ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Recommendation for Digital Coax Typically optical is of inferior quality. Generally known, I tried it a couple times and had to agree. I think it is the transducers that change from electrical to optical and back. I doubt any audio companies could make their own and probably are... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? About twenty years ago I started seeking real unamplified instruments in an effort to know what the real thing sounded like. I found an isolated piano here and there… occasionally a little jazz trio. It helped a little. Particularly the piano and ... | |
| Wilson Benesch-Great or just Okay? @garebear Nice detailed summary. | |
| 30 to 50 watts seems to be all I desire I have owned massive amps in the past. My reason for owning them wasn’t to do with the volume control, it had to do with the current they could produce allowing for for fast full rises in transients. This would support greater slam as well. Ce... | |
| Best connection between Auralic Aries G2.1 streamer and PS Audio Directstream dac? I used to own a Aries G2. You have a pretty good cable. While possible to find a better one… you might not. I’m not sure if you are looking for an upgrade you might look elsewhere, or start thinking at components. | |
| Freya+ Owners - Help Needed The Freya+ is amazing for its price. I got one for burning in equipment. Really a great deal. Will not compare favorably with a $5K preamp, or a $10k preamp… etc. but outstanding for the money. Great deal for the money! | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback Sounds like it is a feedback loop between the cartridge through the system back to the cartridge. Sounds like the JVC turntable is a rebranded pioneer PL-50. I would guess it is the turntable. I would trade it in and get a more contemporary turnta... | |
| Sound carpet Early on my significant other and I got on the right foot… the home theater was her’s and the audio system was mine. I would buy her a new, really nice surround processor, or state of the art DVD player before I would buy something for my system. ... | |
| Primaluna? It does depend on what you are looking for. Good solid performance for the money (PL great), or state of the art… ARC, VAC, CJ, or there are mid tier solutions. | |
| FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare? I buy stuff from a dealer. He gives me a demo unit to try. If I choose to buy it, he orders it, delivers it personally, and sets it up. If there is an issue, he always makes sure I always have an operating system, and he fixes the problem behind t... | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback I don’t have any great insight into the nature of this problem. I find it curious. But my rule is never to put in filters or other symptomatic relief, there will always be unintended consequences. I would recommend working until finding the root c... | |
| Sound carpet Divorce can be a dual edged sword. While you may be able to put anything in any room you may not be able to afford anything… or a room. | |
| Big Below 15k used that can play loud as heck It is funny, when I started out in high end audio wanting loud. But the better my system the less I wanted it. I know this progression had something to do with distortion going down dramatically along the way… I am not sure if my age going up had ... | |
| Primaluna? I bought a Primaluna integrated ten or more years ago for my office system. I have been very happy with it. Detailed and pretty natural sounding (I never bothered fiddling with tube upgrades, I am sure this could make it substantially better). I l... | |
| Digital Gear & Upgrade Question, What do I need? In general. High end systems like yours normally will have a separate DAC and streamer. Music management goes on from an iPad. Aurender is known for having a fantastic app. Great for exploring and creating a library. It will cateloge all tunes on ... |