ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Connecting Amp to speakers Good question. For some reason I always looked at banana suspiciously. So I only used them once. I always use spades… but as @erik_squires said, he has never had a set of banana fall out… I have spades fall out with some frequency. | |
| Audioquest Design Question I have spent a lot of time (~ 1,000 hours or more) evaluating cables, interconnects and power cables. I have never found any value in understanding the technology… or anything a web site says about how things are constructed. You just have to list... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? After fifty years, in retrospect. One of my first and best sounding sets of speakers were Acoustat 2 + 2… loved them in the showroom. Brought them home… my system couldn’t even remotely power these things to sound good. So I brought home a 75 poun... | |
| Floorstanders vs Bookshelf I doubt this is a floorstanding versus book self issue. Given your space I think floorstand speakers are far more appropriate. For an audio system ten feet is a long way. I have a very high end system and my triangle (typically the appropriate... | |
| What to play in the evening? I like jazz… classic or fusion, or world, classical, rock or some alternative… hmmm, I guess whatever I am in the mood for. | |
| Balanced a good decision. Why? If the manufacturer of both components has a balanced design then that is most likely whatever they used (single ended or balanced) will sound better. The manufacturer of my components (Audio Research) uses a fully balanced designs and recommends ... | |
| Power Conditioning - How Important for Digital and Analog Source Components vs Amp? Trying a conditioner is important. Most of the time it makes an improvement, occasionally it doesn’t. My most recent upgrade in power (over the last year). Biggest effect first: 1) Amplifier Power cord (I spent many months on this… to get it... | |
| Is it worth upgrading my current turntable setup? OP, phono preamp ++++1 | |
| Do larger planar speakers produce more accurate sound? I have been enchanted with Quads… old and new. My friend and dealer added the line about 15 years ago. I loved them, stopped buy several times, considered buying them… but didn’t. In fact everyone loved them… he carried them for years… and never s... | |
| What was the most impactful addition to your system? Thought of another one. Graduate school, without which, I would never have attained the income with which to purchase my last couple systems… and the fantastic acoustic space in which it performs. | |
| Is it worth upgrading my current turntable setup? While I am a big streaming fan…. Particularly for the future. Typically you still must invest a bit more on streaming than on an analog end to get digital to sound better, assuming you are doing your homework and buying good synergistic components... | |
| Surprised by streamer differences Streamers just don’t seem like they should matter. But as you discovered, they do. If you have a good DAC that you like, the streamer can be a huge variable. I ventured into real streamers with a Auralic Aries 2… btw, I own a Lexus ES330… I don’t ... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer MacIntosh equipment is extremely well built high end equipment with a very specific sound. It is very much worth the money. I personally do not like the sound… I can appreciate it for what it is. Their built quality is top notch, resale value is o... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system I have reached a very interesting place in the analog vs CD, playing files, and streaming. They all sound virtually the same… and better than I have ever heard any of them. This has been a truly great revelation. How? All my equipment is made ... | |
| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. OP, definitely power amp first with emphasis on current. Then (I think) source with emphasis on isolation… shielding. Then in between. |