ghdprentice
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| Qobuz sound quality intermittent issues? @audphile1 When I had the Auralic Aries G2 I was using a Simaudio Moon 650D with 850P power supply. The special power supply really lifted the performance of the DAC. If I remember correctly you can program the Aries to reboot nightly. Today I am ... | |
| Your favorite KT 150 based amplifier? After decades of wanting a Audio Research amp, but still reticent because of tube life and their reputation for unreliability I went to a demo of the new REF ARC 160m. They finally put the tubes under microprocessor control… auto biasing, extendin... | |
| Opinion on Audio Research DSi200 integrated amp https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audio-research-dsi200-integrated-amplifier-tas-204Hopefully this sheds some light. I have owned an Audio Research solid state preamp for many years. I would go for it if you like the review. I have all ARC... | |
| Qobuz sound quality intermittent issues? @dpac996 Very interesting “Treble Fungus”… pretty imaginative. I had the exact same problem… but was using Tidal and my Auralic Aries G2. I attributed it to the Aries… it was not intermittent, although the right kind of music could cover it up. I ... | |
| Preamp cutting out on left side You reseated all the tubes? Personally I don’t fool around with high end audio equipment. With the exception of tubes. I would call the dealer and ask his advice. I haven’t heard a tube fail this way, but I have had few problems with tubes. If you... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? Yes, for me switching back to my original after a long run is always good conformation. | |
| Qobuz sound quality intermittent issues? I use Qobuz for several hours a day and have never experienced that. I used to use Tidal, but found Qubuz with a better selection of high Rez content.I am listening to Cafe Blue right now. Not anything obvious to me. The imaging 3D. Bass solid in ... | |
| Recommendation for Dac for streamer The Aurender is a great streamer. Looking at mostly the cost of the Luxman Transport / DAC I would also think given the rest of your system a single purpose DAC (not transport also). What about the LUXMAN - DA-06 DSD DAC. This seems to be more in ... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards 1980ishUsed Audio Research SP-5 preamp (after rotating through many brands)Threshold 500s Amp (my first ever bank loan)ESS AMT 1D speakersThe New AR TurntableNakamichi LX-5 Tape Deck | |
| Time to upgrade my turntable? You have a pretty good turntable considering the rest of your system.My rule of thumb is always upgrade 2x or 3x the cost to get a significant improvement. Particularly the lower the initial cost. I would save up to make a bigger jump. This should... | |
| Which makes the biggest difference? It depends. The components that really matter are the: Streamer, DAC, Preamp and Amp. All matter. The biggest difference I have experience over the last ten years has been the streamer. I had been thinking it couldn’t matter. I was so wrong (just ... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS Do not use optical, that is a rule of thumb. Then whether the USB or COax would need to be tested. Given the inexpensive nature of the two components you could just get two budget interconnects USB and COAX. Since USB re-times the signal, this may... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? Your observations are exactly what I would expect from silver interconnects and cables that were not broken in. Having a host of stuff at once makes it a bit hard because of the pressure to evaluate. Take what you take to be the best of them, put ... | |
| To Stream or Not to Stream @mijostyn. “Streaming is for background music only. In no way shape or form is it ready for serious listening. ”Like all things in audio, it depends. But if you choose equipment carefully for high fidelity. That statement is categorically wrong.... | |
| New Preamplifier Testing (Poor sound) Make sure you have at least 200 hours of play on it. It may improve in sound for over 400 hours. It is unlikely it will not sound better than your old one when broken in.iI is very unlikely running your DAC output into your amp will sound good. It... |