ghdprentice
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| Improvement in Musicality for home theater system @arro222 Primarily it is rhythm and pace. The attribute that connects you emotionally to the music… typically it makes your foot tap… or get emotionally consumed by the music. it is really easy to get side tracked into hearing more detail... | |
| Looking For New CD-SACD Player For 10K you could get a Aurender streamer (N10 or N20) that would perform at the same level and would have access to nearly infinite music. Rip you SA-CDs and add to storage if you really are attached to them. | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile @invalid +1 | |
| Recommendations to upgrade my amp to pair with my Sonus Faber Sonetto IIIs Audio Research is part of the well known synergistic combo of Sonus Faber, Audio Reseach, and Transparent cables and interconnects. I independently discovered this combo over a period of fifty years. Once, I had all SF and ARC gear with Transparen... | |
| Is Tidal messing up for you? Would you Choose Amazon over it? Qobuz. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 ARC has been working from the tube side getting more and more accurate for many decades. Their tube amps are very neutral and natural not remotely syrupy. Your description of what you wanted described it perfectly. Also, ARC gear is very synergist... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 I owned a Audio Research 5SE for many years, with a Pass amp. The best thing I did was to get rid of the Pass amp and replace it with an ARC amp. Honestly, most likely you are thinking of replacing the wrong component. Replace your amp with a used... | |
| Amp Upgrade Path? Think Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, VAC, and Cary. These are in the order I would consider them. There are layers of what constitutes great sound (balance, details, bass, micro-details, noice floor, rhythm and pace, etc.). Companies like tho... | |
| Wilson Sasha DAW - Ideal Integrated Amp For Streaming Wow. Congratulations at buying some really great speakers! I would be really excited. These will definitely sound better from electronic upgrades far into the future. I would look at an Audio Research Vsi 75 as a likely good match. It is detailed... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? @overthemoon To add to that thought yesterday’s $30,000 speaker can’t hold a candle to todays $30,000 speaker. | |
| Commonly mentioned speaker brands? Not sure of the exact brands. The greatest performers in my experience are: Sonus Faber Magico (you better have really good electronics… or you are going to hear their faults. Wilson Yeah, these are exceptional performing speakers. ... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? I think all the basic technologies were developed decades ago, electrostatic, ribbon, AMT, dynamic… etc. But the progress of implementation has simply been a game changer; continued incremental improvement. I was in love with electrostatic and the... | |
| Tube shortage? I suspect any Russian tubes bought today have already been purchased and paid for. You are simply paying… in my case, The Tube Store in Canada for inventory they owned before the war. | |
| Looking for new speakers Sabrina X or Totem Metal V2 I own a pair of Totem. After researching them some 8 or ten years ago, then buying them. I am very much a fan. They are easy on the electronics as well 91DB. They are great sounding speakers for playing music. I have not found Totems to bright in ... | |
| Looking for good computer speakers I have a set of Totem Mites with a small matching Totem subwoofer… using an integrated tube amp. Sounds incredibly good, musical, and punchy. Highly recommended… and looks beautiful. |