ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment I am the opposite. I will find a way to have the new component operational in record time… minutes preferred… or an hour. Putting a new component in your system is more like having it shipped. There is so much more time needed to actually hear ... | |
| Looking For The Best Pre-Amp Match For A Pair of Classe Omega Amplifiers I will admit, to me, no preamp comes to mind with the attributes you seek that is not tubed. My recommendation for a not cold, detailed neutral preamp would be an Audio Research Reference… as contemporary as you can afford. I guess if push came... | |
| Help finding a subwoofer REL. They are really respected in performance and in setup. If you can‘T get a sub setup correctly then it is not going to contribute the max. REL exceeds at having a sophisticated and easy to use setup. | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up I am definitely in the camp of: as the quality of your streamer goes up the less important is all that up stream stuff. I have a Aurrender W20SE hung off a wall wart Netgear extender (ok, with an EtherRegen)… the sound quality is equal to my great... | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? @boxer12 +1 | |
| Looking For The Best Pre-Amp Match For A Pair of Classe Omega Amplifiers What is the rest of your system and venue? Photos can be posted under your used ID. What are your sound preferences and preferred music types? | |
| Looking for a DAC that's better than Mc C47 The Yggdrasil is a very good deal for the money. Last year I did a complete literature search and chose The Yggdrasil for his main system and I bought a Gungnir for my office system. Yggdrasil is a great chose for the money. Detailed and natural s... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? Using percentages as far as performance really doesn’t work. It is exceptionally arbitrary as there are so many variables to sound quality and every person values different aspects. Is it worth it, is a value judgement based on your desire for be... | |
| Looking for advice Since today’s streaming can exceed or at least equal the sound quality of CDs… or ripped files, I would recommend putting all your money into a streamer and DAC, This should allow getting off to a better start in streaming and ultimately a better... | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects I would recommend a good cable company. My minimum is DHLabs. I have tried Blue Jeans and Belkin and found them to be equivalent to the quality that you get in boxes with inexpensive and mid-fi products. | |
| What’s Voodoo power cords signature sounding? @bigtwin It will depend on your equipment and which 12 cables you compare. If you have high quality components, you are comparing high quality interconnects and you know your system well… like have listened to it for a thousand hours withou... | |
| surrender n200 vs n20 @lordmelton Uunfortunately my DAC does not support dual AES. But the AES produced vinyl equivalent sound in my system. I had a Berkeley Alpha Reference 3 DAC… I thought it would have dual AES inputs… it did not. I preferred the sound of m... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? As an example. For the last nine months I have had both a set of Audio Research Reference 160m monoblocks ($36K) and a Audio Research Reference 160s (the stereo version, $22K). There is no question the monoblocks out perform the stereo unit and ar... | |
| Help with USB Cable Option My default when on a budget is DHLabs. I have used Cardas, Ridge Street Audio (?), Nordost, and DHLabs… as well as cheapies. I don’t recommend cheapies. | |
| Need 25 foot interconnects I have been presented with this issue a number of times. You are doing a split in the right place. I have done both RCA and XLR. I would recommend the highest quality of RCA you can afford. I know this is painful. I do not recommend adding any con... |