ghdprentice
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| Can you share your experience and thoughts on the Audio Research integrated? I have heard the I/50, and liked it, but not for a while. I have listened to the Vsi75 extensively… a phenomenal sounding amp. Warm and detailed. I am very much a Audio Research fan. All my equipment is ARC. | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad Airplay is a very inferior transfer mechanism. A high quality streamer will sound the same with stored files, CDs, vinyl albums, and better on higher resolution streamed files (Qobuz has 1/2 million high resolution albums). To achieve this, you s... | |
| Does remote control degrade the sound of tube preamps? Great question. For decades, meters or displays would be included in high end equipment, with the ability to defeat them. In the last few years Audio Research took the problem head on. They decided, if they were to have “silent” meters they wo... | |
| Aurender Conductor App Ari is great. Yeah, I understand. I have asked some stupid questions as well. | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables @facten +1 | |
| WiFi streaming — streamer vs. through iPad OP, I would just use the same company that makes your router… if Netgear get Netgear… if Linksys get Linksys. If you later want to improve a bit get an EtherRegen to go in between the extender and the streamer. But good streamers isolate, cashe, ... | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy OP, ”With regard to streaming audio vs lp. To my ears now there is no comparison.”… and why is that? Your particular components. Change those and the output changes. | |
| Inside the Iso Acoustics mechanism @nonoise +1. Me to, until double blind… then ASR… maybe Fox News can shed some light. | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media @music_is_life Great emotional connection with the past. | |
| XLR Female to RCA Plug Adapter @atmasphere +1 | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile @mward Agreed, no generality holds up all the time. A separate power supply is an upgrade in the design… typically has a big improvement. A change from dip switches to front controls are the same features implemented differently. | |
| Competitive class D amp suggestions @mglik Thank you for your very kind words. | |
| Can cables have a shelf life? It always sounded crazy that moving or not using cables will need to be run in again. But I have heard it repeatedly. I hate it, everything matters. I had some speaker cables (Transparent) tucked away for twenty years. I pulled them out and pu... | |
| Your short speaker cable experiences My dealer has told me one of the big changers you can make to benefit your system is to put your mono blocks right next to your speakers and run a really short speaker cable… it tremendously improves the speed and accuracy of the speakers. I know ... | |
| Adapter for Headphones What brand and model TV? Many modern TVs have Bluetooth so you could use a set of Bluetooth headphones. Thereby also eliminating the wires. My partner stays up all night and watches TV with headphones while I sleep. With each generation of TV ... |