ghdprentice
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| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @clearthinker I have swapped out power cords long ago to optimize them… but hadn’t touched them in a couple decades. When I did my last upgrade about a year and a half ago my new components used 20amp connectors to the components. All of my exis... | |
| Power Cable Break In - Such a Change! @jakesnak @ozzy Interesting you bring up the AudioQuest Dragon. My dealer dropped off a AQ Power cord for me to try last week. I had been using a Cardas Clear Beyond on my amp. Very warm and romantic sounding. a bit too warm. Trying the AQ ... | |
| local audiofile I use iTunes Match… $24/year that gives you access to all your ripped or owned CDs from iTunes on any apple connected device so I then have them available in my car, anywhere from phone or iPad… cast to my Tivoli kitchen stereo. Can also access th... | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets @clearthinker … “Like many others you say the last six feet of passive cable can make a big difference. How?” Like a lot of things in audio… my brain says it shouldn’t matter and when I make a change the sound difference is quite striking. So ex... | |
| Hi-res streaming-apple music If you have equipment capable of differentiating high quality music then you want to switch to Qobuz… or Tidal… Qobuz is nearly universally regarded as better… that is what I found. The best way to go as far as streaming goes is a dedicated strea... | |
| Aurender Conductor latest fail… Aurender told me it takes a few days to get the mod through Apple. There is a beta you can download from Aurender… just sent them a message. I’ll just wait.. I have tons of files on my unit… good excuse to,play them. | |
| Power Cables and Wall Sockets Sadly a $5K power cord can make an astonishing improvement. A couple of direct lines can make a real improvement. As someone mentioned… it is additive. Each step need justify its cost in sound quality improvement. I think most people start by ... | |
| Has the cost of HiFi gotten a bit too much? The world of technology is a tribute to man’s ability to learn and contribute to those before him. So whether it be audio, financial or medical, the progress has been incredible. But those whom are ignorant and uneducated in the disciple but they ... | |
| Placement of AMP and Turntable in-between speakers While it is a bit dependent on the speakers… yeah, it can make a really big difference. After experimenting I realized the place to, make the break was between the preamp and amp… leaving the amp close to the speakers and getting the rest of the s... | |
| Aurender Conductor latest fail… Aurender is really responsive to issues. I got a response within an hour of reporting this. | |
| Does measurements really matter? @bassdude ++++1 👍👍 | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool Really sorry to hear your experience… it must be incredibly disappointing. I am really lucky, I have a great dealer whom I have worked with for twenty years. If I have a concern of some kind, he comes over and adjusts things. I had a wea... | |
| The best way to start adding A=analog to my system I understand what you have heard and want. I have owned turntables for over fifty years. At first analog could not be duplicated at any cost with digital… then it could but at a huge difference in cost. The differential has been reduced year by ye... | |
| Burning in question I just remembered that my Audio Research Ref 5SE used to require music being run through it for 10 - 15 minutes every time… even if it was powered on for an hour or two. Then it would sound notably better. Not a click and instantly sounded better…... | |
| Neutral, transparent, warm @bdp24 Thanks. I did a search for Gordon Holt’s glossary. Here is some of it: https://www.backtomusic.ru/20515 Printed versions are available from eBay and other locations. |