ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Cleaning Your Turntable Swifter. Watching out for the stylist. | |
| As a chill electronica listener, should I stop at a Med-Fi system? OMG, yes. I listen to that stuff all the time. If your system is good enough it plumbs the depths of bass… the high frequency is natural sounding and images incredibly well. But the biggest thing is musicality… the warmth of the beat draws you in ... | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? In many respects… the real high end stuff has always been primarily an old guy thing. As a young audiophile I used to drive up to Phoenix from Tucson to the Audio Research / high end audio store to look and listen. The only guys walking out with n... | |
| Best server to use WITHOUT Roon I would say Aurender makes the best streamers. Widely known to have the best software: Conductor. Cutting the PC out of the loop can vastly increase sound quality. | |
| A Journey, A Revelation and Wonder @dadork Yep, you got it. 😁👍 | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? In conclusion, there are a lot of us old farts on this form and got the bug very early in life. | |
| What gear is on the horizon? I have an amazing and incredible satisfying system (my user ID) . My great digital system… with primarily flagship electronics equals in sound quality my really good analog end. Fifty years of pursuing the high end has taught me that… the performa... | |
| noise distortion for certain tracks That happens on some recordings. Other media or mastering ,any not have the problem. | |
| A Journey, A Revelation and Wonder Congratulations. It is great when it comes together. Your story reminds me of my quest for an office system. When I finally dropped in the last piece… I think it was the Ayre XB-9 DAC… there is a point where there is magic. When you get there all ... | |
| $100K system build - % breakdown of spend I think you did a pretty good breakdown… but I would split the preamp / amp funds 1/2 each or more to the preamp… really important. I completely agree with the speaker investment… I would combine the funds of sub woofer into the main speaker… ... | |
| How long ago did you catch the bug? I think as soon as I got to college in 1970. I already had a long history of loving music… but hearing better systems, at first in dorm rooms, then off campus… that was it, a life long passion formed. | |
| Chinese Cables that sound good I bought some Blue Jeans interconnects just for fun to play with. I found them no improvement over the cheap rubber banded interconnects that come with budget gear. | |
| Primaluna? Consider bass traps in corners. Photos of your system in your profile would be helpful. I am sure people with Harbeth will chime in to comment. I would think this is a frequent combination. | |
| Power Cable Suggestions Needed Definitely sounds like some experimentation might be helpful. In your price range I found the materials typically largely determine the sonic character. Copper warm, silver coated copper more accurate / detailed, all silver can be be harsh where c... | |
| RCA cables to a subwoofer- how much does it matter? While I have spent hundreds of hours experimenting with interconnects on components. I have only swapped cheap, good, and better on my sub woofers… never heard a difference. I have read that most folks have not heard any or significant difference ... |