ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Diminishing returns? I love music and videos. I am fortunate enough to have a separate audio and home theater… which is ideal as they have somewhat different requirements and can get in each other’s way. But they can be combined effectively. Some good speakers and a g... | |
| Which would you buy & why? Just a three parameters: class, wattage, cost are really too few. Plus, there is your preferences and speakers. Most speaker sound better with more power regardless of the volume you play them at… but then it depends on the implementation of the t... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? While I haven’t done any testing myself, the rule of thumb is that optical is the least preferred connection. I have simply always steered clear of them. Good to hear evidence. | |
| I knew I shouldn’t have thrown my Electrical Engineering text book in the campus pond! @millercarbon. +1Leave the book in the pond. There really is no substitute for listening and professional reviews. Your on the right track. Try stuff. | |
| Power cord choice? A good power conditioner may improve the sound of your system, it may not… it may have a negative impact. As is nearly always the answer, it depends. It will depend on your power grid and system. Some people do best without. Just to retest mine, I... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound Agreed on nighttime. Lower ambient noise and more stable power. | |
| Fear of volume control I typically listen at the 65 to 75 db range. So the fast response varies in that range. Slow is in the 70 - 75 db range. | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration I am sure there are turntables less susceptible to footfalls. But, the simplest solution is to remove the tt from the trampoline. | |
| Power cord choice? I have all ARC equipment (click on my user name to see my systems). I prefer Transparent interconnects and power cords. You want interconnects and power cords to do no tonal changes to the ARC signal. I have found Transparent best for that. I am n... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration I had an AR which I could rap in the the top with my knuckle and it would not skip or have the sound transmitted to the speakers. It did what it was designed to do. When I walked by it would skip every time. The solution was simple, a wall rack… t... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound Very heavy components always sound better than light ones. | |
| Streaming with vintage DACs All the DACs of that era to which I was exposed to sounded very, very poor in comparison to today’s DACs, at least at the mid to high end. | |
| Will accidental max volume damage a speaker? “WIDE FULL OPEN!” Exactly | |
| Noise floors “G.M. has set a goal of selling one million E.V.s a year by 2025. It also hopes to produce only electric cars and trucks by 2035.”‘Ford promised that all of its passenger cars in Europe would be “zero-emissions capable all-electric or plug-in hybr... | |
| Noise floors @rickderuter Seriously? That sounds terrible. You live in a house or apartment? Is it inside or outside? This cannot be good for you. I would be hunting it down. |