ghdprentice
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| Is an audio media transport really better than PC? Audio streamers can sound better than PCs. At some level they become better, without question. If inexpensive it can be iffy as to which will sound better. Also it depends on your associated equipment. If it is low quality budget stuff, difference... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? @coltrane1 You are correct. You are never going to hear an unamplified rock concert. ‘’Although I listen to all kinds of music, I found it was classical concerts and acoustic jazz was what you needed to listen to to in order to zero in your ... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms Pretty lady. For most of my life sound quality was all that mattered… since I could only afford a fraction of the cost of a state of the art system which I wanted. So, ugly OK. So, as I got close to retirement and could actually afford great s... | |
| It's Great Having So Many Choices (?) It depends on your personality. I love large amorphous unstructured problems. So, high end audio has always appealed to me… and career wise I was a CIO… so I would come into a global company with their information systems in disarray and I would f... | |
| Best streamers WITHOUT a DAC Aurender. After years of iPods, iPads, Macs and PCs I finally bought an Auralic Aries G2, then an Aurrender N100, listened to a N10, and bought their flagship W20SE. Aurender understands how to build streamers. So does Linn. I recommend one of th... | |
| What To Do? The good news is you can get into some really good sounding equipment if carefully chosen. A really good Phonostage is critical. I would look for something like a used Audio Research PH8 phono stage. This will firmly support a good quality TT f... | |
| Mounting Speakers On A Furniture Dolly For Mobility Unfortunately most speakers come with spikes and there are many specialty products like Podiums that significantly improve the sound even more. Using furniture dolly’s will have a performance hit… probably a pretty big one. Could you bribe you... | |
| Suggestions for an integrated upgrade please Audio Research VSI75 if you can find a used one. Or they just released the i50. That should be enough power if you don’t go for really loud rock. Incredibly natural musical equipment. | |
| I Don't Want to be an Audiophile, What am I... One of the definitions of audiophile was that it is a disease and I always knew I had it… always a pursuit that was a bit more than just passionate. That one audio dollar equals about $100 regular dollars. Also that my audio system has always bee... | |
| Sound Ultimately you want a system that you enjoy. If equalization works for you, use it. There are folks trying to build the best system possible, over the long term. I have been working on my for fifty years. There are paths that can get you off tr... | |
| Beautiful listening rooms @heretobuy 👍 Dr. Seuss! Good one! | |
| Other factors affecting sound @edcyn +1 | |
| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit You do not need to hardwire a streamer. Just get a wall wart wifi extender and put next to your streamer… plug into that. Put as much into the streamer as you can…. It makes a difference. As I may have said, I have owned $3K, $5K, $10K, and $22K s... | |
| Phono stage and preamp overload My experience has been to plug the components together, start with the lowest gain. Given the low output of your cartridge you will probably need the highest setting on your phono stage. But how much you need to turn up your volume control on your... | |
| Townshend Audio speaker podiums...three ways to install Thanks for the report. Glad to hear about the results. They are consistent with all the folks I know that use them. |