ghdprentice
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| What is Your End Game System? I have never really had the idea of end game. I would go through an upgrade cycle about every seven years and reach as higher a level as possible. It wasn’t until near retirement I thought I should upgrade one last time before retiring. Which I di... | |
| Streaming Hi OP, I’m in the 70’s club as well. Today you can get the same or better sound quality and with streaming and have access to nearly infinite music. It is actually a complete game changer… and you do not need to get up. You can see my systems und... | |
| Aurender The overwhelming reason is the sound quality. They sound simply fantastic and are built like audiophile equipment. Often, high end audio equipment manufacturers choose to implement only the technology that can produce the highest quality sound... | |
| Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1? OP, Definitely quiet comfort then. I live out side Portland Oregon and corporate headquarters was in New York for me for nearly 20 years… although most of the time I flew globally. You want wireless Bose. As a company I have hated Bose for mas... | |
| Speaker wire selection for inefficient speaker? Cables will not make a difference. I agree with @fuzztone. You rebalance your surround processor. It will do the job for you. You go through an cycle to set volumes and delay times. | |
| Streamed music sounds awful in my system and I don't know why .... This thread has gotten a bit off track. I have been an early adopter of digital since it’s inception… sad, I know… thirty + years of disappointment. Digital has been improving, especially in the last fifteen to twenty years. Today with careful ... | |
| Portable amp for Beyerdynamic T1? I understand. One of my favorite headphones are Beyerdynamic T2. They are exceptionally hard to drive. One of my headphone systems is shown under my ID. For over forty years I have traveled with headphones and stayed up on contemporary technol... | |
| CD/SACD Changer for the lazy audiophile....suggestions? Streaming. No changing. | |
| Turntable suggestions for a shaky wooden floor Oh… wireless… no. Straight down and under the carpet? | |
| speaker impedance If upgrading speaker. Typically you want to find speakers that captivate you… ignoring requirements. Speakers are very important to your enjoyment and if they don’t captivate you it is unlikely any amount of changes in electronics is going to help... | |
| rca or usb digital With an Aurender you are likely to get best performance from the AES connector. This is what I found best from my W20SE. | |
| Best Phono Cartridge for VPI Titan Turntable OP, I’ve got all audio research stuff… so maybe we are looking for a similar sound. There’s a place to put your system and venue if you plan on hanging around. It is really useful for us to make informed recommendations and you don’t have repeat ... | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. @bubba_buoy +1 I think you got it. | |
| Turntable suggestions for a shaky wooden floor Wall mounts are made for suspended floors as turntable suspensions are not made to deal with the kind low frequency caused by suspended floors. why not mount on the concrete wall? | |
| How far and wide? NSMT speaker placement Every room is different. I think my speakers are out four feet or so. Mine Sonus Faber speakers do well in my room with a 8’ equilateral triangle. The imaging stopped at the wall until I hung a thick wool carpet on the wall behind the speakers... |