ghdprentice
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| Solar flares are here, everyone unplug your dryer! You never know what you will hear. I was just out observing the sun with my solar telescope. Wow. I have never seen the sun so active. Huge prominences, arches of plasm extending high above the surface. Big circular spikes extending from the u... | |
| Should I upgrade my preamp? I am not of the camp that you must understand what is missing from your current system. When you perform a significant upgrade with high quality components, you find out what you were missing. When you are talking about components like ARC you can... | |
| Solid state amp vs tube amps In general, yes… very much. Solid state tend to be much quicker but very easily run out of power. The often have much less mid-range bloom and rhythm and pace… resulting a much less musical sound. In general tubed amps will sound much more powerfu... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? You must give it time to break in. But in all honesty, unless you were looking to have a more analytical sound the move from tubes to solid state was probably not a good move. Also, in terms of sound quality (without regard to the sound family) I ... | |
| Older Linn Sondek LP12 info and interest +1 @dover If you are interested in high end audio it could be a good platform to upgrade to truly high end performance. Every LP12 can be upgraded to today’s excellent performance. But, it is unlikely the bearing, subcassis, and motor control... | |
| 4ohms or 8ohms for refurbished WATT/Puppy 5.1's? The rule of thumb is to try them. Like positioning, it is a suggested starting point. i would start with the one you immediately think sounds best and leave for a couple months. This will allow you to really get to know the sound. Then switch.... | |
| Wifi ethernet jack recommendation I have tried a number of Netgear and TP-Link extenders and mesh. They all have worked very well and I could not tell the difference between any of them. Although the Ethernet cable can make a difference. I have very good streamers and a great syst... | |
| Would the 300W CJ ART 300 Monoblocks be too much for my Avalon Ascendants? Omg no. Sound like a great choice. The power recommendations are… well, nearly meaningless. I have run amps of greater than recommended for decades. Either choice would be good. But in this case moving from Sonic Frontiers to CJ is a big move ... | |
| Ethernet cable for music streaming @soix +1 lps… and extender. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? Without the components and names of the power cords involved this is not a useful thread. I can’t imagine a thread being deleted by naming the components involved. That is the basic function of this forum. | |
| Audiophile frame of mind There are regular dollars and audio dollars as my partner noticed over thirty years ago. Buy the expensive Charmin tp… we will have to discuss that… $3K for a new interconnect… wow, what a bargain… a no brainer. BTW, if I were you I would look... | |
| I made a rookie mistake, don't do this FYI. I have not used a dust cover since 1990. I probably have put over 2,500 hours on my Frog (known to do about 2x normal play time). Then about 500 hours on my Koetsu Rosewood. Never any problems. I do a quick cleaning of the record before playi... | |
| Decware Sarah 300B Amp? For what it is worth. I got the 300B bug a few years ago. After hearing about them for so long. I also had a pretty good headphone system. I had the bright idea that since 300B systems tend to be lower power and that it would be a great match woul... | |
| Wire break-in safe without speakers? @dill I have looked at getting a cable cooker device for at least a couple decades… I alway have balked at the price. In retrospect, it would have been a great investment and saved an enormous amount of time. If you have a good system… it is ... | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby @engineears I agree with the process and it taking decades. I am happy to hear you have reached what makes you happy. I can almost hear it. But that is not my cup of tea. That is the great thing about our pursuit, there are flavors for everyone.... |