ghdprentice
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| No more "High End" for me...Back to Reality Audio The pursuit of high end audio is not for everyone. | |
| Is rectifier tube arcing a problem? I have been running tube gear.. at first a couple components… more and more… now all tube. I have never had a piece of equipment that arched. If the second tube arched I would get rid of it. Maybe this Is just me, I have about 50 tubes in the two ... | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers High quality tubed phono stages are not remotely noisy and are exceptionally musical. I have used tubed phono stages (Audio Research) for the last thirty years. I would listen to a solid state contender, but my experience has show that only good q... | |
| What is Tight Bass? @artemus_5 @bubba12 Yes, I was shocked and perplexed when I first moved from a good ss (Pass x350) to a tubed Audio Research Reference 160s. Two things immediately struck me… what a big reduction of slam… and how much better and more articul... | |
| Widely differing opinions - well, it’s complicated @russ69 Absolutely, another factor in the myriad. | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns High end audio equipment is seldom discounted more than 10%. | |
| What is Tight Bass? Here is the short answer, worth every minute of the hour and a half. | |
| Best budget turntable? OP, I agree with @pesky_wabbit . I recommend going to The AbsoluteSound, the March issue has the Recommended Components. Stereophile also has a similar issue. These are professional reviews by people that have experience with a large selection of... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @lanx0003 Excellent… I like it. The question is, can you keep your own situation out of it. Or, are you unable to not imprint: “I can’t afford it, therefore it is not worth it.” I am able to appreciate, let’s say a million dollar system (usin... | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond XL PC @spearl8 Good way of explaining Shunyata. I was never able quite put my finger on it. My system is perfectly balanced and bloomer, so for me Cardas warms things up too much. Although I am getting a Cardas Clear Beyond for my amp. | |
| The problem with streaming @barts Well that is hysterical. I think I have eventually gotten something like that on all formates I gave collected. | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? I have the best DAC I have owned, the Audio Research Reference 9 CDse. I had the $22K Berkley Alpha Reference 3 DAC in my system and the sound was really really really close… a tiny itsy bit different… the ARC was a touch warmer and the Berkeley a... | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers You are considering some very good phono stages… but if you want great sound from a turntable you should. I have owned Audio Research Phono stages for over thirty years… each time I upgraded researching intensely… but still staying with Audio Rese... | |
| Roku ultra streaming versus Apple 4K TV These solutions come from different worlds. Streaming TV has had an emphasis on video… in the home theater world, video distracts you from the audio. Audio can often serve as emphasis (heavy bass… explosions), also it is heavily processed. Process... | |
| 2nd system thoughts on vintage receivers It is highly dependent on exactly what piece of equipment. I bought a top of the line generation one Nakamichi CD Player $2,000? (so $5-6K in todays dollars) 30 years ago. I was going through my stuff last year, found it, hooked it up. I played no... |