ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Budget DAC recommendation for Office system Sorry to help hijack. But I have Totem Mite speakers and a small matching Totem subwoofer. They sound wonderful, punchy and beautiful with voices. They are also beautiful wood. | |
| Harmonic Technology Magic Link soldering issues Sounds like the quality has dropped. Really too bad, they were great budget interconnects for their time. | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @onhwy61 Wow, I try to be courteous, but you are clearly clueless. I am really sorry that your cynicism will prevent you from experiencing some of the most amazing things in life. | |
| Transport Question Ok, first bits may be bits… but how you get them matters like night and day. There is no debate among audiophiles and enthusiasts that have tried. Huge jumps in sound quality among transports and streamers is so obvious anyone can hear it. Not sub... | |
| Budget DAC recommendation for Office system As high up the Schiit hierarchy as you can get: Gungnir and Yggdrasil are outstanding for the money. I use a Gungnir in. Y office. | |
| Integrated tube amp vs Tube amp? Integrated amps are usually purchased in order to save space or compromise in some fashion. If you like the very distinctive sound of McIntosh, then definitely get a tube amp. Tube amps have a real musicality and realism hard to achieve with solid... | |
| To Buy or to DIY, here is my question In college I wanted speakers that rocked the campus (off). So I researched and found the perfect sized enclosure (like 5’ tall, 3’ deep an 4’ wide… just small enough to fit through a door. 2” x 4’ reinforced. Designed for Voice of the Theater 15” ... | |
| Emotional connection I think there were some chem lab created stuff as well. | |
| Systems over $100k @tonywinga +1 | |
| What was the most impactful addition to your system? Honestly, I am an old fart as well. The last fifty years I have had quite a few jaw drop moments. My first piece of audiophile gear: a 7 year old Nakamichi tapedeck that absolutely blew away the sound of my highly reviewed Onkyo (now I realize... | |
| It comes with a balance knob?!?! I'll take it! Typically the better the equipment the less adjustments there are as each has a negative sonic impact. Balance is something nearly all high end equipment has. As @erik_squires pointed out the speakers could have on confined space on one side and o... | |
| Vote Your Ranking -If you have an opinion on this digital subject I looked at this question again and realized it is two questions, conflated. One of sound quality of different methods of reproducing a digital file. Second of the sound quality of different resolutions. So first holding the file type constant... | |
| Vote Your Ranking -If you have an opinion on this digital subject The point here is that we are talking about computer files. Are those files located on a silver disk, a bunch of disk drives, a USB thumb drive, or streamer from a central server through a service like Qobuz it is all the same… but every part has... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges 👍 A really high end cartridge is a thing of beauty. It was truly a jaw dropping moment of how good a turntable could be. I just thought surface noise and pops were something you had to endure… then they just disappeared. I now have a high-end ... | |
| MSB DAC's Popularity Typically I start from professionally reviewed and rated components: Stereophile or The Absolute sound. Particularly when you are looking at expensive equipment. These reviewers generally have heard the very best and lessor units so they can place... |