ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Cable Quality vs Customer Service OP, Congratulations on a great purchase. | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? My understanding is that Mark Levinson remains top tier. I haven’t heard it in a while. But it was never my cup of tea. But my impressions mirror @erik_squires. It has never moved me. Great specs and dynamics… just to clinical to me. | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music I understand your dilemma. Honestly, buying on guesses could net you a lot of speakers that are good, but not right for you. There is nothing worse than getting some brand new, expensive piece of equipment and hearing how it is great… just like th... | |
| DAC recommendation in 5 to 10K range I can highly recommend an Audio Research DAC 9. I have been a Audio Research fan for preamps and phonostages for decades. As my purchase ability increased I got better versions. But I never thought of them as a digital company although their DACs ... | |
| Internet Speed No. As @erik_squires point out the requirement is really small and streamers cashe the input. I can struggle with my iPad changing pages and my streamer goes on playing without a hitch. Sound quality is primarily driven by the quality of you... | |
| Tube Socket Savers, why? I must agree with @tablejockey. If you are just a component owner I would not consider them. We are constantly trying to make the fewest connections and most direct path for the electronic signal to preserve sound quality. I have owned tubed equip... | |
| Speaker/equipment placement @henry53 “So choose your speakers for the room you have.” +1. Big agreement on this. If you are budget constrained… and most of us are… this is outstanding advice. I have heard some absolutely stunning tiny systems in tiny spaces. They have supe... | |
| Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2? OP, Thamks for your progress report. Sounds like you are doing a very thorough job. Hopefully zeroing in on your what is good for you. look forward to hearing more. | |
| Turntable sub $4k buy decisions too many. Congradulations! Look forward to hearing more after you have some serious time on the unit. | |
| Factory service for products from the 90's In general, yea they will. Like Audio Research. I lent my 1978 vintage preamp to a friend… he blew out one channel about 15 years ago. We contacted ARC… and they immediately told him how much it would cost. Many people love an audio component… an... | |
| Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2? Your test set is plenty big. You check all those out, you are really likely to find a compelling set of speakers and extremely unlikely to miss something that would be earth shatteringly better. if for some reason you are unmoved by all of tho... | |
| Speaker/equipment placement @bikeboy52 “New way to judge the strength of your marriage, speaker brand ,size and placement, we’ve been able to stay together for 26 years even though a pair of Apogges 24 inches from the back wall” Yes, a good way to verify the strength. ... | |
| I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd You may actually be at the gates of hell. | |
| Speaker/equipment placement @bikeboy52 😁🤣 Good one. | |
| Ethernet - Analog/Digital Signal Clean Up I use an EtherRegen on the streamer side of a wall wart repeater. |