ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Does measurements really matter? @bassdude  ++++1 👍👍 | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool Really sorry to hear your experience… it must be incredibly disappointing. I am really lucky, I have a great dealer whom I have worked with for twenty years. If I have a concern of some kind, he comes over and adjusts things. I had a wea... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system I understand what you have heard and want. I have owned turntables for over fifty years. At first analog could not be duplicated at any cost with digital… then it could but at a huge difference in cost. The differential has been reduced year by ye... | |
| Burning in question I just remembered that my Audio Research Ref 5SE used to require music being run through it for 10 - 15 minutes every time… even if it was powered on for an hour or two. Then it would sound notably better. Not a click and instantly sounded better…... | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm @bdp24 Thanks. I did a search for Gordon Holt’s glossary. Here is some of it:  https://www.backtomusic.ru/20515  Printed versions are available from eBay and other locations.   | |
| CD transport warmup @newbee  +1… leave it on. You will not need a CD player much longer and as long as it is not spinning the electronics will last for a long time. | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm Transparent pertains to the background and image specificy. Black/quiet background with images suspended on space… as opposed to “a wall of sound”..  | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm Warm may mean more than one thing… you have to read the word in context. It can mean midrange and bass bloom (fully fleshed out midrange and bass). Or tipped overall tonal balance towards the bass, or attenuated high frequency. Sound quality can ... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons @fsonicsmith  Congratulations. I will be interested in hearing your impressions… after the 1,000 hours mark. I auditioned in home, a brand new ARC REF160s… then bought one… breaking it in… then because of a weak meter, I got another new one… ... | |
| Is it me? Will I ever be satisfied? Cool, congratulations! Only the beginning… a few more advil with speaker movements  and room treatments and it will get better and better. | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? @bigtwin  +1. Good man | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm I started on this… and lost what I wrote. So let me recommend The Complete Guide to high end audio by Robert Harley. He does a great job of explaining what to look for in a speaker and the trade offs and characteristics to look for.  Also… a go... | |
| Digital separates or all in one music hub If you think you will be improving your sound over time, definitely get separates. That will allow you to upgrade them separately. Also, the more functions you cram into a single box the more noice and interaction among components, which degrade t... | |
| Estelon vs Sonus Fabre I have had three sets of Sonus Faber, currently Amati Traditional. If I decided to upgrade I would look up a couple levels in SF. To me they have a uniquely natural sound. I have read about Esteon and particularly given your amp, sounds like a gre... | |
| Solid State Phono Stages @thiefoflight  …”But I am in the camp that believes that a component can be analytical and be incredibly musical and enjoyable.”  ok, we definitely are talking about definitions.. Maybe it is just because I am an old fart, but analytical to me ... |