ghdprentice
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| Improvement in Musicality for home theater system That is a hard one. The problem is surround processors are dense digital electronics in a tiny box. Not a place to create a musical signal. Most musical systems are simple two channel tube based systems (or very carefully chosen solid state). The ... | |
| Best dac under $2500 - comparing build quality and technologies I would think Using the word endgame would be to indicate a personal financial status… and not having an interest in continuous upgrading. | |
| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) I don’t think he is referring to having research in the name… but the approach and content of the site. If you have evaluated the sound quality of a piece of equipment and a number of their competitors and you have a firm grasp of their performanc... | |
| Tube shortage? Happily, I thought of this last week and ordered an extra quad of power tubes for my amp… and a full set for my preamp (I already had a full backup set for my CD player and amp). Monday I checked the site (The Tube Store) and they shut down their ... | |
| Upgrade system to stream Tidal I recommend Aurender for a streamer and Qobuz, not Tidal. It makes a difference. I would recommend an Aurender N100. I own one as well as their flagship W20SE. They are leagues above PCs, and iPads as streamers. With this, you can evaluate your DA... | |
| Tweaks, money pit or real value? @steakster My golf game was never good. My job required circling the globe a lot. I loved mountaineering, but feeling lazier in my old age. Four of my seven bikes are custom made with a strong slant towards long distance. I started tweaking o... | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective @arvincastro +1 Very true on structures… big deal, and improvements over the last thirty years have been phenomenal. | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile @hiendmmoe +1 Some form of clarification from Stereophile would be useful. I have frequently listened (and many times owned) cheap Class A and expensive Class A stuff… no comparison… but in general, if there is a Class A at $200, $1000, $5000,... | |
| Limited soundstage between speakers @laps ? Ok, why? | |
| Tweaks, money pit or real value? @steakster +1. No question the tweaks take a good sounding system and improve performance, typically that level can be magical. I have never heard a magical system that was not tweaked to get the most out of the basic components… ever $1M one... | |
| Any song recommendations for testing purposes? To be honest, I have done this wrong more than I have done it correctly. The problem is that you don’t know what the albums you choose are supposed to sound like… or most of us do not. The worst I ever did was choose my current favorite albums. W... | |
| Is it me? Will I ever be satisfied? Getting great sound can be challenging. Given what you have said there are at least three entry points to start answering your question. I have been at this fifty years and over the last few decades have reached great plateaus where I was really ... | |
| Tweaks, money pit or real value? I am a cyclist… 4,000 miles per year. | |
| Records, CDs, Streaming OP: “I just go through phases of interest.” That is a reasonable approach. If you enjoy the process, that is the point, enjoy the pursuit. In general, on my system, if a recording is available on SACD the high Rez file is available on Qo... | |
| I miss my Loudness Button and Tone Controls.... Most high end audio products do not have tone controls. Any additional circuitry introduces more problems than it solves. I have proven this over and over the last fifty years. @mahgister +1. Your components are made to reproduce sound as best as... |