ghdprentice
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| Inside the Iso Acoustics mechanism @milpai Thanks for sharing. So do you think that the granite was just interfered with getting maximum performance of the Gaias or made the combination worse than just spikes on the bottom of the speakers? | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables @scott22 What is the system you are going to be intstalling yours? It would be great to hear. You can show photos and components under your UserID. It would be great to see. I have found the lower tiers on Nordost thin, but the upper levels inc... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables One thing I noticed on my Hurricanes is they have the tightest connectors on both sides I have ever experienced. This is likely a parameter they realized was important. Plugging in or unplugging is an ordeal. | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? @boostedis Once you have a good sounding and complimentary set of components and speakers one can very significantly improve their performance by methodically evaluating and adding carefully chosen improvements. Typically these are: speaker cabl... | |
| A first Congradulations on your system. It would be fun to see it…there is a place to put photos under your UserID. Audiophilia tends to be a really solitary pursuit. Not many appreciate it or are willing to put the time and money into putting one tog... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? This is where trips to high end stores are really helpful, coupling with reading through Stereophile, HiFi+, and The Absolute Sound about the equipment you heard. If you have to drive to a city… make appointments… tell them you are surveying diffe... | |
| Phono pre/Preamp/Amp/Monoblock combination that provide SPEED & CONTROL Not my cup of tea, but given your interest i would look at all MacIntosh… as much power as you can afford with B&W speakers… then throw in a couple REL subwoofers and see if that doesn’t do the trick. Go listen at a dealer. I understand yo... | |
| Gryphon Diablo vs. McIntosh C2700/MC611 Overture is great. I have dropped by a couple times (I live on the west coast)… they are really good at listening and helping you achiever the sound you are looking for. | |
| RCA-versus XLR Yep, highly dependent on your system. | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) OP, +1 wait +1 two subs if you decide to go with subs. | |
| RCA-versus XLR Your best bet is XLR. I have two Aurender streamers and really good DACs. The difference is likely to be subtle but the cost substantial. On my Aurender W20SE I use the AES… it sounds a bit better than the Sp/DIF and USB. I think you have to look ... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables Thank you for your comments and congratulations for your upgrade. It is truly amazing what top quality interconnects and cables can do. @akg_ca brought up some good points… high level Nordost are MUCH better than low level. Also, your components m... | |
| Chill Out; Get Outside of yourself Great photo. I love the earth. Growing up in Chicago… I just couldn’t wait to get out and explore. I managed to get myself to Outward Bound in Colorado when 16 and climbed my first 14,000 foot mountain. I became a geologist and lived all acros... | |
| High Efficiency Options? That sounds like great fun. A few years ago I decided I really wanted to experience a 300B amp. I had upgraded my headphone system in other respects… so I upgraded my headphone amp to a Woo 300B headphone amp… I fell in love with the sound. Th... | |
| Gryphon Diablo vs. McIntosh C2700/MC611 MacIntosh is a very unique sound. I think it is great for rock music… and “heavy” stuff. There is a huge group that love them. Great resale value. A real American icon… like Harley Davidson… well except reliable. I love the look… I have repeatedl... |