ghdprentice
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| Brand new Lyra Delos - skewed cantilever OP, It is a real shame the problems you have had with this cartridge. Nice that the manufacturer quickly stepped in. But honestly, I do not like futzing with things like turntables and cartridges. This is why. My dealer loves turntables, and sets... | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 A used PrimaLuna sounds perfect. I have one I paid $2K for about 12 years ago. Nice integrated. Nice sound for the money. | |
| New Magnaplanar 1.7 delaminating and buzzing. Really sorry to hear about your experience. It must be really frustrating. Appearenty there was a manufacturing problem… you probably got consecutively produced speakers. It is a real shame your dealer just didn’t give you a replacement the momen... | |
| A Beginner's Guide to Audiophile @soix and @edcyn +1 The real learning that is required in high end audio is to be exposed to the terminology then examples of real sound, and in reproduced equipment. Over and over again. I have been learning about sound and music / reproducti... | |
| The review wehave been promising is up I want to say, I am good with @audiotroy ’s comments. Across each one of their posts it says they are a vendor. This is honesty, up front. They have exposure to different brands… they choose to carry some brands and not others… it is hard not to t... | |
| 2019 Mac Pro vs. Roon @steakster +1 | |
| Are prices and what is being sold a reflection of the economy, as some other sites are? We are currently in an unusual situation with very high inflation and a good economy… weakening a little. Assuming the Fed is successful in slowing the economy the price rising may not open up much opportunities for lower prices. | |
| Empyrean Headphones/Sennheiser HDVD 800 + 'what DAC'? The sound quality attained through a high end headphone system has similar requirement to that of a primary system. Although the demand on your amp is not as high. The demands on a streamer and DAC certainly are. Headphones are very sensitive and ... | |
| 33rpm vs 45rpm - which is better +1 @mijostyn The highest quality audiophile recordings I have are 45 rpm… typically causing one disk to need to be split into two… and requires flipping disks at a ridiculously short interval. But they do tend to be more dynamic. | |
| What USB cable to get? @treynolds155 Thanks for your comments. You are right we have very much the same outlook. I guess some indirect evidence for my theory on networking vs streamer is that Red Book CDs, the same resolution files either on local storage or NAS, ... | |
| A Beginner's Guide to Audiophile Get Robert Harley’s book: The Complete Guide to High End Audio. I re-read it every few years. All questions will be answered. If your interest continues, get a subscription to Stereophile and The Absolute Sound. | |
| Best turntable for the buck @bkeske ”And I don’t care what anyone says, for me, vinyl is simply magical, and will always be better than my digital source.” I have used vinyl for over 50 years and built ever better vinyl rigs to get the very best out of it. Until my digita... | |
| Differences between models of expensive vs inexpensive DACs OP, How you use the DAC chip… how many… power supply etc… determines the sonic output. So, while the DAC chop as limiting factor, it is not… just one of a myriad of factors. Which is why long strings centered on R2R or ESS chips really just detra... | |
| What USB cable to get? @treynolds155 Yes, my system is WiFi router —> by WiFi —> wall wart extender —> Ethernet cable —> EtherRegen —> via Ethernet cable —> Aurender (W20SE). This is embarrassing. I asked my audio guy to let me try one… he brought i... | |
| Adding a dedicated Preamp and Hi Res Streamer For a streamer I recommend choosing an Aurender. One commiserate with the your other equipment. My streamer is the most costly component on my digital side. With much experimentation on different streamers I realized it is a source component and t... |