ghdprentice
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| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time OP As you can see, it isn’t that easy to learn to detect. I normally refer to it as rhythm and pace. That is the terminology used by Stereophile. Here is an article from 1992 on the subject. https://www.stereophile.com/reference/23/index.... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time Congratulations. I think it took me forty years to put my finger on what PRAT was. I knew that my foot was the key. Once I recognized it… how to listen and hear it, I really recognized what high end audio reproduction was about. My system now ARC ... | |
| A different world @pokey77 +1 Cool | |
| Best place to use better xlr cable Audio Research equipment is fully balanced and they recommended one using balanced interconnects. I have used single ended for the last forty years. Since I moved to all ARC Reference gear I felt obligated to go to balanced, so, I did. Did it make... | |
| A different world @pokey77 Thanks. I think the EtherRegen was worth it… like one of the many tweaked that adds up to a great system. It was only $600 or something… less than a power cord. I think my concern is that someone not familiar with the technology ... | |
| Do we really know what "Live" music sounds like? Deep experience with anything allows you to make adjustments. If you are at live concerts that are being recorded. Look around. Where is it being recorded from. When ever I go to a concert I look and listen to the acoustics. I look for microphones... | |
| Mark Levinson & Others Mark Levinson is a very highly regarded brand among some audio folk. I have never liked the brand. To me it is highly accurate, dynamic but unmusical. It removes the music… might be good for studios. I want dynamic, detailed and highlu]y music... | |
| Power Cable Suggestions - Budget What components do you have? That will make a difference. Is it a preamp or surround processor… big difference. | |
| Recommended Pre-Amps under 1k? I think you picked it: Schiit Freya+. Outstanding value for the money. | |
| External phono stage for Luxman 509x I recommend as good a Audio Research phono stage as you can afford. They are world class. I futzed around with other brands and was very disappointed for over ten years, then I found ARC, the last 40 years I have had ARC. Natural, detailed and mus... | |
| Best place to use better xlr cable As early in the audio chain is most probable… but, like everything in audio… you have to try it. ‘Questions you might ask, that would suggest a different place to start: are all of you components internally balanced? If not that would suggest you... | |
| Thoughts and Advice regarding Sonus Faber speakers After many years of planar speakers an my best friend having Thiels I switched to Sonus Faber: first Cremona, then Olympica 3, then Amati Traditional. I also have had some ARC equipment, now all is ARC. I think your thinking is on point for wh... | |
| Improving my Preamp Audio Research Reference 6. I have owned previous lower en ARC preamps, Reference 5SE (6 years)… and for the last couple years Reference 6SE. I can’t recommend it too much. For nearly forty years I paired these with Pass solid state amps. My jour... | |
| Lifespan of components? I suspect typically 35 to 50 years or more , based on my experience… not much. But we all know capacitor performance falls after some time… probably less than twenty years. Then there is better performance in new stuff. Typically even in amps ten ... | |
| The hunt is over Congratulations, beautiful. … just in the nick of time it appears, looks like you running out of room. I reach happy plateaus, I am one past my end game system. |