ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Solid state to tube @charlesrayhall 👍👍. Nice system as well. | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine Glad folks enjoyed it. @mikld Since I live outside Portland, I have the disappointing vantage to see that fall into the abyss. | |
| Am I Getting Soft Here? Congratulations. You do not need astronomically expensive equipment to achieve outstanding sound or really satisfying sound. +@Millercarbon. Sounds like you have synergy between your components and room and the sound meets is of a character tha... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @mitchagain Thanks for your comments. They can leave me completely breathless… yes, Lifelong Fling is wonderful. Neil Young’s Live at Massey Hall, Crosby, Nash, and Young’s Four Way Street, and Sarah McLcLachlins’s Fumbling Forward… and a fe... | |
| Solid state to tube The biggest, and I think consistent difference between good quality solid state and tube amplification is in slam. To me, after decades with high current solid state amplification, appreciated slam… which tends to be much greater in solid state. T... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @audioman58 This was not a test, but an observation. All things were the same. This is in my system… you can see under my UserID. I use a cheap wall wart wifi extender plugged into my streamer: Aurender W20SE. No change in amplifiers, speaker ca... | |
| The character of analog and digital @mglik Thank you for your kind words. I find which sounds better (analog / digital file/ Streaming) depends. You clearly are a better judge than I on the nuances of specific instruments. But in some cases I find the vinyl is just less detail... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @milpai Yes, the whole album is amazing… also named Ohio. @holmz Thanks, I’ll have a listen. | |
| Do I need a streamer? @sns Thanks. Yeah that would be interesting. | |
| Solid state to tube I made the transition in steps… with a tubed preamp about 20 years ago, then shortly after a tubed phono stage… finally to a tube amp a few years ago. I hung back because of the supposed problems with tubes in amps. After some 4,000 hours with tub... | |
| A question about headphones Congratulations. Sounds like you hit on a good solution without breaking the bank. I suppose you tried directly connecting to your preamp. My guess is that the sound is much better through your headphone amp. But, I’d be interested to hear what y... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets There is a hazard in drawing conclusions from composition of a component. Ultimately it is the overall design and components, and how they work together. The AudioQuest Hurricane is the best power cord I have heard. As Millercarbon points out…. It... | |
| Do I need a streamer? @sns That would be a fun comparison! Comparing your optimized PC streamer with dedicated streamers at say $1K, $5K, $10K, and $20K…. and see where the crossover is. Have you tried yours against any dedicated streamers? | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @2psyop I lived on the border just inside Pennsylvania in a tiny company town where high school specialties were drinking, not finishing school, getting pregnant, taking a job at the one factory, becoming an alcoholic and abusive. Fortunately, I... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @millercarbon I agree… this really is becoming a golden age. Convergence. Used to be digital could not come close to vinyl at any cost and solid state was too cold and analytical while tube tended to be warm but poor in detail. Now, hard work ca... |