ghdprentice
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| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio I did check out the site. I was confronted with a page full of albums at $299.00… $349.00… then finally $199.00… gulping. ‘Ok, free shipping”, wow what a deal. I paid my $14.99 / month Qobuz bill. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I corrected myself… most guys. I guess I should alway strike all from any comment. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? McIntosh are excellent amplifiers. They are loved by a lot of people. They have a rich midrange and lots of bass. They are excellent for Rock music when paired with the right speakers. Personally, I do not like them. I love the look and have gone ... | |
| Any Vienna acoustics love out there? Anyone even still using them? I remember those speakers… they were very good.“Can a speaker be on the warm side and still detailed?“Yes… and importantly so can a system. In my view it should. If a system highlights the detail too much it becomes too analytical and takes the fo... | |
| Air Tight ATC-5 preamp I would love to have one. | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio 1 new audiophile pressing to 9 used records (8 out of the 9 are in perfect condition once cleaned and treated). | |
| OPPO 205 vs Aurender N200 Without a doubt the Aurender will provide a huge jump up in performance. It is all too easy to think the streamer doesn’t matter, it does. Just like the turntable, cartridge ion the analog side. I used misc devices for streaming for years, PCs, la... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? @arafiq i have not auditioned QS. But experience with this kind of question in the past has always resulted in the support in your supposition. QS offers great value for the money, but not of the same level of performance. (No, the big boys are no... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I believe that the preamp is the heart of most good systems. It has been for mine for fifty years. It is the heart of the magic. Some folks have sucessfully connected digital equipment direct to amps but so far that seldom works well. This may wor... | |
| Speaker placement: Rug in front of speakers vs Rug underneath speakers I have Sonus Faber Amati. I think in front is enough. But mine do not have a speaker pointed down. My intuition says up to the speakers is enough. | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area My first thought was that floor reflections were reinforcing the treble. This is not a good thing since they are reflections. I think this is a speaker placement / setup problem. Wall to wall carpeting to me is far preferable to something that ref... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? I had gotten interrupted in my post and due to the time limit could not edit or complete it.I had failed to address the midrange directly. The ARC amp has midrange bloom where instead of a good solid rendition of colors with the Pass the whole spe... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? @chorusi can characterize the difference between the Pass x350 and ARC Ref 160s. The difference is profound. Both have house sounds of their respective companies.The most obvious difference is in slam and detail. The Pass amp has notably more slam... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? Sounds like you are at a crossroads. I have owned Pass amps for 40 years… typically of higher wattage… but they have the same character. I have also own Audio Research equipment Preamp / Phonostage. I cannot address your question directly… but my ... | |
| AR VT80SE compated to Ref 75SE amp discussion For decades Audio Research Amps only offered balanced inputs. The new Reference series now offers single ended, but recommends using balanced.You can’t go wrong with either. Musical preference. For me, I am completely enthralled with the VT80. I m... |