ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps Typically there used (30 years ago and earlier) to be fairly large differences between the two camps. But they step by step converged closer to real music and to reflect more the designers intent as opposed to detailed but harsh versus warm and la... | |
| Quboz/Aurender Issue I have two Aurender streamers. I have not had to fiddle with them at all and they have performed flawlessly with the exception of this current Qobuz issue that effects only one of my streamers. I sent them an email about it Friday night and re... | |
| Upgrading my system Sounds like you have some fun changes in front of you. When you put a system together each component and interconnects make a big difference in the sound you get. Changing more than one thing and/or not entirely sure of what you want can make the ... | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please Well, as an owner of an ARC REF 6SE, no question that would be my recommendation. It's the cost is a bit too high just buy a Ref 6... or Ref 5SE. I owned a REF 5SE for many years... the 6SE sounds better... but I would prefer that to anything else... | |
| Sonus Faber surprise Congratulations on the find. Older Sonus are frequently characterized as warm. I have had three sets of Sonus beginning with Cremona. If fed a neutral signal they will sound very natural and organic. I don’t know what Gallo sound like. If in f... | |
| The volume of my speakers going down by itself and going back again in a minute or two I'm thinking the possession thing. Both channels are experiencing the volume change? While I have never heard of such a thing... if it is in one channel, I would suspect a tube. ARC is really well made... so the most likely culperate is a tube... | |
| Quboz/Aurender Issue Same is happening to me. Aurender support promptly explained they are working on it and will have a fix shortly. Happily I did store a couple thousands on it’s internal storage. I haven’t had a reason to use them before this... or God forbid, I wo... | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers @mofojo "Do you prefer the Focals or the Sennheisers? " To me, one of the most interesting experiences I have had. I got serious about headphones about 18 years ago. I slowly upgraded from basic, with basic electronics. I have LCD2, Beyer... | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers A top of the line headphone system and speaker systems are two very different things. I have both. Click on my UserID to see them. I would say both of my systems are capable of similar sound quality and detail. I listen to my speaker system 99+% o... | |
| Position of speaker cables and irregular behavior Now this is an amazing problem... not in a good way. Why don't you post some photos of your system and space in your profile. Sometimes a photo says more than a lot of words. | |
| ProAc Response 2: CJ CAV45, Cary SEI 300B, or Cary Rocket 88? First of all, I think your short list is great... these are really outstanding choices. Any would be great choices. But I think, given the efficiency of the speakers I would go for the Conrad Johnson. All the choices you mention are known for the ... | |
| Turntable and cartridge setup known for a marvelous bottom end. My experience is that heavy turntables without a suspension offer really solid bass... Think of one of the VPI unsprung turntables for cost effective solution (there are many other companies making good unsprung tts. If it isn't in the source... t... | |
| Position of speaker cables and irregular behavior Wow, that is weird. Have you switched the speakers? That should add some important data. | |
| Cost of Turntable vs. cost of Phono Stage I have had really good turntables for about 30 years. VPI Aries (Van den Hull Frog) and now a contemporary Linn LP12 with a Koetsu Rosewood Signature cartridge. Over that time I had well chosen phonostages that ran from20% to a bit over 100%... I ... | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? I would think Pass XA series... maybe used. Or Krell. |