ghdprentice
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| Harmonic Technology vs Transparent Cables I was a long time user of Harmonix and now have been a long time user of Transparent. Harmonix are great budget interconnects and cables and Transparent is a great provider of audiophile interconnects and cables. Huge difference. If you have g... | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? Ok, “in general”. | |
| How to make small room sound bigger Small rooms can sound fantastic. The real trick is to scale your speakers and treat your room. You probably want thick wall to wall carpeting, absorption in front and behind your seating… also absorption at side wall reflections and tube traps in ... | |
| How to choose an upgraded tonearm. @skyscraper 😀👍 | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? I find that opening one’s eyes… or looking at the system tends to anchor the sound, which might otherwise be difficult to localize. | |
| How to choose an upgraded tonearm. @skyscraper I think you are choosing a wise course. Gather deep experience before attempting something really complex. | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k I always find wood labeling very confusing because it is frequently a conflated combination of wood type and color. Drives me crazy. | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k The Montegiro Lusso is certainly out standing… for me not in a good way. To me, it is actually the worst looking table I have ever seen. But it is completely personal tastes. I am very fond of wood and gravitate towards traditional elegant. He... | |
| Audio research reference 10 tube replacement The remote problem came about when the remote manufacturer, with little notice stopped manufacturing them. Trent the new owner of ARC immediately went in search of a new manufacturer. This does not happen over night. I believe new remote is free ... | |
| Subwoofer between speakers? @delm Turned up too loud. | |
| Intriguing inquiry, are floor-stand speakers always better than active speakers? Technology continues to evolve. That said high quality floor standing speakers out perform active ones at this time. Choosing high quality speakers that fit your room (what ever the size) plus careful placement, room treatments, and carefully chos... | |
| My likes and Disappointments with the Pro-Ject Record Cleaning Machine Good review. Thank you for sharing. I hate cleaning records as well. I used a VPI for over twenty years… then it died. It applied fluid and vacuumed. But the vacuum was too loud! So, I was disappointed as it wasn’t cheap. So I got a Nessie Pro... | |
| Are there speakers that disappear regardless of the recording? @hondaron Whoa, check your ego at the door. | |
| How to tell the current from the amp High current amplifiers will usually put the specifications of the maximum current output. The others will not. @erik_squires is correct the doubling is a good proxy. My real interaction with this issue was in 1980, I bought a 200 watt/channe... | |
| Power Conditioning on the Cheap You don’t know what you don’t know… until you do. |