ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| RCA interconnect recommendation OP. "It's a curious problem of "you don't know until you know" sort of thing."" This is so true! But also one of the things truly wonderful about high end audio... there is virtually no end to it... the more effort you put into it the better ... | |
| Next upgrade? Good question. I always upgrade in steps to a plateau, enjoy until I am ready to get started on the next level. In general, your equipment looks to be pretty compatible and on the same level, so there are a couple ways to go. My rule of thumb is... | |
| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase Congratulations. Look forward to hearing your comments. | |
| Looking for thoughts on Sonus Faber speakers @jjss49 Yes. In the beginning for me, I remembered amplified concerts and "good stereos" in college early ’70s). These had me recreating some shrill and often overly detailed sound. While great, it optimized one genera over all others (I was ... | |
| Bose speaker Have a close look at Totem. They are great... sound, natural an punchy, excellent fit and finish. I have a pair for my office. I love them. | |
| Who Tried Power Conditioners Over The Years and No Longer Use Them Today, Any Why? Yes, we all have different power and therefore power conditioning needs. Our neighborhood has buried power cables, I have two direct lines... but alas a power conditioner makes a big difference. | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation @millercarbon is quite right. An expensive interconnect can have a component level effect on a system. I have had three systems around for a long time. Occasionally I’ll swap some rediculously expensive cable into one of my less expensive systems,... | |
| Looking for thoughts on Sonus Faber speakers I think the KEF / SF comparison is important. A bit of forward treble comes off as more detailed... but it has a cost on realism. Real music (acoustic) has all the detail as presented by SF, but not the bit of extra forwardness. It is the naturaln... | |
| Coiling XLRs.... yes or no? Thanks. Good to hear the results of your experiment. | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation The rule of thumb is 10 - 15% of total budget. But depends on your components. One thing I learned early on, with modest components, be careful of too transparent interconnects. My system didn't sound better with truly neutral interconnects until ... | |
| Upgrading from the Schiit Freya+ I think you can be sure upgrading can net you significant gains. I owned a Sonic Frontiers CD for many years and tried out one of their preamps. While very warm I found lacking in detail. I would highly recommend looking for a used Audio Research ... | |
| To DAC or not to DAC ? Cool. Good choice. Take your time, you will be rewarded. | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought 👍 | |
| Tube Line Stage around $5k Congratulations. Zesty gets good reviews. One of my friends has a Zesto Phono-stage. | |
| How to Improve Gain for RCA on Preamp. Can it be done? I remember getting my first "highly rated" phono-stage at that price point long ago. It was truly terrible. Unfortunately phono-stages are not good at that price point. Typically they are only ok at ten times that. I would save up and then buy use... |