ghdprentice
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| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. “the influence of the power cable is inversely proportional to the quality and sophistication of the built in power filtering and power supply of any component.” That quote sounds good, makes sense. But my experience definitely does not confir... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @ghasley +1 I am naturally a skeptic. But was fortunate enough to go to a junior high school that also taught critical thinking. They made us find and read articles on the same subject from different papers and magazines and to evaluate the ... | |
| Prioritizing Power Cable Upgrades by System Component. I have upgraded power cables a couple times. About 25 years ago and over the last couple years. Having just made the final decision on the most important component in my system, the amp… I am done for a while. See my User ID for my systems. So... | |
| 2nd systems- who’s got one? I am retired now. My main system is primary. But about fifteen years ago added a home office system, since I used to work at home nights and weekends… Totem speakers, Integrated tube amp, now Schiit Gungnir DAC. Then over a decade I put together a... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! @ozzy Thanks for your comments. As you say, in your system. I am buying a Hurricane… it seems to perfectly balance the warmth and detail. I’ll see if my dealer wants to get a Dragon for me to try… we are friends, I am sure he will. I’ll give ... | |
| Just a public call out OP, Really happy to hear your posts. When you get a set of speakers that really perform to your inner self, it is just amazing. I am on my third set of Sonus Faber. I started with Cremona. Then moved to Olympica, and now Amati Traditional. Eac... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @smodtactical I think you are right on track here with CJ and Shindo. If I had the space and money I would really like to build a system around Shindo… the descriptions have always been intriguing to me and in line with my desired aesthetic, ... | |
| Aurender Conductor latest fail… Ari has been really responsive and the fix inserted itself in my iPad, issue is gone. Great customer service. | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets Thanks Mike. It was a pleasure meeting you. If you are game the pandemic has wound down enough for another visit. I’d be happy to have you over again. The Audio Quest amp power cord has really notably improved the imaging, depth, and taken away th... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @clearthinker Also. I have not played with the power cord for my turntable. My first reaction to changing power cords to a turntable is “how could that help”… but I know the only way to find out is try it. I have some other things I want to d... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @clearthinker I have swapped out power cords long ago to optimize them… but hadn’t touched them in a couple decades. When I did my last upgrade about a year and a half ago my new components used 20amp connectors to the components. All of my exis... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! @jakesnak @ozzy Interesting you bring up the AudioQuest Dragon. My dealer dropped off a AQ Power cord for me to try last week. I had been using a Cardas Clear Beyond on my amp. Very warm and romantic sounding. a bit too warm. Trying the AQ ... | |
| local audiofile I use iTunes Match… $24/year that gives you access to all your ripped or owned CDs from iTunes on any apple connected device so I then have them available in my car, anywhere from phone or iPad… cast to my Tivoli kitchen stereo. Can also access th... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @clearthinker … “Like many others you say the last six feet of passive cable can make a big difference. How?” Like a lot of things in audio… my brain says it shouldn’t matter and when I make a change the sound difference is quite striking. So ex... | |
| Hi-res streaming-apple music If you have equipment capable of differentiating high quality music then you want to switch to Qobuz… or Tidal… Qobuz is nearly universally regarded as better… that is what I found. The best way to go as far as streaming goes is a dedicated strea... |