ghdprentice
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| Ohio - Over the Rhine @milpai Yes, the whole album is amazing… also named Ohio. @holmz Thanks, I’ll have a listen. | |
| Do I need a streamer? @sns Thanks. Yeah that would be interesting. | |
| Solid state to tube I made the transition in steps… with a tubed preamp about 20 years ago, then shortly after a tubed phono stage… finally to a tube amp a few years ago. I hung back because of the supposed problems with tubes in amps. After some 4,000 hours with tub... | |
| A question about headphones Congratulations. Sounds like you hit on a good solution without breaking the bank. I suppose you tried directly connecting to your preamp. My guess is that the sound is much better through your headphone amp. But, I’d be interested to hear what y... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets There is a hazard in drawing conclusions from composition of a component. Ultimately it is the overall design and components, and how they work together. The AudioQuest Hurricane is the best power cord I have heard. As Millercarbon points out…. It... | |
| Do I need a streamer? @sns That would be a fun comparison! Comparing your optimized PC streamer with dedicated streamers at say $1K, $5K, $10K, and $20K…. and see where the crossover is. Have you tried yours against any dedicated streamers? | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @2psyop I lived on the border just inside Pennsylvania in a tiny company town where high school specialties were drinking, not finishing school, getting pregnant, taking a job at the one factory, becoming an alcoholic and abusive. Fortunately, I... | |
| Ohio - Over the Rhine @millercarbon I agree… this really is becoming a golden age. Convergence. Used to be digital could not come close to vinyl at any cost and solid state was too cold and analytical while tube tended to be warm but poor in detail. Now, hard work ca... | |
| Do I need a streamer? It really depends what you are after. Good sound that you enjoy or great sound… the best you can achieve with your budget. So, it gets complicated… what is your budget… <$10K? Then it is going to matter on your components. But once you break a ... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout OP, Amazing isn’t it? I have two direct lines… one for my power conditioner and one for my amps. The power cord on my amps made a huge difference. Much more than the rest. What is your system and venue? There is a place to show it under yo... | |
| Shunyata PC Shootout OP, Thank you for your post. I had gotten a couple of Shunyata Venom power cords a few years ago… just needing some and not having the time to do any research. I found them to be no better than stock cords. I was really disappointed. It is not li... | |
| Turntable isolation Given the weight I guess I would see why you would want to get this right the first time. However, my personal rule is to set up and get to know a piece of equipment completely before experimenting with additional vibration control. You want a ba... | |
| Do I need a streamer? Streamers come with many terabytes of memory down to no memory (usually with empty solid state storage slots). Most have USB ports to connect USB drives and they can access Network Accessible Storage though the network. The high end audio indu... | |
| Audio-Technica Reissues Anniversary Portable Sound Burger Turntable That is hysterical, can I get fries with that? | |
| Do I need a streamer? In capable high end systems MACs and PCs cannot compete with dedicated streamers. They are far superior and can sound as good or better than vinyl. Of course you have to carefully choose them and make sure they conform to your values in sound. ... |