ghdprentice
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| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? Never heard a tubed preamp / ss amp that sounded soggy. I ran a Audio Research Ref 5SE with a Pass x350 for many years. No song, sounded good, But of course replacing the Pass x350 with an ARC Ref 160s tubed amp put the whole system on a much hig... | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? I am very much an Audio Research fan. All of my equipment is now ARC Reference. I have spoke to Trent indirectly several times. He is going to do a great job in keeping ARC at the head of the high end pack. I would unhesitatingly recommend ARC pro... | |
| New pre-amp purchase advice I recommend Schiit Freya + . I have not heard it but am very familiar with many of the companies products. I own three. They are simply outstanding for the money and this has the advantage of being tube or solid state, and you can swap tubes to se... | |
| Position of speaker cables and irregular behavior You are doing this correctly. I can’t believe you are not on the brink of solving the problem. Root cause analysis will give you the so,union. | |
| Is advice from a constant upgrader to be avoided Yes… MC needs balanced dual lava lamps… that is what was missing! | |
| Listening to music I don’t particularly like Most audiophiles are a mixture of love of music and of great sound. So, for most, the better the sound the wider the horizon of music accessible to be appreciated. I have known a couple of music lovers that would gain the same satisfaction from a ... | |
| Tube Preamps that work well with SS amps? Audio Research Conrad Johnson VAC | |
| Quboz/Aurender Issue Aurender released a firmware update last night that fixed the Qobuz problem. | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? For your reading I would skip company web sites all together and concentrate on The Absolute Sound and Stereophile reviews. There are a couple more... but you need as objective information as possible. | |
| Who Tried Power Conditioners Over The Years and No Longer Use Them Today, Any Why? @coltrane1 You are the lucky one out of a hundred or thousand. Sure wish that were true for the three places I have lived in the last 40 years. | |
| Recommendations for speakers with Luxman 509x Sounds like you have assembled a great system. All the components are top notch. | |
| Sonus Faber surprise @emilop Wow, that is interesting. Sounds like something I would do. cool looking amp. Congradulation, enjoy the speakers! | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please @yyzsantabarbara +1 Occasionally in the corporate world some employee that skirted on the edge of getting fired would finally reach his melting point, write an email copied to all employees condemning the incompetence of everyone around a... | |
| "Marriage w/ Pass Labs x250.8 While I haven't heard the speaks recently, the Pass x series are excellent amplifiers. I owned a X350 for over a decade. Will mate with preamp well. Hard to see this as anything other than a great match. I am also familiar with your streamer and D... | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? @melm +1 System dependent. I recently tried a Nordost Valhalla 2 AES (~$5K)and it actually sounded horrible... not at all what I was expecting. Also tested a Nordost Odin ($17K) analog interconnect... sounded great. I tested about half ... |