ghdprentice
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| Is an unbalanced preamp a bad thing? Absolutely do not worry about it. Balance or not balanced is a design choice… I have had both and intermixed them. Typically there is virtually no difference in sound quality… Conrad Johnson components are incredibly good sounding… I would not thi... | |
| Can a DAC sort out a flat\cold amp? OP, thanks for your reply. Honestly, If you are going to move in six months… I would not make any additional purchases. I would wait. If you were going to remain there I would recommend downsizing your speakers. But moving is going to complete... | |
| Is there a DAC ranking list? Of the DACs I am familiar with (best sounding first): 1) Audio Research CD9se ($17K) 2) Berkeley Reference Alpha ($22K) 3) Linn Klimax (~20K?)… I can’t find the price… conflated with the DSM 4) Schiit Yggdrasil ~ $2,500 5) Schiit Gungnir~ ... | |
| Almost equality OP, Congratulations! It is great isn’t it? After about three decades of failure to have digital being even a close contender, I was able to upgrade my digital end to equal my analog end. It has been such a fantastic experience. Paradym shiftin... | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Congratulations. Looks like you picked a good place to start. Your interest in the physicality of the process is why someone should get into vinyl at this point in time. I would make sure you have a couple new clean audiophile disks to start off.... | |
| Magnified Record Groove Photo The fidelity gained from such an absurd mechanism is amazing. I am listening to an amazing vinyl recording right now… really amazing. | |
| finding the weak link Congratulations… sounds like you are in for a treat! | |
| Can a DAC sort out a flat\cold amp? OP, please do not feel self conscious about the state of your room. Most of us constantly have rooms in a state of flux. The photo is incredibly revealing… sonically. First, move the PC away from the integrated. PCs are really noisy and you ca... | |
| Looking for a change. @pdreher +1 | |
| Best Phono Stage @4krowme I definitely get it. When I got my first good table I tried a top rated $200 Phonostage. It sounded terrible. So at each iteration I doubled the cost. It wasn’t until $2,500+ I started getting much of the sound quality my system was cap... | |
| Can a DAC sort out a flat\cold amp? I doubt it is the amp. I would recommend a separate streamer… Bluesound sell budget streamers that are very well regarded and sounds like it would be in your budget. I have never had luck treating symptoms (equalizer). I recommend going for th... | |
| Naim NDX 2 vs Aurender or better than these Audio streamers I have only heard the Naim streamer once, and I wasn’t really paying attention. But I own two Aurender: N100 and W20SE. Aurender only does streamers and there flagship is the most used in the industry at shows. During my research phase Naim never ... | |
| Looking for a change. I used to own a set of those. The classic combo is with Audio Research… like a Vsi75 or a Ref 75se amp. These would sound very different from what have now, rendering more realistically with mid range bloom and fleshed out nuance in the bass.. Tub... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? Good to hear some other folks own an Audio Research Ref CD9se… an incredible DAC that gets the details and nuances in order with exceptional balance and musicality. Mine has really profoundly influenced the sound quality of my system in all th... | |
| Streamer on Office WiFi? @fuzztone I completely agree if it was at home. But the workplace is different. I have been in charge of IT as Director for decades. I would just call your IT guys. Enterprise security is different than home stuff. They tend to be really he... |