ghdprentice

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FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare?
Congratulations Mike! My hat off to Cary. That shows commitment when an executive drives hours to meet a customer.  
Primaluna?
Actually my experience with heavy weight as an indicator of sound quality includes CD players, DACs, streamers speakers, as well as phono-stages. This is not a causal explanation, but a virtual 100% correlation observation. Some of comes from very... 
Does your system sound change with the seasons?
Well happily, I have not noticed this with my system. I have a very good system as well. Sunday night late it sounds best… yes.   But happy to,hear your comments.      
Recomendation on a small DAC & Headphone amp for office desk
Ok, just a bit of warning… I did this. From what you said… well sounds like me. You can see where I ended up (click on my user ID to see my headphone system).   It starts this way… then, well it doesn’t have the bass… or the detail.. you have ex... 
Magico A1 or Sopra 1 or Marten Oscar Duo
Honestly it is going to depend on your tastes. The Magico is so revealing I would only run them with tubes.. I used to own a Simaudio 650d with the external power supply (for 7 years)… too lean and lacking in bass for Magico.. I would choose which... 
Improvement of MacBook Air for Streaming Tidal
Looking at your DAC and preamp you want to make a similar investment. I would recommend either an Aurender N100 or an Aurender N10. You have very good components, you want to chose as good or better… this is your source, if it’s not there…then the... 
A different world
@lubachl    I don’t know for sure. But I would put money that it would not create a problem. I have been an IT guy all my life. If I programmed it, I would embed the URL in the library as the reference. I would never delete it because what if th... 
Primaluna?
@brylandgoodman    Sorry to hear you’ve been somewhat turned off by Kevin… I don’t know him, but I completely understand where he is coming from. He is really knowledgeable and very enthusiastic. I have been very serious about high end audio and... 
I'm confused - Different music...different speakers?
I own a set of totem’s with a matching subwoofer for my office I love them.    If you want a great subwoofer you cannot go wrong with REL. They are outstanding and bring amazingly capable integration with them.   
Soundstage depth how to improve? Shootout
I just realized you have a photo of your system under your profile. You want a deeper sound stage… remove the equipment from between your speakers and add dampening material behind the system. See my system. My soundstage goes behind my wall and i... 
A different world
@lubachl   Yes, that is correct. When you hit “Add to your library” it is adding the album pathway to my library, not the actual files.. So if you end your subscription you loose access. I was not trying to mislead. What my Aurender’s does is ... 
A different world
@tomic601    Thank you. Cool.    George  
LP Vinyl: Quality, Pressing, Label, Weight, Where to Buy ???
@lowrider57    I agree that some audiophile pressings are real stinkers. I started buying them a few decades ago I would get three or four good ones… and the a really bad one. I remember getting Who’s Next… probably my favorite album from my you... 
I'm confused - Different music...different speakers?
How upgrades / your components effects different genre of music has interested me for a few decades. I used to have three or four disks I would take to auditioning sessions, influencing my purchasing. I noticed over time that while that music was ... 
LP Vinyl: Quality, Pressing, Label, Weight, Where to Buy ???
I buy new pressings from Music Direct. There are lots of people with strong opinions on which vendor. I probably buy six or eight audiophile pressings a year. I also buy from a local used record store here in Vancouver Washington. I lived in Tucso...