ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Need Amp recommendation Parasound A21 For sure. | |
| Multichannel power amplifers VS 2 channel power amplifiers If I understand you… no. The very best audio has always been my goal. You are not going to get five or ten channels that sound as good for the same amount of money. So, my emphasis has always been two. My first audiophile amp I bought in 1979 for ... | |
| OK-- I think I get it, now... Congratulations! The blending of music and high fidelity has kept me intrigued and fascinated with the pursuit of the high end all of my adult life. Now that I am retired and my system brings me incredible joy as something of an achievement made ... | |
| Think ill just go with a lumin Ok. On reading professional reviews. This confused me early on, a long time ago. But reviews should say, “for the money”. So, if you see an A rated $1.5 K component and a $10K component grouped in the same category.. you can be sure the $10K will... | |
| Streaming music sounds better late at night. Is this just me? My system tends to sound best late at night ~11PM and the very best on Sunday night. I have noticed this for forty years with different systems, in Arizona and Washington. | |
| Pass Labs X260.8 I will be very interested in hearing your thoughts on the differences in sound quality between the two amps in your system. I owned Pass designed amps for decades. You will certainly get more slam from the 250. | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? I have mixed single ended and balanced components for decades running single ended regardless of the design. I always had one or two pieces of Audio Research. Over the last couple of years I acquired all new Audio Research Reference components... | |
| Struggling to spend 13k with three dealers My audio guy is swamped. The pandemic has had lots of people upgrading their systems. I have had a good relationship with. Y audio guy for 20 years, so if I want his attention, I just ask… but, lots of dealers are overwhelmed. As small business ow... | |
| $1,500 phono upgrade worth it? Groove noise… that is a problem. Well, this is the benefit of moving up in analog rigs. A good TT / phono stage will have no groove noise or hum. I remember at being shocked with my first good turntable that all the groove noise and ticks disa... | |
| $1,500 phono upgrade worth it? A well chosen phono stage at the price point you are thinking about will be significantly better… very noticeable. Big gains in sound quality are to be easily made by doubling your investment to well over $10K. -hono stages are really important in... | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... The green CD pens do improve the sound. When they first came out, I was skeptical, so I tested. I still have a couple new ones left. But don’t use CDs much any more. | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. Early in my pursuit of a high end system it was a ongoing effort. But as my system got better and my income increased listening to music became more common and upgrading became episodic. Over the last couple decades it has been upgrade about every... | |
| DAC? how much more $$$ to get a significant improvement over Bluesound Node? The Schiit Yggdrasil is an excellent DAC for the money. I have not heard a Bluesound, but is very likely to best it easily provided you have the right ancillary equipment to take advantage of its resolution and natural tone. | |
| More expensive = better? Bad or good is definitely appropriate for an individual. Altough, I don’t think I have ever heard a super expensive piece of equipment that has sounded bad. I could always appreciate it for the strengths it had, what it was trying to accomplis... | |
| Need suggestions for another pair of headphones (Have Sennheiser HD600) Focal are very good sounding… I would say neutral and easy to drive. |