ghdprentice
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| Best DAC under 1000 that has BT 5 and XLR with coax, USB, Ethernet I would recommend stretching to a Schiit Gungnir multibit. It is $1,299. It if you are trying to assemble a good system, this is an excellent sounding DAC for the money. In general will outperform DACs of far greater cost. Natural sounding, detail... | |
| Nobsound springs - load range @noromance “I have a rock in my second system phono amp. A rock! From the yard.” 👍 Love it. Now that is a cost effective tweak. I suppose now we need to discuss if a piece of wood might not be better (think Maple Shade)… or what kind of ... | |
| used single ended ss power amp 😀👍 | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation @smaarch1 One of the attributes of components and of a system which I found really really difficult to manage is adding too much highlighted detail so one’s system brings out flaws. High lighted detail can be very rewarding when listening to you... | |
| Should I redo the AC power in my house? Thanks @4krowme. While not systematic sampling, still interesting. | |
| Analyzing Balanced versus Unbalanced Amplifiers--Difference in sonic quality? In high end audio implementation is everything, the design, the exact components used (manufacturer and type of resistors, capacitors… etc). Playing with the signal digitally is virtually always a bad thing. Really good equipment doesn’t touch the... | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation Cool. The sound more relaxed or laid back is a thing. Remember interconnects can take a hundred or more hours to break in. Typically they will sound bright with less bass and a bit unnatural at first. As they break in they get more natural soundin... | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please Congratulations. Would be great to hear your impressions when you get it as as things break in. The preamp will take a couple hundred hours to go through its largest part of breakin (~100 - 120 hours SQ can waver substantially)… after that it slo... | |
| Should I redo the AC power in my house? @4krowme You didn’t happen to have a good system operating during the steps of the upgrade and able to hear what change did what? That would be real;y interesting to know. I had one direct line installed when I bought my house, and then anoth... | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? @vinocour +1 Good summary. You have a great system… very synegistic electronics. The Reference 6 is a world class preamp. The 6SE does sound better, but it is really a question of how much money you have and associated equipment, it is not a nig... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps @jffyg ”I am going to chime in here and then everyone can attack me. I think that many lesser priced tube based designs can be very musical and soft sounding which compliments many lesser expensive ss designed amps…” Nothing to attack, it... | |
| used single ended ss power amp I owned a Threshold s500 I bought in about 1980. When I replaced it twenty years later with a newer Pass amp I was just blown away with how much better it was in every respect. The older design was thin sounding with much less current. I would hav... | |
| The Decware Pill - Any Experiences? “Choose the red pill or the blue pill.” | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? I have owned several Audio Research preamps including the Reference 5SE and currently the Reference 6SE. No hype and not overpriced… priced in line with performance. | |
| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp Speakers are a very important component. I would put the sound of the speakers above all. It is pretty easy to evaluate speakers and just check to see they are not really inefficient. You want speakers you love the sound of, then tweak your electr... |