ghdprentice
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| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? @reubent “Many Audiophiles are dated and ugly. Why is this?” Good observation. That is because the sound of equipment gets better with cost and the only ones that can afford really good stuff are old farts. So over time you collect old guys. | |
| Is an unbalanced preamp a bad thing? @emergingsoul ”This is why people can’t stand buying new equipment with these stupid challenges….” Well, this is the thing. If you want easy choices then buy something from a single manufacturer that you hear in a showroom… or a combination ... | |
| Has anyone compared Rogue RP-7 to Cary SLP05 and / or Audio Research Ref 5se? Congratulations! Cary makes amazing products. However. Stop. Get your unit… broken in…. a couple hundred hours. Then get to know it. Then read tube reviews and see if the description… is that the direction you want to take the sound? | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? @bslon Wow, that is impressive. Thank you. | |
| Streamer Recommendation I am a big fan of Aurender. I have tried a lot of approaches, including a Auralic Aries G2 and have been really impressed with Aurender. I own two… see my systems under my user ID. They arguably make the best high end streamer… used most frequent... | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? Yeah, Schiit to me is very utilitarian… not attractive. But aesthetics change, they are a social / personal construct. I am an old fart, so I like traditional. The stream punk look of Dan d’ Agosino really offends me. As a group the people that ca... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @1971gto455ho You don’t actually have a lot of experience in high end audio do you? | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @boxcarman Hmmm, interesting. I have tried a lot of power cords… The Shunyata Venom did nothing in my system as well. I am starting to detect a trend here. | |
| Spendor D9.2 Run In OP, “speaker needs 300 hours, why isn't the manufacturer running the speaker”. That is simple. Cost. Think of the space required and taps to power them. Not in this price category. Hang in there… only 12.5 days of playing. | |
| Audiophile Speakers for Rock, HipHop and Techno Interesting question. I have owned a number of Sonus Faber speakers… for natural sound you will not find better. Perfect for jazz, classical, rock, world… well most as recorded. They will sound like intended. I think you just need a couple of sub... | |
| which is a better speaker @tony1954 👍😊 | |
| Onkyo has filed for bankruptcy I bought an incredibly well reviewed Onkyo tape deck in 1979. Honestly it looked good and sounded terrible. I replaced it with an ancient 1972 Nakamichi deck that sounded an order of magnitude better. Since then every exposure has solidified that ... | |
| How accurate are cable descriptions for your system? I have read interconnect and cable reviews in The Absolute Sound and Stereophile for decades. You must understand the nomenclature to read and understand The reviews… but I have found them to be very accurate. But you must understand your own syst... | |
| Who actually uses digital speakers? Not me. At least at this time in technology development it does not seem like a compelling configuration. Yes, Meridian was at the forefront of developing and selling this… but they have been slowly disappearing from main stream. I still have a... | |
| Well I joined the Silversmith FIDELIUM Speaker cable club today @emil Wow, you have had a terrible history with equipment! In fifty years I have never had failures like that. After 2 or three years I had a cd transport fail… that was replaced free… but never a non mechanical failure… let alone two. |