ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Audio diffuser @rixthetrick Those look like they will be great. Look forward to hearing your assessment once completed. | |
| Power, Network, Connection, Which one matters the most to you? You have a good point. But let me look at it a little differently. Each component, preamp, DAC, streamer, etc., has a major sub-component which supplies power. As you increase the quality of all components (except speakers), the amount of cost go... | |
| Audio diffuser In college we used egg cartons pinned to the wall… the cardboard kind. I can’t believe I remembered that. Wow, that was 1972. So, we knew about acoustic treatments back then. Cinderblocks and wood planks for book shelves, a wood door for a desk…. ... | |
| Isolation Feet for Laptop I used a MacBook (with solid state drive) for a number of years. I would always unplug and run on battery power to play music. I was using an +$10K DAC. I will admit I never tried an isolation method.. cones, platform, or any of the other stuff I ... | |
| Whole new world I just use Debrox Earwax remover every couple of weeks. A bottle is ~$5. | |
| Right-sizing the system / room treatment evangelist @erik_squires Yes. I remember getting some big speakers and putting them in an early house we had with a tiny living room. I struggled figuring out what the problem was. The room was overwhelmed with sound bouncing around. I can now immediate... | |
| Law of Accelerated Returns @mapman … ”It’s true the most important ingredient is caring, not money.” To a point, but caring and money trump either individually. Let me care and choose and implement state of the art equipment and that trumps just one or the other. | |
| Right-sizing the system / room treatment evangelist Thank you @rocray @tablejockey. I fell in love with Sonus Faber years ago and had a couple sets. My last set were Olympica 3. My dealer and I discussed a levels up and down from the Amati. Even though the next step up was twice as expensive he... | |
| Aurender conductor: unable to delete favorites? Cool. They have been really responsive to me as well. Even to a couple stupid questions. | |
| is the 1990s "WIDE MODE" setting the 'soundstage' of today, and a gimmick? @fai_v No. High end gear has not implemented this stuff as a trick. High Fidelity reproduction is really difficult and those most successful at good reproduction have spent incredible time and effort simplifying and choosing the highest quali... | |
| The VPI forum is back Glad to hear it. I am a big VPI fan. | |
| is the 1990s "WIDE MODE" setting the 'soundstage' of today, and a gimmick? Implementing a processed signal to imitate a big sound field as you point out is not new. It has been done on low FI stuff for a long time. Actually the iPad does an amazing job of creating a big sound stage. ‘But a new high fidelity piece of equ... | |
| How many turntables have you owned? Since 1960 I am thinking 7 maybe 8. About one a decade. | |
| Will a new Dac improve the sound? Cary makes good equipment but the progress in DACs since 2005ish has been enormous. It has Burr-Brown DACs.. I worked at Burr Brown for almost 20 years. Yes, an upgraded DAC can improve the sound. I would recommend a Schiit Gungnir ~$1.2K… or if y... | |
| Power Amp Question I must agree with @fiesta75 that moving the stuff from in between your speakers would likely result in a real improvement. But given the size of your room the biggest gain would be in the preamp. A good preamp is the heart and soul of a system lik... |