ghdprentice
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| My MC 2205 Amplifier is smoking??? @gs5556 +1 | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Vishay. The standard for audio for decades. | |
| The Wonderful Sounds Of Female Vocals OP, My copy of the album arrived today. Good quality recordings… Ella, Phoebe Snow, Patsy Cline, Holly Cole… etc. quite a line up. Thanks. | |
| How Do I Choose A Phono Preamp @holmz The Dude Abides. | |
| Levinson 380S vs Boulder 810 My experience has been that Levinson and Boulder generally have similar sounds. To me too clinical… not very musical. I bought my first piece of Audio Research gear 40 years ago. Over the ensuing decades have acquired all ARC reference gear. My sy... | |
| How Do I Choose A Phono Preamp OP, 👍 Thanks for the update. I look forward to hearing your impressions. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @jerrybj You have done some interesting stuff. But I haven’t heard you say anything about the differences you have hear in your system as a result of your changes. What have you observed? Reduction in noise floor? Dynamics? Small difference, ... | |
| Rogue 100 dark Over the last few decades tube amps have been becoming more accurate… more like solid state and solid state has been becoming more natural… both converging on more accurate and realistic. So, in general few amps of today have slap you in the face ... | |
| How Do I Choose A Phono Preamp @holmz Good question. Sound quality is both objective and subjective evaluation. For me, it began very subjective… chasing heavy bass, quieter noise levels and greater detail: making rock music more impactful and dynamic. But over time, I rea... | |
| Tube Integrated Under 1,500 Congratulations. Looking forward to hearing your impressions when you receive it. | |
| Nordost Cable Listed in Order of Importance @tablejockey +1 OP, Interesting. Thanks. My experience has been speaker cable, amp power cord, interconnects… othe power cords. but I do not have nearly the experience of Nordost. | |
| Ditch your USB cable for Toslink? Might surprise you! I am a big Aurender fan. I own two of their streamers… including their flagship… which is truly incredible.. the sound quality is equivalent to my really high end audio end. In general, optical connections are inferior to SP/DIF, AES and USB. ... | |
| Upgrade path direction I am a big believer in having a really good Phonostage… but that predicates a great preamp. To me the heart of your system is the preamp… companies like Audio Research, Cary, and VAC make really musical high end preamps. I would start there. I... | |
| Best integrated amps That is a pretty small budget. NADs typically sound pretty good for the money. I think that is the model I had… gave to a friend. He is using it. I would save up a thousand… then start looking. | |
| Mastersound 300b Compact-thoughts??? it got good reviews a decade ago. But at 12 watts what are you going to be powering? I love my 300B Woo amp with a lot of current powering my headphones. But you need very efficient speakers and the right sized room. Then it could be a great cho... |