ghdprentice
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| Five year plan: downsizing I don’t understand how we could be of any help. It is your ears and values in sound. I would get rid of it all and get contemporary equipment. If retiring, a Audio Research VSI75 integrated amp and speakers dependent on the target room. | |
| Need new headphone setup. I have a set of LCD2… they are good sounding, but very heavy. | |
| Static electricity affecting sound reproduction. Please help!! Go barefoot. I occasionally have static when I go to change records and hit the mute or turntable tonearm riser. I just take off my shoes, and it goes away. | |
| Mixing Transparent Cables I have Transparent ultra Gen 5 interconnects and cables throughout my system. I think this should be a great upgrade. Upgrades with Transparent tend to be substantial. Also, you should get a trial with your dealer. Your have equipment worthy of th... | |
| SONUS FABER BOOKSHELF SPEAKER ADVICE: Lumina II; Sonetto I; Sonetto II; Venere 1.5 I think you choice of Sonus Faber is appropriate. I have now owned three pair and have learned to appreciate their uniquely natural sound and beautiful construction. All the SF I owned are full sized so, I can’t directly contribute on the smaller ... | |
| High end turntables @baylonor Yes, I have kept trying to get my digital end to be as satisfying as my analog end. This has gone on for decades. It finally does… it took a lot of work (aka, money investing in contemporary technology)… I finally had to get the best... | |
| Need new headphone setup. The Sennheiser HD 6oo should be a good choice. Putting together a good sounding headphone system is like putting together a great sounding speaker oriented system. It takes time and money, but you must start somewhere. It took me over fifteen yea... | |
| Auralic Aries @pabs85 Exactly. | |
| Aqua 'La Diva' ($9k) or Gryphon 'Ethos' ($39k) versus. Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 T ($3k)? @lordmelton This is a very interesting observation. Question. You are comparing the same file format, one ripped on a PC and one ripped on the Aurender… and both played by streaming from the Aurender? If true. To me it would imply differ... | |
| Schiit Aegir pre-amp recommendation This is just a perspective comment. I would always concentrate on what preamp I want in my system foremost. It is the primary driver of the character of the system… the centerpiece. Then I would want to get a complementary amp. Given you have amps... | |
| FEDEX keeps destroying my New CARY 805RS Monoblocks - What can I do to prevent Nightmare? Honestly. I would do the road trip. Go excuse to relax and see some countryside and destress. | |
| Speaker selector that won't degrade sound No. There is no such thing. I tried a high grade over built hard wired switch box… still notably degraded the sound. Pretty much why high end preamps don’t have tone controls and all sorts of functions. Touch the signal as little as possible for t... | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? It seems that this thread has brought out some important aspects about pursuing high end sound. Lots of things matter. The breath shows how everything matters… since individual experiences are so widely distributed. It also shows one of the reason... | |
| Recommendation for Digital Coax Typically optical is of inferior quality. Generally known, I tried it a couple times and had to agree. I think it is the transducers that change from electrical to optical and back. I doubt any audio companies could make their own and probably are... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? About twenty years ago I started seeking real unamplified instruments in an effort to know what the real thing sounded like. I found an isolated piano here and there… occasionally a little jazz trio. It helped a little. Particularly the piano and ... |