ghdprentice
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| Wire break-in safe without speakers? @dill I have looked at getting a cable cooker device for at least a couple decades… I alway have balked at the price. In retrospect, it would have been a great investment and saved an enormous amount of time. If you have a good system… it is ... | |
| Audiophilism is a hobby @engineears I agree with the process and it taking decades. I am happy to hear you have reached what makes you happy. I can almost hear it. But that is not my cup of tea. That is the great thing about our pursuit, there are flavors for everyone.... | |
| Need to replace my Sonic Frontiers Power 3's Given the age and original performance of these amps I would look at this as an opportunity to upgrade. I was familiar with Sonic Fontiers equipment around the turn of the millennium, I owned one of their CD players and one could do much better. I... | |
| Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System? I listened to Temptation on my main system and headphone system. Sounds great in both cases. No criticisms or oddities come to mind. Only it sounds fantastic. | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? I’d still part with my system before my dogs. | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? I stream nearly exclusively and nearly always listen to the whole albums. My system is very musical and I am often lured into albums I would not have listened to in earlier iterations of my system when it was analytical sounding. I found, at least... | |
| Speaker cable change?? Hi Ray, I ran Apogee Slant 8’s for many years. They are incredibly good speakers for the money. Audio Research is also a great compliment to them as it is really easy to have them sound really lean… with just too much resolving power. Budget ... | |
| Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System? This is a good question. Over time folks struggle with their system and different recordings. My first reaction is that you are listening to your system and not the music. You are focused on a couple parameters. I think this is probably becaus... | |
| Accuphase or Leben for heavy metal I agree with those above. The Leben sounds like a simply elegant amp I would love to own and play string quartets and traditional jazz. | |
| Audio Research Pre-Amp advice @daveteauk Audio Research preamps warm up profiles have changed substantially over the different models. I have not heard a Reference 3. But I have lived with a Ref 5SE and 6SE for a long time as well as a pre-REF one. The warm up profile of a ... | |
| Best DAC’S $5k to $15k Definitely look at an ARC DAC 9. I compared mine (actually a CD9SE) with a $22K Berkeley Alpha Reference.. I was prepared to shell out the money for the Berkeley, but found the ARC ever so slightly (but importantly) more musical… while the Berkele... | |
| Audio Research Pre-Amp advice +1 on not worrying about service. Most will never need service, they are built to last a lifetime and Audio Research prides itself on servicing older models and having an extensive parts stockroom. Should you keep it for decades, then any competen... | |
| Audio Research Pre-Amp advice @daveteauk The reason I never needed a tube change in my ARC ReF 5SE was because I had a job. The max a day was one hour (often all I could manage was 45 minutes) and I spent a week or two out of the country every month. So, putting hours on ... | |
| For those familiar with Sonus Faber Yes… well, depends on the time frame. Dealers will often make you a deal to give you full trade in value on a speaker that is double the cost for a few years. If you are going to be able to afford the Amati in two or three years… then talk to your... | |
| How you know your system is improving? You bring up some very good questions. Improving your audio system is a very long term endeavor. In the beginning what you don’t know is nearly infinite. Necessarily the process involves learning. As you learn your tastes change. This has certain... |