ghdprentice
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| My last audio purchase? Congradulations. It is great when you get a piece of equipment you love. | |
| How Do I Choose A Phono Preamp I am surprised at different peoples criteria. Mine has been: 1: Sound Quality 2: Cost So, for many many years I had wished my current Phono Stage had a second input. I owned ARC for decades from PH2, PH2SE, PH3… PH8… Ref 3. Finally Audio Res... | |
| DAC diminishing returns @danager +1 I have found that if you carefully research what you want in any component category and invest no less that 2x or more the cost of your existing component you virtually always get a “wow” improvement. Small differences or poorly res... | |
| Bought an Audio Research Amp A classic combo for really musical, detailed and great soundstage is Sonus Faber. Olympica ? I think they are about right. But listen to them.. any decent pair. Their sound is very natural and musical… I am on my third pair after abandoning plana... | |
| How Do I Choose A Phono Preamp My first choice for phono stages is Audio Research… I think a used ARC PH8 is a real sweet spot. You will get the most out of your turntable and your next. I have owned many (slowly upgrading each 5 or ten years) over the last 35 years. Compared t... | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? OP, I do have another recommendation. Do NOT make a decision based on the information on the manufacturer’s web site. I am not saying it is wrong… it is just not helpful in decision making. If it tells you all about their technology… it just d... | |
| Introducing Myself Welcome. My own opinion is that it is fine to be a manufacturer or distributor. But to identify yourself as that (best done by adding a signature line at the bottom of your post). And never sell in posts. Great to help answer questions in general... | |
| hearing loss and amp choices @hotei From the first time I heard theVSi75 i was mesmerized. It has such a classic natural musical quality… and for the money… what a screaming deal. Wonderful sounding piece of equipment! | |
| The Wonderful Sounds Of Female Vocals I appreciate the recommendation. I ordered it from Acoustic Sounds. | |
| $25k speakers, are we there yet? My approach with what I know now is to first consider the audio space… am I moving? Is there another option? Then when looking for speakers I am looking for the right sound quality and the right size for my space. So, I love Sonus Faber speakers… ... | |
| Best turntable for the buck OP, I can definitely recommend VPI turntables. I owned one for over twenty years… great value and performance. | |
| Bought an Audio Research Amp Congradulations! I began with a used entry level preamp 40 years ago and upgraded and added more ARC as I could afford it. Now at long last I have all ARC Reference equipment. Well worth the slow journey. Outstanding company, equipment and sound. | |
| What cable companies make the best cables and sell them directly? Unfortunately, it depends. The cables you want are going to complement your system and move it in a direction that is positive for you. Which depends on your values in sound… as well as your system taken as a whole. Finding these typically requir... | |
| Subwoofer with Floorstanding Speakers? There are really two possibilities here. One, you do miss actual low bass… but more likely your memory was flabby over highlighted bass. Better audio systems have much more accurate bass, which can contrast with college. However, subwoofers wi... | |
| Bluesound and BluOS I use Qobuz, it is the better streaming service. I have never experienced what you are experiencing. However I do not have a BlueSound. Sounds like it is most likely a programming problem with the BlueSound. I would guess it will get fixed with on... |