ghdprentice
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| Are there any stand alone servers, that do NOT have a streaming function? OK, sorry about this: Fifteen or twenty years ago, stand alone servers were built. Then on-line streaming sources became available and got included with built in storage. For the last few years the amount of on line storage has been declining bec... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cable I find Nordost turns at Valhalla. I have not been impressed with the tiers below. But Valhalla are great and get better at tiers above. Getting them cooked is a good idea. You are likely to be really happy. You have some great components. Lookin... | |
| Preamp for Luxman M-10X other than C-10x I am familiar with the Luxman M-10. The answer is very much dependent on the sound quality you are going for. Both luxmand and Focal are very trebly and detailed oriented. If you are going for hyper detailed / analytical system then the C-10 or ot... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @larsman Thanks. I'd enjoy it. I posted a few of my photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jdflood/albums | |
| Pulled the trigger on a Moon 861! Hope it pairs well on my Focals The MacIntosh preamp may have the balancing effect you are hoping for. Tell us what happens. Don't forget that a new solid state amp typically starts out very trebly and then softens over the first 100 to 200 hours. I know this, but I just can'... | |
| Another Major Audio Company Sold I own some Beyerdynamic headphones, they are very good. I hope this is a good for Beyerdynamic. The unique characteristic of their headphones is warm natural presentation. While a generalization, I worked for company that was acquired by a Chine... | |
| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC Optical is typically inferior. It is because the circuitry on both sides are electronic, so conversion to optical and back to electrical is required. In all but purpose built expensive components off the shelf optical/electrical converters are use... | |
| Need help matching speakers with amplifer The rating for the speaker isn’t really anything more than a recommendation. In general the highest quality amp you can afford, more power is better. Since we are talking about a very budget oriented speakers, I am assuming your are not expecting ... | |
| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? Could be counterfeit. Many fakes have been available from China for major brands for quite some time. This has been a thing for at least a couple years. For instance the Nordost Odin 2 interconnect (which I have tested in my system, $17K) was ava... | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond I have own and have used Starlight and a number of other Wireworld cables. I have not been impressed by any of them. They seem to me to be simply the choice of a conductor (e.g., copper or silver) and molded plastic coating. I would look at DHLabs... | |
| Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase? I will admit cover art strongly influence my listening. While I only stream. I review the new releases on Qobuz every day or two and what I choose to play is largely based on the cover art. If it turns out to be a great album, then I’ll read the ... | |
| Preamp question - Cary Clone Road Trip! Relax, enjoy the drive. You don't have to be back for work. Take your time, enjoy the process... don't be in a hurry. I know lots of retired folks. The rule of thumb is it takes five years to make the adjustment... it is one of chan... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile Oh what a walk through memory lane. @bdgregory Oh my! My roommate had a Phase Linear 400 in the late 70's... it was so awesome at the time... and such a cool name. Thinking back, wow... what a terrible sounding amp. I can still remember long se... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @mgrif104 Thank you for your kind words. | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @emergingsoul I was a senior director of IT for a global high tech company. So, well, I have been into IT for decades. Also, I traveled extensively and photography was an ongoing pursuit. So I have over 10 terabytes of photographs, which I us... |