ghdprentice
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| Headphone suggestions needed @emailists Good strategy… the Cardas would soften the presentation a bit. Good thinking. | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? The thing about increasingly expensive DACs in a really good system is that small differences are increasingly significant in the sound presentation. I have the most pleasing DAC I have heard in my system (the Audio Research Reference CD9SE).. bef... | |
| Headphone suggestions needed Sennheiser tend to be a bit more trebly and less full bass unless you can provide enormous power to them. I swap my Focal Utopia and Sennheiser HD800s all the time. I used to listen to my Focal much more than my Sennheiser until I got my big Woo 3... | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers I have heard Magico… incredible speakers…. But you better have first class electronics behind them. Or you are going to hear any shortcomings. I was seduced by Sonus Faber for their natural sound… as in perfectly reproducing acoustic sounds wh... | |
| When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song. OP… “The only tune I can listen to on that album is 'Snoopy's Search/Red Baron'.” We completely agree! | |
| Tubes becoming hard to get? @jerryg123 Respect to all of your family participating in supporting the Ukraine! My heart goes out to the civilians and the brave soldiers fighting for their country. I have contributed to the humanitarian efforts, although I wish I could fu... | |
| What should I be looking for when buying my 1st Reel To Reel ? Ok, a really naive question. So, why would one want a reel to reel now? To record things and play back? Or is there big reels of music somewhere to be purchased. As I remember tape degrades after ten years or so. Just interested. | |
| Every day I see another turntable recommendation... I can attest to the modern Linn LP12 to be a very fine turntable with the great benefit of allowing many incremental upgrades available to take it to the very top of the line performance. They are stable once set up. The Linn LP12 Majik is $5K… an... | |
| Headphone suggestions needed I would look for a Focal headphone in you price range and look to Schiit for a DAC. Focal are really efficient and well balanced and Schiit is great budget gear. I have several pieces of both. You can see my primary headphone system under my user ... | |
| The sound quality from DACs - is it all the same? @laoman +1 ! | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects What components do you have and what do you think of the current sound quality? I have had experience with MIT, Kimber, Monster and Audio Quest. You should be able to do much better. I will admit not being impressed with the lot. Consider ... | |
| I replaced my breakers and everything sounds better! Thank you. Good information. When I moved into this house 20 years ago… I put in a direct line for my audio system. After a few years I realized I needed to separate my amp to another outlet. A ground loop occurred when I did this. I finally h... | |
| When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song. After fifty years of buying albums, really prefer the format. I have bought a few stinkers. But a good album is so much more than just a random collection of tunes. I listen by far mostly to Qobuz. I will preview the first tune, if not hooked I’l... | |
| Upgrade path question with $2k to spend OP, You have to be a little careful using watts per channel. A good audio amp with high current could provide a much better drive and sound better with much less wpc. Indirectly the current is indicated by the wpc delivered into various impeda... | |
| suggestions OP, Thanks for the additional info on you. Helpful. Wilson’s are capable of breathtaking 3D imaging. I have often seen Rowland paired with them. I recommend Robert Harley’s The Complete Guide to the High End. Read Stereophile, The Absolute... |