ghdprentice
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| The Risks of Buying Demo Gear Interesting experience. I guess it depends on the dealer. No question this would never happen at my dealers shop. They are as careful as I am… actually more. They handle a lot of +$30 K stuff. They also would never sell anything with anything ... | |
| Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC I have not heard a Aeris DAC. But, I have had the highest respect for Rowland products. I am interested in hearing and comments on it’s sound. | |
| Streamer? Aurender's "caching streaming" ? how important is this feature? @oddiofyl Congratulations. I bet you are excited. Look forward to hearing your impressions. I suspect you will find this a nice upgrade over the Bluesound. | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? @oddiofyl Thank you. I try. | |
| Audio Rack Opinions My strategy has been good looking sturdy racks… then to follow through with vibration control. I have a Silent Running Audio Ohio Class isolation platform for my turntable (I highly recommend these). Then a combination of Black Diamond Racing plat... | |
| Reviews - Your Pet Peaves I read reviews before and after purchase. Before to prepare and compare, and after to determine if I agree… listen for characteristics I may not have noticed. I will also reread a year later… when I really know my component. | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? OP, Yep, you got it. Hopefully you take the complexity as a challenge and enjoy getting the most out of your system through listening and learning. That is what drives most of us. I am sure over my lifetime I have spent over a thousand hours,... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? Btw, my expectation was the $8K was for both the rebuild ($3K) plus the purchase of a used ARC PH8 ($5K) phono stage. I am not sure that would change @Holmz comments… but that was what I intended to say. | |
| DAC suggestions In your price range Schiit Yggdrasil. For the money an outstanding deal. Recently got a Gungnir as research and bought a Yggdrasil for a friend. | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room I also like wildly different music types and after years of attending the symphony and other acoustic venues found that Sonus Faber speakers best reproduced natural - musical sound, improved all genera (as opposed to making one genera sound better... | |
| Where to invest the most in the "digital chain"? OP, This is the problem with an open forum like this. You are going to get lots of contradictory posts based on people with different values and limited experience. You have to look at each and make a judgement on the posters values and experienc... | |
| What are/were the best sounding cheap components you have ever had? You know. I saw this thread a while ago. Unless I can think of a way to add value… I tend to just follow it and not comment. After some thought… my answer is never. I have never had a cheap component that sounded great, I have had cost effecti... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? I don’t think it will cost you a fortune. I would do the table upgrades. Then see where you are… a used Audio Research PH8 would really upgrade your analog end. I would imagine that would be around $8K. Then if it isn’t there a cartridge for $3K. | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room I have to recommend extensive auditioning of systems from different high end dealers. You want to find the sound you are really emotionally drawn to. It is ok to audition really expensive equipment… to find “the sound” you guys like. Include tube ... | |
| Streamer? Aurender's "caching streaming" ? how important is this feature? I highly recommend Aurender for their excellent sound quality for the money. That is all they do is streaming. I own two after a very exhaustive search. |