ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Educate Me I have been pursuing the high end from the 1970’s. While a professional, I did not make that much money at first... so I just slowly put together an ever better system. I have read The Absolute Sound and Stereophile for most of this time. Carver i... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? I have 36 tubes in my audio chain and it is dead quiet and the best system I have ever heard. | |
| Affordable digital front end cable I have an Aurender N100 on my headphone system. I have a WireWorld silver streak at the moment. I have a number of DH Labs PCs. I really like DH Labs for budget cords. I’ll swap a hew tomorrow and see if something stands out. ‘’Typically for a... | |
| What a pile of Schiit I did not find Schiit customer service overwhelming. But, their stuff is a great deal, sound quality wise. I don’t think I have had a problem with a solid state piece of audio equipment…. Well, let me think, decades…? More than that… ever? | |
| The hunt is over I am lucky to have a huge man cave. My partner comes down here once every six months, comments disparaging about my tubed headphone system on my coffee table and some picture isn’t straight and goes back upstairs. The investment was easy. I bu... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs @swede58 @samzx12 What is your other equipment and comparison with? For me Pass was lean in comparison the a Audio Research Ref 160s… using all ARC Ref equipment… my ID. | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time OP. Great system. I have the same preamp. Both my digital end and analog have equally great PRAT. You can see it under my ID. Both ends have similar detail and other attributes as well. This is a dream finally realized, there is no disappointm... | |
| Do I really need a preamp with dac with volume control help Given your enjoying the system and it is working well for you, I would not bother. For high end critical systems not having a preamp seldom is a satisfying and fully fleshed out sound. But since it is a secondary system, I would leave it there. ... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? I have tubes in all components except for my streamer. No hiss, none…not a bit, dead quiet… If you have hiss, there is something wrong. The speaker efficiency on mine is 90db. For me each additional tube component was synergistic and brought m... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time OP As you can see, it isn’t that easy to learn to detect. I normally refer to it as rhythm and pace. That is the terminology used by Stereophile. Here is an article from 1992 on the subject. https://www.stereophile.com/reference/23/index.... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time Congratulations. I think it took me forty years to put my finger on what PRAT was. I knew that my foot was the key. Once I recognized it… how to listen and hear it, I really recognized what high end audio reproduction was about. My system now ARC ... | |
| A different world @pokey77 +1 Cool | |
| Best place to use better xlr cable Audio Research equipment is fully balanced and they recommended one using balanced interconnects. I have used single ended for the last forty years. Since I moved to all ARC Reference gear I felt obligated to go to balanced, so, I did. Did it make... | |
| A different world @pokey77 Thanks. I think the EtherRegen was worth it… like one of the many tweaked that adds up to a great system. It was only $600 or something… less than a power cord. I think my concern is that someone not familiar with the technology ... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? Deep experience with anything allows you to make adjustments. If you are at live concerts that are being recorded. Look around. Where is it being recorded from. When ever I go to a concert I look and listen to the acoustics. I look for microphones... |