, why would you want to do this. What is the advantage? | |
| Songs that can be streamed at higher Res @lalitk +1 Qobuz I understand your interest in dipping a toe in. But keep in mind that unless the sound quality equals your other options it really isn’t going to tell you much. It gets compelling when streaming equals or exceeds your oth... |