ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| 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. | |
| Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi streaming @jl35 I use a Netgear. But I would buy the same brand as your router. You can see mine in the photos of my main system. | |
| Preamp/DAC Suggestions Folks using DACs with volume controls as the best solution are far between. To do this and have great sound is very expensive and requires extreme knowledge and dedication to do it. In todays world, putting together a DAC and connecting it to an a... | |
| how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable? Send it back. Seriously. Everything you say says… used, and really poor quality. Sometimes it is just best to wait, save up and get something of quality. I recommend looking at a new Rega. Send it back. Don’t justify junk. | |
| Lowering Tube power amp output It is frequently over 90 degrees outside… my partner is disabled and uncomfortable so I keep the house at 70 degrees. Even so, my electric bill (with 100 hours of 36 tubes… 8 KT150s running) is less than my Verizon bill, insurance bill, property t... | |
| Ethernet vs. Wi-Fi streaming I use a wifi extender next to each of my system and connect via Ethernet cable to my streamer. I have outstanding sound in this way. See my system under my user ID. I had did not have the solid connection or fidelity when I used to own an Aurl... | |
| CD RACK @bkeske They look like card card catalogues… great blast from the past! | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony OP, I just listened to the Masur conducted version of his 5th Symphony. It is very slow moving. To me, loses the anticipation… the beauty of other, typically faster paced versions. But the music is spectacular, regardless. | |
| Implications of vinyl on musical trends? OP, Good thoughts. But in reality, music moves on and appeals to the next generation. Bach was new music once. The truly great stereo recordings were in the late 1950’s and very early 60’s. I have a couple thousand vinyl albums collected sinc... |