ghdprentice
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| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp OP, Glad to hear it. Bummer on all the hassle. | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? You have very nice systems. Before trading amps, have you tried moving the speakers closer to the back wall / corners to reinforce the bass? The ARC and Mac amps are very different. The Mac’s are heavy bass / midrange with a notable lack of d... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp Replacing Quad panel? That is terrible. They should not need replacing for at least a decade or so. Have you identified a cause? You could slowly put together a headphone system, over time. I typically use my headphone system for an hour a day... | |
| room setup suggesion needed I guess it depends. But if you start with a recommended configuration, I would say a small spaces are much harder. You have wall reflections on all sides (including behind the listeners head) to worry about… bass reinforcement you may not be able ... | |
| why expensive streamers Theorizing why a streamer should or should net have a major effect on the sound quality is like theorizing on any other aspect… it may not make sense logically… until your jaw drops upon hearing a good one. I have heard at least a dozen in control... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp I would say most of the character is going to come from the head amp since your integrated is working primarily as a switch box in this situation. | |
| room setup suggesion needed All speakers are different, all rooms and furnishings are different, as are components driving the speakers. What you get is a nearly infinite variability. Hence there are some standard starting positions for each of the position variables. The li... | |
| Not sure what to think That can happen sometimes. I love the look of MacIntosh and have gone into a dealer more than once with the intent of listening, loving, and buying a piece of Mac equipment and gave up the idea very quickly. It simply lacks detail. Each time withi... | |
| room setup suggesion needed Typically lots of experimentation is the key. If I understand your setup. I would try a smaller triangle 6 - 8’ between speakers. Out from the wall a couple feet (wall to back of speaker) or more. Best if there is nothing between the speakers ... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp The tape out is a line level output that bypasses the amplifier and volume controls of your integrated amp. This should allow for input into a headphone amp. The headphone amp will control the volume for your headphones. Headphone amps are lik... | |
| Looking for a streaming DAC around 4k I recommend Aurender. A new N200 or if you can find a used N250. Highly recommended. | |
| Quandary I think it likely the Pass amp would make a profound impact on your system in a very positive way. It would increase the midrange and musicality by a tremendous amount. Definitely worth the test. Also, in general the sound character will be almos... | |
| How much should I expect with a warranty issue from a large retailer/distributor? It is disappointing that some equipment fails… not a common occurrence. However, this is one of the reasons one has a choice of channels. When young I would do things to shave money off of purchase… but with that comes risk. Now I buy from a de... | |
| Back to the DAC @jmeyers Congratulations! Thank you for your impressions and write up of your new equipment. It will probably sound even better over the next few weeks. | |
| Need some treble Sounds like the equalizer is your best bet. It is hard to imagine that putting hearing aides in the loop would result in better sound across the spectrum. Tell us how this works out for you. |