ghdprentice
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| Remote Control with Auralic Aries G2 I had a Auralic Aries G2 for about a year. I liked the lighting app. But switched over to Aurender I found it to have better sound quality and much more reliable connection and overall operation. I found the Auralic to be frustrating at times. I l... | |
| Do you trust your system? Over the last twenty years of my fifty year audiophile career I have gone out of my way to listen to live acoustic music… a single piano, small unamplified jazz ensemble, and I have had season tickets to a great symphony orchestra in a good acoust... | |
| Buying refurbished gear.... I have bought “refurbished gear” off and on for decades. Never high end audio gear, usually photography, HT, astronomy… stuff that matters less to me. Most of the time it appears new… perhaps some way of discounting and getting around manufacturer... | |
| T+A Made in Germany The best…. by an order of magnitude Chinese food I have ever had was in China. The pale insignificant food labeled as Chinese in the states is unreal. I love China… well and Japan… and Scotland… and Mexico… the people are so wonderful…. But ho... | |
| 20 year old power center from monster, Circuits still OK? @soix Agreed . I had actually purchased a couple of those for my HT and an extra system… they seemed to perform like a switch boxes as opposed to a real power conditioner (like I have on my main audio system). In fact it didn’t even protect my pro... | |
| Bluesound Node 2021 DAC - I sold my Denafrips Ares II @painter24 Great thread. Excellent exchange of experiences and perceptions without almost any sweeping conclusions on all equipment cheap or grand. The kind of thread all can learn from. | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? I personally would not purchase a used cartridge. It is a very fragile piece of technology. There is no way to know how much it has been used, This is me… actually I don’t touch a cartridge… my dealer does. My rule of thumb is buy nothing used wit... | |
| Help me out with streaming... I looked over the H190 literature… I found it hard to follow… it is not a streamer but accepts streamed inputs like from Airplay… which means it is only “streamed” stuff that it will play… so you use an iPad or something. This is not a streamer… b... | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend @holmz How do we identify quality? What is synergy?” I recommend you start by reading Robert Haley’s Complete Guide to High End Audio. That should help you appreciate the nuances and complexity of high end audio. Also, a subscription to Ste... | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend “How much do you have to spend on a DAC to perform better than many turntables.” Let me try and address that. Obviously it depends. But the best way to look at it as your digital end versus analog end. Digital end: Streamer (or Player), an... | |
| starting equiment that ic cold from being shipped I would have a real hard time waiting 24 hours. But I definitely can see the value in waiting until it reaches room temp. I would wait until it feels to the touch like it has reached room temp. All the cooling fins should work both ways. | |
| Sonus faber choices - help me decide Congratulations. I found once I purchased Sonic Fabre speakers… there was no going anywhere else. I have owned Cremona, Olympica 3, and now Amati. Each step up is simply amazing. I think the Futura fit your room size better. But, you should be... | |
| What power cord do you use for your processor? Transparent Premium power cord. Tried, a bunch of Cardas, Wireworld, DH Labs, JPS. | |
| How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer? I have tried many different combinations. In general, different are absolutely fine. I have been fortunate enough to have components that are perfectly neutral, matched and exactly this is what I want to have come out, so as transparent as possibl... | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek I would unquestionably go for the Atma-Sphere. When I have heard them, they have been outstanding. But you seem to like alternative stuff. So you will buy the Suprateck. I honestly don’t think you are wanting the best sounding, but want to be cho... |