ghdprentice
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| Please tell me there is a better solution for travel I travelled internationally with CD players, separate headphone amps (4 sized D cells), silver interconnects… separate DACs, headphones, earphones… of many generations… etc. Finally I figured out two things: airplanes and most places you go ar... | |
| hearing loss and amp choices Appreciate of music through a high end system has little to do with the details of your actually hearing specs unless they are severely compromised. Yours are not. Ignore it. My hearing has always been compromised compared to my partner… most ... | |
| Phono Preamp w/ Rumble Filter There is a preferred course in high end audio is to fix the problem… never cover it up. Covering up problems makes it worse. I highly recommend identifying the source of the rumble and just get a great phonostage. I would look for a used Audio Re... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable As an owner of a contemporary Linn LP12 (almost Klimax) I can say unqualified that today’s Linn LP12’s perform at levels commiserate with their cost, competitive with units of many ten’s of thousands dollars. You can see my system under my UserID.... | |
| A Beginner's Guide to Audiophile @pmiller115 +1 😁😁👍 | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? Chasing details and slam can be a side trip. My system allows all but the worst recordings sound as good as they can. It took me a long time (35 years) to get off the details - slam path to realize this was not the route to fidelity and real sonic... | |
| A Beginner's Guide to Audiophile There area number of definitions of audiophile. My favorite is: someone who’s audio system cost more than their car. I have qualified in that case since the 1970’s… typically 2x or more. It isn’t a term about exact sound quality, it is about commi... | |
| ARC Reference 6 or Cary SLP 05 with upgrade? ARC specifies that the Reference 6 provides 12dB of gain via its balanced outputs and 6dB via its single-ended outputs; 1.7uV RMS of residual noise, IHF weighted, noise with volume at “1” (109dB below 2V RMS output); and less than 0.01% distortion... | |
| Best Home Office HiFi Systems Under $10,000 and $20,000.00 I created an office system over the last 20 years. It is not shown, as are my others under my user ID. I find an office system has different requirements than other systems. For me… a turntable is definitely out… an office is to work… think… if I ... | |
| MOFI announces new partnership and PRESSING PLANT!!! Great news. Thanks. | |
| This is good Schiit... While I have no hands on experience with a Bluesound I am very familiar with lots of other folks experiences. Also I have experiencewith Schiit DACs. About a year and a half I researched DACs for a friend. In the process bought a Gungnir and we b... | |
| Which device makes for a better digital music source? Computer or streamer? I have been into digital since the first CD player (yuck). Over the last 15 years I have used a plethora of portable devices, PCs with various software, MACs… and intermediate and high end streamers. In general,, purpose built streamers significan... | |
| Speaker/Room Acoustic Problem @dekay +1 great idea! This is a very perplexing problem. It really does sound like overdampening. OP, if you put some photos of your system under your UserID it might give us some more clues. Planar speakers like some reflections. Lik... | |
| Analog’s Warm Sound: Tube amps into an AVR?! Vinyl sound has been something unique and coveted for decades. Basically because digital was in its infancy and could not duplicate its warmth and resolution. That difference is disappearing. For instance my streaming, CD player a vinyl produce eq... | |
| ARC Reference 6 or Cary SLP 05 with upgrade? You will not go wrong with either… but I have shifted over to all Audio Research over the last 50 years… Reference 5SE for nearly 10 years… now a Reference 6SE. Without hesitation I would go with a Reference 6. Adding a Reference amp could be life... |