ghdprentice
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| The problem with streaming The fantastic fidelity you are experiencing with streaming is mine as well. At times the streaming version exceeds the sound quality I get from my excellent analog rig. But you are correct about the version being offered. Since streaming is in its... | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge OP, Just a thought… “fatiguing” doesn’t usually come from speakers, although it can exacerbate it. It usually comes from the electronics in the form of high frequency hash and distortion. It takes a lot of experience to really put your finger ... | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop @guakus The streamer is built from the ground up internally to isolate electro magnetic fields, vibration, and condition and provide clean quiet power. Also the CPU and circuit is made to not wonder off and do non-essential stuff. You cannot do ... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @mulveling + 1 | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge @highwayinthesky 🤣🙂🎉😀 | |
| Audio diffuser Am I wrong in thinking those stands look short. Typically mini monitors are elevated to ear level when sitting. Are they? Perhaps you have experimented with different heights. | |
| Headphone for multi-use One key question is what source electronics. I recommended Focal because they are easy to drive. If they are multipurpose I assumed you would have different inputs. Headphones like Beyerdynamic and Sennheiser (I have both and love them, are hard t... | |
| Burn in period @pesky_wabbit +1. Measuring… forget it, your ears can clearly distinguish the difference. You would have to put together a pretty significant scientific study to isolate the parameters an measure them. But listening is simple and obvious. | |
| VTL repair I recommend Inner Sound. I have used them many times. Where do you live? I live in Vancouver. | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop OP, high end DACs, preamps, phono stages, CD players, and streamers are over 30 pounds each. Amps over 100 pounds. | |
| Power, Network, Connection, Which one matters the most to you? OP. Yes, I would say that all people with high end systems have high end purpose built power distribution (distributor ((I hesitate to call it a power strip)) and cords)… most have a high end power conditioner as well. In addition, the components ... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a good and trusted tube dealer @facten Good job, that pretty much covers the subject. I’ve used The Tube Store and Upscale repeatedly. | |
| Feel free to talk me off the ledge Going through upgrades can be great and coming out the others side wonderful. But if you move too fast without a concrete plan it can result in some real mistakes and disappointment. Just judging by the odd list of speakers you are looking at, and... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. The streamer is the closest thing and equivalent to the turntable. DAC = Phonostage. The sound relationships are pretty much analogous as source and first stage processing, with the addional point being if you don’t get it right at the source it i... | |
| Has your system evolved in the past 10 years? I was already in the process of turning from ribbon / planner speaker systems and a very details up front sounding system (I called “reference”)… to more natural musical sounding system. So ten years ago I had: ARC preamp and Phono stage, Pass x35... |