ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment Signal must go through. I wondered this for a while. I got the answer… unfortunately with my terrible memory I don’t remember if I experimented or someone I respected answered it. But I noted, I never needed to revisit the question. | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. This guy likes hearing himself talk. A salad of random perceptions that are not prevalent or central to Audiophilia. A waste of time. | |
| Phono Stage Upgrade OP, Congradulations. You will really be more impressed after a few hundred hours. Full break in 1,000 hours. | |
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment @carlsbad We are on the same page… although I would have done the install before my shower so it could be warming up when I am in the shower. Patients is not my strength. | |
| Conrad Johnson LP66s Problems What Jeff said is exactly what I would recommend. Audiophile equipment needs to be treated by experts and the behavior you are getting is not normal. | |
| Cables to Add Brightness Nice systems you have. What interconnects / cables are you using now? I’ll take a guess not knowing your cabling now. I am a bit confused by your choice of words. But you seemed to have carefully chosen them. To me sparkle is always a bad thin... | |
| Cables to settle brightness Cardas! If you need a lot of taming go for old used Golden Reference. I used them for decades to warm up my system. Contemporary Cardas are still warm, but not nearly to the extent. But are still excellent cables. You will want copper as the cond... | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? @curtdr Very sound financial advice. | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? @oddiofyl Comgradulations! I am sure you will get a couple of decades of use out of your new streamer. | |
| any lawyers in this forum care to give an advice? @rockysantoro Thank you very much for your perspective. I typically purchase through a dealer and he delivers it. If there is a problem… doesn’t matter what kind… he deals with it. | |
| Is there such a thing as a FOREVER DAC/streamer? Woah, who said anything about future proofing. Definitely not. But each technology goes through a number of stages. Introduction (remember the CD! Wow, quiet background… but wow, what terrible sound)… slow improvement, then rapid improvement a... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? OP, Thanks for your thoughtful response. I am happy that we share observations over time. As is said language is a living thing. I remember being perplexed on a problem at a meeting not that long ago an said, “I’d have to noodle on it”. This was... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? “It tells me their have more money than brains.” Yeah… no. All the audiophiles with large budgets I have known have earned their money. They used their brains and hard work to get their money and use their brains and hard work to acquire audiophi... | |
| Router for Audio Streaming If you end up trying more than one, it will be interesting to hear if you not a difference. | |
| HOW TO CHOOSE A SPEAKER CABLE? @jpan +1 |