ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Recommendation for an HDMI cable under $200 for audio only DHLabs | |
| Re: streaming recommendations for newbie Congratulations. Yep, that is why streamers start with low budgets and go up beyond $20K. The better design and materials, the better they sound. | |
| Upcoming Trip I used to travel two weeks out of the month, generally to China, Japan, and Europe. I have traveled for work for over 40 years... all the while with headphones. Bose QuietComfort. The good thing is the sound is great... they do not attempt to make... | |
| Is the "improvement" real or imnagined? You have heard exactly why high back chairs are not recommended. Putting a blanket behind your head to absorb sound so it is not reflected back at your ears... yep, you heard correctly. Not earth shattering difference... but something noticeable. | |
| Moving to separates Yes. I added a Rotel 250wpc amp to my system long ago... just blows away those integrated amps. Well worth it. | |
| Help needed to make system better, please I find if you want to get a feel for the field of possibilities find a dealer and listen a Luxman integrated (or SIM), Pass Integrated (several power levels available), and an Audio research I-50. You get the detailed / shiny (High Fi sounding) al... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? 65 - 75 db normally. @carlsbad2 +1 As my system got better, the volume came down. When I used to crank it into the 80's or higher it was because I was trying to cover up a high noise floor or lack of dynamic range... although I did not realiz... | |
| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question Magico are very sensitive to input electronics and absolutely any anomalies passed from your components will be reproduced. So the first thing I looked at were your components... well the Mac stuff is unlikely to be the problem, it is very soft in... | |
| How long do records last? I've got 2,000. The first thousand I bought in the last millennium and tended to play once while listening and recording on a high end tape deck and then listened to tapes. Then as I collected the next thousand only listened to them once or t... | |
| Help needed to make system better, please I am afraid you are describing Sim Moon products. That is how they sound. I am familiar with them and have owned and auditioned others. The 700 series are the driest and most transparent and lifeless. I have owned Sim Audio in the past. It ten... | |
| How long do records last? I have two comments, Wow, great analysis. This guy thinks like I do and a scientist does. Also, too much time on his hands. It would be absolutely great if everyone here would be conducting tests of there components and systems with carefully tho... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) The sound of vinyl vs digital is completely dependent on the equipment you use to reproduce it... well, other than the clicks and pops. | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? I have always heard that tubes were more powerful. But until I got one I had no idea how night and day they can be. I went from 350 wpc solid state to 70 wpc tube and the difference was not at all in power, not even a little bit. If I had gone to ... | |
| Speaker or amplifer I am a big Sonus Faber fan. But, the speaker upgrade would not be a huge change. The system you have today, both components are slanted towards natural sounding music. An alternative rendition of sound are the highly detailed, transparent systems ... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @audio-b-dog Great news then that great pot is cheap... hmmm, the girlfriend could be problematic. I remember the Sears Silverton Suitcase Record player... circa late 1960's? |