ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Burn in period @pesky_wabbit +1. Measuring… forget it, your ears can clearly distinguish the difference. You would have to put together a pretty significant scientific study to isolate the parameters an measure them. But listening is simple and obvious. | |
| VTL repair I recommend Inner Sound. I have used them many times. Where do you live? I live in Vancouver. | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop OP, high end DACs, preamps, phono stages, CD players, and streamers are over 30 pounds each. Amps over 100 pounds. | |
| Power, Network, Connection, Which one matters the most to you? OP. Yes, I would say that all people with high end systems have high end purpose built power distribution (distributor ((I hesitate to call it a power strip)) and cords)… most have a high end power conditioner as well. In addition, the components ... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a good and trusted tube dealer @facten Good job, that pretty much covers the subject. I’ve used The Tube Store and Upscale repeatedly. | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge Going through upgrades can be great and coming out the others side wonderful. But if you move too fast without a concrete plan it can result in some real mistakes and disappointment. Just judging by the odd list of speakers you are looking at, and... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. The streamer is the closest thing and equivalent to the turntable. DAC = Phonostage. The sound relationships are pretty much analogous as source and first stage processing, with the addional point being if you don’t get it right at the source it i... | |
| Has your system evolved in the past 10 years? I was already in the process of turning from ribbon / planner speaker systems and a very details up front sounding system (I called “reference”)… to more natural musical sounding system. So ten years ago I had: ARC preamp and Phono stage, Pass x35... | |
| Speaker Sound Yes. But put the jumpers back in, in the mean time. Just listening to the woofer has got to sound terrible. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool… congratulation! It is really difficult to describe until you hear it. But the satisfaction of hearing really great sounding music is amazing. I am very gratified in your experience. I am currently vacationing, listening to my amazing p... | |
| Audio diffuser @rixthetrick Those look like they will be great. Look forward to hearing your assessment once completed. | |
| Power, Network, Connection, Which one matters the most to you? You have a good point. But let me look at it a little differently. Each component, preamp, DAC, streamer, etc., has a major sub-component which supplies power. As you increase the quality of all components (except speakers), the amount of cost go... | |
| Audio diffuser In college we used egg cartons pinned to the wall… the cardboard kind. I can’t believe I remembered that. Wow, that was 1972. So, we knew about acoustic treatments back then. Cinderblocks and wood planks for book shelves, a wood door for a desk…. ... | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop I used a MacBook (with solid state drive) for a number of years. I would always unplug and run on battery power to play music. I was using an +$10K DAC. I will admit I never tried an isolation method.. cones, platform, or any of the other stuff I ... | |
| Whole new world I just use Debrox Earwax remover every couple of weeks. A bottle is ~$5. |