ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Am I a hopeless audio snob? I don’t think you are. I have owned a VPI Aries and now a contemporary Linn LP12 for thirty years. The VPI opened my eyes and shocked me at what was possible leaving the turntables of the 20th century behind. I asked my audio guy about some of the... | |
| dumb down an LP-12 I own a contemporary Linn LP 12. The LP12 was and continues, with upgrades to be a great turntable. The setup difficulties have primarily been in the initial table set up… the sprung suspension. One of the cool things is with a few upgrades your t... | |
| Should I upgrade my preamp/amp or my turntable? Audio Research just released an integrated amp for $5K the i50, or Luxman is highly regarded. | |
| Cost-effective integrated In this price range NAD would be a good choice. | |
| What direction should I go I think your approach is good. Your current equipment choices look to be exactly in line with your desired sound output. Given the high quality of your system you will want to add a streamer and DAC of appropriate quality. I would not recommen... | |
| Underpowered? +1 work on speaker placement if not +1 add two sub woofers… always add pairs… they will also extend soundstage as well as bass. Most recommended brand is REL. I am also not a Mac fan, but it should have enough power… maybe Bo up a level in spea... | |
| Comparison of ARC Ref 6 to Ref 6SE I upgraded from the Ref 5SE to Ref 6SE… so I cannot address directly. But no drop in midrange bloom or additional “solid state” like sound. The 6SE is an outstanding preamp. Reviews of direct comparison are all very positive. Check out the audio a... | |
| Should I upgrade my preamp/amp or my turntable? I would definitely first upgrade the preamp… it effects all. I would look for a used Audio Research preamp at the top of you budget. Incredibly natural, musical, and detailed. Alternatives Conrad Johnson’s, VAC, Cary. The center of a great system ... | |
| Honesty is the best policy...I think. I had an Auralic Aries G2 Streamer… it actually had a reboot nightly setting in the configuration. I frequently struggled with it. So, once a month doesn’t seem like a big deal… although I never need to reboot my two Aurender Streamers. You might... | |
| Do I need a dac An Audio Research Reference DAC would be a significant upgrade. Audio Research DACs are incredible and very complimentary to other Audio Research components. I could not believe it when I paired my ARC Ref 5SE with a ARC DAC! Speaking of synergist... | |
| Replacement DAC with USB in, XLR outs I have done a good amount of research in this area recently for a friend. I would recommend a Schiit Gungnir (I bought one, for my office) … although, honestly I would stretch and get the Yggdrasil (my friend bought one)… an outstanding deal that ... | |
| Interesting Result of Comparison of Expensive and Budget Setups That is an interesting comparison. I would just recommend no one generalize your experience into a rule of thumb. Virtually no two systems are alike. While really well chosen budget gear can sound really good and really poorly chosen expensive ge... | |
| preamplifier after preamplifier? @fiesta75 +1 | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? I suspect the real answer to the question is like every other question in high end audio: it depends. It depends on the quality of your streamer, router, modem, interconnects and downstream equipment. For me the answer is no, I needed no special n... | |
| How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?” @danager Over the decades I have increasingly been dissatisfied with electrified concerts. I now stick to acoustic symphonic and unamplified jazz. Otherwise my system sounds better. |