ghdprentice
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| Totally overwhelmed (speakers under $5k) I recommend going to hear what is available in your area. Or make appointments and drive to the nearest city. While you will be hearing their electronics and room acoustics… speakers have different sounds… vastly different… like B&W vs, Magnap... | |
| Your method for discovering great music. Now with streaming, it is amazing…. Other albums by artists I love, newly released albums by genera… I choose the genera I am in the mood for… Jazz, world, electronic, Blues, rock… etc. Then, like in Qobuz… Qobuz favorites, most listened to. It is... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? I agree with the don’t own a boat or snowmobile (unless those are your passions)… one of the real keys to enjoying life is to feed your passions and starve to other stuff… cars were never important to me, nor the quality of TP (to the horror of my... | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? @jbhiller Well said. For me: “I don't have $50k speakers, but today I have $32K speakers and I never thought I'd get here. I can now fathom maybe a $70K set of speakers if I could use them and enjoy them thoroughly for 20 years. However, wh... | |
| can it bee that audio research vsi 75 has lack of open highs/mid ? VSI 75 today… REF 75se in a few years… REF 160s in a few more. | |
| Turntable parts upgrade Congratulations. I remember when I upgraded from a “common table… the reissued AR) to a VPI Aries… it was one of those jaw dropping moments I have never forgot. A completely different world. If the system was mine I would upgrade the cartridge… g... | |
| Midrange heavy speaker cables, any recommendations? Cardas. They are all a bit warm… The Clear Reflections sound like the ticket… but honestly this is symptomatic relief… if you think it’s a tiny bright… it’s too bright. | |
| Affordable vs. ultra expensive speakers - what's the difference? I think this is somewhat like asking the difference between a Volkswagen and a Porsche (name your sports car. It sounds many times better. | |
| DAC Question: Delta-Sigma vs R2R As @tcadden brings up… learning about sound and what you want is critical. I highly recommend this book: The Complete Guide to High-End Audio Book by Robert Harley Knowing the terminology and match your observations to each of them makes le... | |
| Why People Like Tekton I have certainly been turned off by many hyper detailed systems… ear bleeding, no musicality. | |
| can it bee that audio research vsi 75 has lack of open highs/mid ? @stone1 Thanks. Helpful information. So, understanding your situation better. The normal recommendation would be to say, find your speakers first. Then work on subsequent components. After fifty years of improving my audio systems. I am goin... | |
| 2 vs 8 tubes in preamp, sound difference? @tomic601 Thank you. | |
| 2 vs 8 tubes in preamp, sound difference? OP. “How does one learn so much?”… First of course you have to be really drawn to music. Assuming that… then you have to be drawn to really complex problems. Over my lifetime I realized… I am ok at book learning… but I really like and am reall... | |
| Which interconnect cable to upgrade first @xcool I completely agree with SDL4. We’re they broken in? I have a lot of experience with Cardas, and am still scratching my head on your experience with them. | |
| Underpowered? Excellent explanation. @jjss49 |