ghdprentice
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| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? So, who has lived with both and can articulate the sonic differences and similarities? Too many yes’s not enough information on sound. I am assuming the primary characteristics we are really interested in is sound quality. | |
| AR VT80SE compated to Ref 75SE amp discussion To me the VT80 really captures the magic of music… it also has the newer internal auto biasing circuits which are likely to have longer tube life. I was simply captivated by this amp when I first heard it. I really wanted to buy one the moment I h... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? @jerryg123. “Even if engineers have said the values are so minute the human ear can not differentiate the capacitance or inductance.”Especially if engineers say that. Going by “engineers” quoting variables is the best way to end up with a poor s... | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening Absolutely yes. Improving components improves the sound at all levels. Your choice of coarse must be a component which has the right character for your listening tastes. Also, while this is crude it has always worked for me, at least a 2x increase... | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… I’ve always considered audiophilia to be a disease. | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? Good luck. Sounds like a real hard one. All my speaker changes have been large steps up. In other audio choices I have not had good luck with lateral moves. They then to be unsatisfying mixed bags of changes. | |
| New Transport? / Streamer? / CD Player? In many ways the discussion is all about exactly the same audio stream, but how you chop it up and how many boxes you want to buy to get the music to your system. All start with a computer file at a company that desires to sell it. They can copy t... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago Interesting way of looking at it. Speaker purchases for me have always been big purchases, So I have probably owned only 5 pair in the last 50 years. Each represented a significant jump in cost and performance. Most were new, I guess when doing su... | |
| Best Circuit Breaker for a Dedicated Audio Line I just had my second direct line put in for my amp… I used 10 gauge. I was happily surprised how much better it made my system sound. I already had a direct line… this just separated the amp and other components. | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? @oregonpapa “When you go to a live, unamplified performance, of a small jazz group, or even a symphony orchestra, do you sit there and say to yourself ... "Oh my God! ... listen to that detail?" Great way of putting it. That was actually one of my... | |
| Fun With Cable Risers Ok then… I was pretty sure you would have thought that out. 😊 | |
| New Transport? / Streamer? / CD Player? @charles1dad Charles, what I am saying is not conjecture it is a forecast based on my knowledge and experience. I have been working in the high tech electronics industry for over forty years while being an audiophile. I have worker with electrical... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? I have a highly analytical background, perhaps lIke many folks that take up high end audio. The attraction to analyze, compare, and improve the easily heard sound quality characteristics is very high. So, as I learned I optimized the most obvious... | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… Judging by your comments and equipment this has been a pretty quick trip for you. A lot of us have spent fifty years or more getting to our dream systems. Every ones personality is different. So underlying reasons could be different than my guess ... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) I had a top of the line Nakamichi CD player. I put it into my system last year for about 30 seconds, unplugged it, took it upstairs and threw it in the trash. Literally. I payed thousands for it. Bit streams in the digital end are as important as... |