ghdprentice
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| Audioquest Storm Series power cables One thing I noticed on my Hurricanes is they have the tightest connectors on both sides I have ever experienced. This is likely a parameter they realized was important. Plugging in or unplugging is an ordeal. | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? @boostedis Once you have a good sounding and complimentary set of components and speakers one can very significantly improve their performance by methodically evaluating and adding carefully chosen improvements. Typically these are: speaker cabl... | |
| A first Congradulations on your system. It would be fun to see it…there is a place to put photos under your UserID. Audiophilia tends to be a really solitary pursuit. Not many appreciate it or are willing to put the time and money into putting one tog... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? This is where trips to high end stores are really helpful, coupling with reading through Stereophile, HiFi+, and The Absolute Sound about the equipment you heard. If you have to drive to a city… make appointments… tell them you are surveying diffe... | |
| Phono pre/Preamp/Amp/Monoblock combination that provide SPEED & CONTROL Not my cup of tea, but given your interest i would look at all MacIntosh… as much power as you can afford with B&W speakers… then throw in a couple REL subwoofers and see if that doesn’t do the trick. Go listen at a dealer. I understand yo... | |
| Gryphon Diablo vs. McIntosh C2700/MC611 Overture is great. I have dropped by a couple times (I live on the west coast)… they are really good at listening and helping you achiever the sound you are looking for. | |
| RCA-versus XLR Yep, highly dependent on your system. | |
| Sabrina X Anyone Add Subwoofer(s) OP, +1 wait +1 two subs if you decide to go with subs. | |
| RCA-versus XLR Your best bet is XLR. I have two Aurender streamers and really good DACs. The difference is likely to be subtle but the cost substantial. On my Aurender W20SE I use the AES… it sounds a bit better than the Sp/DIF and USB. I think you have to look ... | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables Thank you for your comments and congratulations for your upgrade. It is truly amazing what top quality interconnects and cables can do. @akg_ca brought up some good points… high level Nordost are MUCH better than low level. Also, your components m... | |
| Chill Out; Get Outside of yourself Great photo. I love the earth. Growing up in Chicago… I just couldn’t wait to get out and explore. I managed to get myself to Outward Bound in Colorado when 16 and climbed my first 14,000 foot mountain. I became a geologist and lived all acros... | |
| High Efficiency Options? That sounds like great fun. A few years ago I decided I really wanted to experience a 300B amp. I had upgraded my headphone system in other respects… so I upgraded my headphone amp to a Woo 300B headphone amp… I fell in love with the sound. Th... | |
| Gryphon Diablo vs. McIntosh C2700/MC611 MacIntosh is a very unique sound. I think it is great for rock music… and “heavy” stuff. There is a huge group that love them. Great resale value. A real American icon… like Harley Davidson… well except reliable. I love the look… I have repeatedl... | |
| AudioQuest Hurricane and PS Audio AC12 My audio guy brought one over to try on my amp. I was not happy with the different versions of cords I had tried. The difference was very large, all positive. An outstanding value. | |
| This cable game is making my head spin @blue_collar_audio_guy “That would make all my cables that model. Giving me a baseline.” That is a great idea. If you like the overall tonal balance and presentation you can move up the product models. If you don’t you can move to a different... |