ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| New Streamer Transport I recommend the highest level of Aurender as you can afford. I am lucky enough to have two N100 and their flagship. They know how to make streamers with amazing sound quality. | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? @clearthinker lol | |
| Referent point Great idea of establishing a standard. However, I think this would only work for an individual or small group. Or maybe a store. Too many different tastes, hearing skills, sonic priorities. It’s up there with hearing cats.You know, as an aside, wa... | |
| Ayre Codex (former) Owners, what did you move on to? Yes, you want the option. Depending on your source you want to choose: USB (which re-times the bitstream) and SP/DIF, AES (that don’t re-time the bit stream)… optical is normally avoided as typically it is inferior to the others. | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well i think I have a polka album somewhere… great idea, I never thought of playing it again. Dust cover, perfect! | |
| Does Expert Music Streamer Outrun CD Player? If there is a difference of opinion on whether streaming outperforms CD then it is an issue of implementation. Meaning a CD player / DAC’s specific design. My streamer outperforms my CD player and they use the same DAC. I have a Aurender flagship... | |
| Ayre Codex (former) Owners, what did you move on to? @gdnrbob Good point. I would not recommend a USB only DAC and thr QB-9 is. They make great DACs that use AES and other normal inputs. | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? Given your equipment at a minimum I would recommend a Schiit Yggy if you want to go the budget route. The Yggdrasil will compare well with DACs significantly more expensive. But unless you kick you digital end up a few notches it is going to conti... | |
| PC for LUMIN X1 ! .... Shunyata? Nordost? Synergistic Research? AQ? TransparentCardasWireWorld I normally go to The Absolute Sound and Stereophile annual component ratings issue to choose my starting point. If they have a top rated one for some ridiculous amount of money that is highly rated, it is OK. Seek review... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I have purchased a spare set of tubes for all my components. In the unlikely need to trouble shoot they are there. Also, when the 3,000 hours are up. Sure, they may last longer. | |
| Ayre Codex (former) Owners, what did you move on to? I had a QB-9 in my headphone system. It was fantastic for its time. I upgraded it to QB-9 20… now an excellent contemporary DAC. If you enjoyed the CODEX then buying a contemporary Ayer DAC is a good move. | |
| PC for LUMIN X1 ! .... Shunyata? Nordost? Synergistic Research? AQ? It gets tricky. With high end equipment it is even more important to make good choices. One question to think about is when are you going to upgrade to those other components? If it is five or ten years, then I would not think about them. I always... | |
| why do people think the LINN LP 12 is so superior to the Thorens (say 165 super) I have a contemporary Linn LP12 with a Koetsu Rosewood Signature replacing my VPI Aries / Van den Hull Frog and it is a tremendous turntable. Any piece of equipment that has been upgraded for many decades is going to get comments about earlier ver... | |
| Is it worth it to add a music server just for FLAC files? I completely understand where you are coming from. I was there, thinking I just want to use what I have. But at some point I broke through that mind set and realized there was a whole new world out there… It completely blew me away. I look back no... | |
| A turntable that plays all types of music well I never thought of turntables in this light. But after thinking about it, there is a difference in presentation between good heavy weight unsprung tables like VPI Aries which I owned for a couple decades and sprung tables, like my current Linn LP1... |