ghdprentice
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| Why is used audio equipment so undesirable? OP, “some revelations and they are as follows:” Those are valid for me as well. There are some folks that love pursuing and swapping… reselling and constantly changing. There is nothing wrong with this… it is the journey they like not the destin... | |
| Preamp Help I think the Schiit Freya + is a great choice. You will find that bass and treble controls become less prominent as you get to higher performance gear. They tend to degrade the signal and don’t actually accomplish what they are supposed to do.... | |
| finding the weak link I think your instincts are correct. If you want to make a jump in sound quality… your integrated amp is the place to look. First question… integrated or separates. If you want to keep moving over time… then you want to go to a separate preamp and... | |
| Balanced versus single ended Balanced will always sound louder, but your system isn’t going to be capable of playing louder. So you have to adjust the volumes to be the same for a true comparison of quality.. Fortunately my Audio Research equipment allows that. So I can flip ... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? OP, ”When a system is highly resolving, it will expose recordings that are bright and harsh. It’s actually a good thing.” Well, it depends. Highly resolving can mean highlighted details… with it typically come a harshness and noise. The noise is... | |
| I finally purchased a new Integrated Amp My unboxing lasts seconds… only hindered by the laws of physics. I have a single minded goal of getting it in my system and playing with alacrity. | |
| Butcher Block Acoustics A friend of mine visited Boulder Audio. They have a room to burn in their amps at full output for days and visitors are ask to be very careful not to touch them as they are so hot they can burn you… good place to cook breakfast. | |
| Best Phono Stage @jew16384 Good idea, although I would recommend The Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and HiFi+. | |
| Butcher Block Acoustics @wolf_garcia “One of the few audio tweaks than can also be used for food prep.” Good one. 😊 | |
| Best Phono Stage @wolfie62 You will have credibility with no one without knowing where you are coming from… you are the one hung up on cost. Fantastic systems can be fashioned out of modest components. One can make a judgement based on the thought that has gone ... | |
| Two vs four subwoofers for music playback What do you have today? I suggest you put your system photos under your user ID. That will give us something to work with. I have have owned 4 B&W 800 subwoofers, two for my home theater and two for my two channel audio. At some point I upgra... | |
| Cable brands that work well with Cardas? From my experience speaker cables are the highest priority… then probably amp power cord. Well, assuming you don’t have $0.99 interconnects. Looking at your system. To me Mark Levinson is really sterile… I think you should wait until you can a... | |
| Disadvantages of buying old solid state. @mapman +1 | |
| Best Phono Stage @wolfie62 Or give your statement credibility because you own something better than Schiit and have a system to justify your opinion. | |
| Large speaker recommendation Wives have fondness for Sonus Faber because of their natural sound… think not shrill. They have better hearing and are quickly offended by distortion and unnatural sound… as always we (men) are pretty clueless in the world they inhabit. It has ta... |