ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I have been using tube preamps and phono stages for a couple decades (Audio Research). Now all my equipment is ARC tube. Typically when I head down to listen to listen I turn on my equipment and then go get coffee or wash up or take the dogs out. ... | |
| Upgrade my CD player or futile effort? In today’s world digital can be very comparable and as satisfying as vinyl. In general, it will cost a little more to get digital to sound as good as analog but I would say it is very much worth the money. While you can go the CD route, it is rath... | |
| Streamer/Server to replace Innuos Zenith I’d recommend a Aurender N10. They upgraded their power supply circuitry about a year ago. Great sound and a control application that everyone likes. I have two Aurenders, N100 and WE20se. If you have the means I would, of course recommend the WE2... | |
| Is it worth it to add a music server just for FLAC files? One of the most profound changes in the digital end of my system was to finally put in a high end music server. The first step was a Auralic.. then I moved to Aurender. The difference was profound. Now the sound quality of CD player played, LAN st... | |
| Looking for a tube preamp with remote control. I would be interested in hearing what your impressions are after you have implemented it and listened for a while. As Elliott pointed out this violates the fundamental principle of introducing no extra functions in the signal path. I tried a high... | |
| McIntosh Tube vs SS w/ Sonus Faber Aida II I have matched my Sonus Faber Amati’s with tubed Audio Research preamp and amp. The combination is magical, detailed and highly musical. The combination is a well known synergistic combination.McIntosh have a particular following. They are really ... | |
| Need more power, Bi-amping does it work or does it just sound wrong I have always put all the money I [possibly could into an amp. If I had enough money to double my investment I would buy a better amp (in the past they have always been high powered)… so the upgrade was in quality. I just couldn’t take a fantastic... | |
| The Importance of the Digital Cable OP. Not only can I not remember the cable brand. I don’t remember the two box CD brand… I never had a great memory and it is not getting better. Brands I spent a lot of time with back then were: Straight Wire, Cardas, Nirvana, Harmonix, DH Labs, a... | |
| The Importance of the Digital Cable Probably the most unexpected and profound difference I have ever heard was between a CD transport and DAC about thirty years ago. While I had already given up trying to explain why different wires sounded different, I was absolutely positive a dig... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? I personally know seven breakthrough cases (I don’t know many people). My doctor knows of ten. One of these was a 18 yo with asthma and was hospitalized for a week. The one death and near death infections were of two unvaccinated people. My partne... | |
| How is the decision made to produce a vinyl record on different I think the marketing theory is correct. I have some really marginal 200gram pressings. Most are great… some very disappointing. | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? Adding to what @jond said. It takes a long time to fully appreciate the effect that a set of interconnects produces. So, after lots of research I almost always need to live with a couple different ones for weeks. I usually end up buying a couple d... | |
| 100W+ solid-state amps known for beautiful mids Having owned and auditioned lots of amazing SS amps over the last 50 years, while some are very good. If you want great midrange just get a tube amp. I stayed away for decades until finally Audio Researched produced the auto biasing and microproce... | |
| Preamp advice- getting up to speed I highly recommend reading: The Complete Guide to High-End Audio by Robert Harley. It will give you the basic understanding, terminology and perspective to effectively navigate the world of high end audio. | |
| What process do you use to purchase cables? For me, completing my component upgrade cycle is the first step. No point in thinking about interconnects and/or cables unless you have the components they will be used with, fully broken in, and you completely understanding what they sound like. ... |