ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Power isolator versus need for a better Power supply We really need more info. Most useful would be to show your system under your user ID. That gives us lots of info… and you don’t need to repeat it in every thread. In general, the power supply is a major factor in the sound quality of a compon... | |
| Which component to upgrade 1st ? @littlebrownkiwi01 …Change the flavor/character by changing the speakers/amp …fine tune with DAC, preamp, and cables Interesting, I hadn’t heard anything like that before. I keep wanting to put the preamp in with the speakers and amp. But… yea... | |
| Mood lighting for listening I agree, mood lighting is important. I used to just turn off the lights… but over time worked a bit harder on ambient lighting. | |
| Recommendation on speakers for listening to live music @pinotnoir +1 yeah… now that is a great combo! | |
| Finally made the transition to a tube preamp! Congratulations. it only gets better from where you are. Enjoy. A tubed preamp was my first step into the tubed arena about thirty years ago. Since then one component after another has become tubed. Each accompanied by an increase in musicality... | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? Ok… 150… in a couple days, still must have taken some time. i went to the vinyl store yesterday… it is still fun. Even though I listen to streaming 98% of the time. | |
| Audio Magic Blackout paint Well, this is a new one. I am guessing that it is not actually black… as that would hold heat in. I’ll definitely keep track of the product to see if it repeatedly seen to not effect tube life. That would be my main concern. I must have nearly 50 ... | |
| Where do you want your system to go when you go? My audio guy has instructions to sell it and give the funds to my partner. it is of high enough worth to of material value. I have a best friend who is into high end audio… but never completes anything… so if he got it, it would sit in boxes whil... | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance I have had copper, silver coated copper, and pure silver cables in my system, at a number of different cost levels. I will say that pure copper tends to come through as copper at every level. But, beyond that… it is the overall “system”… geometry,... | |
| The thing about objectivists is... OP, Music satisfies a subconscious need. We invoke our analytical prefrontal cortex to pursuing a system to satisfy and optimize an audio system. This is often at odds with achieving our objective because our analytical side identifies attributes... | |
| Questionable Tweak Well in all honesty, I have a central air filter, UV purifier and four large air purifiers around the house… maybe that is why my system sounds so good. | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance @charles1dad Thanks for sharing. Great hearing your impressions. Look forward to additional reports… I am sure you noticed that moving cables results in the need for additional time in the system to settle down. | |
| Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ? OP, You ripped all your CDs in two days? Either you only have a few, or you may have inadvertently ripped them to a compressed low resolution format. I don’t remember how long it takes… but I generally have high performance equipment and it ta... | |
| 1st cartridge upgrade on 1st TT Would be helpful to see your system. There is a place under your UserID. @tooblue +1. Good choice for your first table also. I’m not familiar with. Cartridges in that price range. But many are… I am sure you will get lots of recommendation... | |
| Playing with Cartirdge loading on my phono stage I have been surprised that sometimes loading makes virtually no difference and then on some cartridges it makes a small difference. Surprisingly to me I have never gone: “something sounds wrong” and traced it to accidentally changing loading. ... |