ghdprentice
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| Qobuz or Apple Music? Qobuz hands down. It has what is commonly regarded as the best sound and over 1/2 million high resolution albums (Tidal: HR 50K albums as of a few months ago). ‘’There are only two generally accepted contenders: Qobuz and Tidal. I had Tidal fo... | |
| 300B Advice 300B amps tend to be very sensitive to the 300B tubes in them. I was quite shocked at the improvement I got when I replaced my stock tubes with Takatsuki. Wow, what a difference in warmth, musicality and details. But then for the $1K each they sh... | |
| How Audiphiles are Different Generally yes. In the beginning I trained myself to listen for minute differences in details and slam… a hold over from college. This drove my purchases. Over time I learned what real acoustic music sounded like and this took over my decisi... | |
| How do you organize all this turntable paraphernalia?? I use a cigar box for daily cleaning paraphernalia next to my turntable. Then I have a standing workstation set up at the “bar” with record cleaning machine with a couple draws dedicated to less frequently used stuff. | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? @aewarren It depends. There are systems built on the basis of more details are better… in that case correct. But there are systems based on musicality and natural presentation: for those recordings will sound much better. Two or three decades a... | |
| Bought an Audio Research Amp OP, I had a reluctance to tube amps for a very long time. The idea of retubing. But a few years ago I went ahead. I immediately realized my mistake. It was false economy to me. My system took on a realism and natural musicality (ARC) I never imag... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable This thread reminds me of many Leica camera threads. I have been a long time Nikon owner since the 70’s. Top of the line stuff for that last 20 years. I bought a Leica M10. The Leica M series often reputed as the best camera of its format. Forum... | |
| Turn down the Volume! @jjss49 Thanks. Those are very interesting. I have a general understanding, but was interesting to see the details. I started plugging my ears at concerts 30 years ago as I started to realize I really did not want to damage my hearing and mos... | |
| I have a feel good story.... OP, Where did you travel with your wave tubes? | |
| DAC diminishing returns @jjss49 +1 I agree… typically high detail = better soundstaging. To me the real trick… and magic of a great system is to get really natural / musical sound and a great sound stage / imaging without being overwhelmed (disproportionately forward) ... | |
| Isn't it really about quality of recording? Let’s see, I would say 98% system and up to 2% recording. Depends on how you look at it, 99% makes sense to me… as a great system can make bad recordings sound better. About 85% of recordings are average, 10% great, and 5% real stinkers. In the fi... | |
| Best turntable for the buck OP, Yes, high end audio is a journey that is best celebrated at every stage. | |
| Help with Aurender/Qobuz playlist Great! | |
| Best turntable for the buck OP, “the preamp reveals the flaws in bad records as much as it enhances the quality in good sounding records.‘ “The other issue I’m having (not really a problem but a concern) is the difference in texture between the records and digital sources.”... | |
| I have a feel good story.... Thank you. Happily I have long receive outstanding service from this industry. Let’s say my preamp blew up this afternoon. I am sure my dealer would drop a loaner by this afternoon without me even asking (just telling him it went out). But... |