ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Streamer creates a Wow experience Congratulations! Yeah… it is hard to not think, “bits are bits, how could a streamer matter”. But, like all of audiophilia… it matters. I spent over a decade screwing around with PCs, MACs and other devices for streaming… but until I got my first ... | |
| Amplifier Longevity Question I’ll have to do some more research on the receiver…. At first blush it sounds like a really weak link in the system. But if you are OK with it and are not looking to upgrade. Decreases in sound quality happen at glacial rates. So, it is unlike... | |
| Shostakovich Fifth Symphony I appreciate your post. Shostakovich is and has been my favorite composer for 40 years… his 5th Symphony my favorite. While I have read about the content of his life and contemporary politics. My appreciation has always been only about the music. ... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? My streaming usually sounds better than CDs, or the same if in the same resolution. But Qobuz has half a million high resolution albums. I would take the money you were going to invest in a CD player and upgrade your streamer… or DAC… or preamp. W... | |
| Basic question about power/watts Yep, as mentioned above it is about high current more so than watts… altough there is a rough correlation. A high current amp will double the wattage between 16 ohm loads, 8 ohm loads and 4 ohm loads. Current is about the number of electrons avail... | |
| Beginner home theater setup questions... Congradulations! A big deal. My partner and I met in graduate school 36 years ago. We put together an increasingly good Home Theater for us, while I put together an increasingly good audio system for me. You can see the systems u der my UserID. ... | |
| CD RACK I am giving all my CDs and racks away. Streaming is as good or frequently better. They are just taking up space. | |
| Flat speaker cables versus round core cables After 50 years of pursuing high end audio, I have never found a single technology overwhelmingly the determinant of the sound quality. It is only one parameter in a mix of many. While I found really cheap interconnects can be categorized into c... | |
| New Project RS2T transport @robshaw Glad to hear you are hearing the sound you wanted. Hopefully, you recovery is quick and complete. | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @larry5729 How we get by the wife acceptance factor? Simple I buy her a really extravagant present. Then wait a few days and announce I am buying something. Then no problem. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? OP, The Grado Epoch 3 is a really beautiful cartridge. I look forward to hearing it some day. My daily music time is 4 - 6 PM… and with it being summer.. the heat pump is typically on, not a huge noise but enough to mask the detail of my a... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. $14K for a refrigerator.. crazy. $14K interconnects… well chosen: a great investment. | |
| Linn LP 12 OP. “Can anyone recommend a turntable that sounds better than the LP 12 for $1500…” ok, now You asked for it. | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. @inna To extend the OP’s comments. We would love to see your virtual system… sounds like a great one. Hard to appreciate unless we can see the components in its venue. Thanks. | |
| Which component to upgrade 1st ? OP, Thanks for your kind words about my system. All I can say is, it sounds better than that… 50 years putting it together… it sounds better than I had imagined possible. I have owned a Audio Research PH 2, PH2SE, PH3, PH3SE, PH8, and now the... |