ghdprentice
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| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? There is no such thing as a forever component… well for me there may be… I’m 70. But, in general no. But on the other hand you can buy ahead. I am willing to bet that my Aurender W20SE will out perform the contemporary BlueSound for at least 20 ye... | |
| Record collecting versus hoarding @torojano I think it depends on your personality. For me, I sometimes just feel like listening to something different. I have a high quality record cleaner… so, if they have not been cleaned I clean them. Also, I have a great turntable… and ... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop OP, In general, you get what you pay for. Blue sound and the Cambridge you mention are budget streamers. I forgot if we know your associated equipment.. but you need to move up to a Aurender N150 if you want mid-tier performance. Or something bet... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? Also helpful is a glossary of terminology that we can share: http://www.integracoustics.com/MUG/MUG/bbs/stereophile_audio-glossary.html | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? The idea of your system sounding great with a full loom or a complete mishmash says absolutely nothing to answer the question. Unless you have compared the opposite… there is no information gleaned. In my fifty years of pursuing the high end, own... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? One important aspect to recognize is that when you compare amps from different companies you are comparing different house sounds. Given we all have different values, we will prefer different house sounds more than the particular implementation. ... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? OP, I think you got it. Neutral does not actually mean neutral. It means flat and polite. Just the reality of a very complex and multilayered pursuit. I have found the way to get your arms around this is to read professional reviews and au... | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? I think it is likely ideal… but dependent on your components. I have been working on my system for fifty years. It has been a mishmash of components for most of that time. I have invested a huge amount of time and discretionary income in my sy... | |
| Aurender A-10 I am a huge Aurender fan… I own a N100 and their flagship, which I think is a screaming deal at $22K. I have carefully auditioned others in their line. Streaming is now and the future. I have heard many Aurender streamers. I cannot say anything n... | |
| Better music player alternative to Mac Air / laptop I started digital at the introduction of the CD. In the late 2000’s I got seriously into assembling great file serving using a PC, MacBook…. Using all sorts of different software. I have used so many different combinations of storage, DACs, and me... | |
| What's It All About? OMG, audiophilia is soooo much harder than designing a kitchen. There are so many more dimensions to high end audio… it is about nuances of perception, subtle values, marketing hype versus reality, system synergy, dozens of sonic variables, perfo... | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment I am the opposite. I will find a way to have the new component operational in record time… minutes preferred… or an hour. Putting a new component in your system is more like having it shipped. There is so much more time needed to actually hear ... | |
| Looking For The Best Pre-Amp Match For A Pair of Classe Omega Amplifiers I will admit, to me, no preamp comes to mind with the attributes you seek that is not tubed. My recommendation for a not cold, detailed neutral preamp would be an Audio Research Reference… as contemporary as you can afford. I guess if push came... | |
| Help finding a subwoofer REL. They are really respected in performance and in setup. If you can‘T get a sub setup correctly then it is not going to contribute the max. REL exceeds at having a sophisticated and easy to use setup. | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up I am definitely in the camp of: as the quality of your streamer goes up the less important is all that up stream stuff. I have a Aurrender W20SE hung off a wall wart Netgear extender (ok, with an EtherRegen)… the sound quality is equal to my great... |