ghdprentice
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| What type of speaker would sound better? There are many choices… you have to match the flavor of sound that pleases you as well as pick and choose the very best. So, are you spending the same on both? So $5K on mid-tier 3 way or $5K on a high end 2 way? Assuming careful choice then u... | |
| SACD v Streaming If your SACD player costs ~$10K then you should be able to get similar sonic performance (by carefully choosing) for around $10K - $12K. | |
| Finally! I Made An Informed Choice @noromance Thanks... more like a autocorrect slip... but yes. | |
| Need New amp or integrated...have some options You like to gamble? Sounds like it. Any decision you make in your current state of mind is going to be rolling dice with about 25 sides. There are so many flavors of sound. Also, with diligence and care in choosing the right sounding kind of amp i... | |
| Is it better to get dedicated monoblocks instead of bridging stereo paired amps? I recommend you get Sim Moon monoblocks. If you like the Moon sound... well the Mac sound is very different. If you want monoblocks... get monoblocks... not a bridged compromise. In high end audio every tiny detail matters. Monoblocks are designed... | |
| Don't Neglect to check your Caps! Capacitor. | |
| Bluesound node confusion I needed something to break in an amp. So I bought a 2021 Bluesound Node... https://www.amazon.com/Bluesound-Wireless-Multi-Room-Hi-Res-Streamer/dp/B0937GTQ78/ref=sr_1_3_pp?crid=2XC3IXURMNNIX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._yGgKgwX75uiLaJXrgJoGhOUXo9OR7lZs... | |
| Finally! I Made An Informed Choice Congratulations on your purchase of your Lumin. Obviously you are someone that researches very deeply. High end streamers can be very insensitive to their input since they isolate and cash the bits If yours is not operational. Then just use an w... | |
| Aurender Qobuz connect I had to look that up. Since I have two Aurender streamers which I stream Qobuz natively for the last few years. I believe this allows you to control your Aurender streamer from the Qobuz app (view and stream music). That is instead of getting i... | |
| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? @curiousjim I must agree. While at first they come off as very detailed, over time one can realize the cost is in hidden harshness. Although, you can probably mitigate the issue with very warm tube equipment... there is always that, "It depends"... | |
| SACD v Streaming The equation for equal or better sound quality from streaming has been changing rapidly over the last few years. If you carefully choose components then Streamer ~ = DAC… which should = preamp or amp. I’m not sure of your system… but I would guess... | |
| Air Play Hmm. I’m guessing that is a function of your Aurender 200. I have used airplay on other devices and it has been simply terrible... unreliable, poor quality... etc. I’m just going to have to take a guess that the Aurender is caching the contents ... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? Older ones. Buy your wife a really extravagant, heart felt gift before casually mentioning it. Mention in the afterglow. | |
| Do most people prefer tight bass or non tight bass? Good point, if it is depth charges then not as tight is ok. | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? ARC Ref 80S + Sonus Faber is an excellent match. |