ghdprentice
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| Air Tight ATC-5 preamp I would love to have one. | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio 1 new audiophile pressing to 9 used records (8 out of the 9 are in perfect condition once cleaned and treated). | |
| OPPO 205 vs Aurender N200 Without a doubt the Aurender will provide a huge jump up in performance. It is all too easy to think the streamer doesn’t matter, it does. Just like the turntable, cartridge ion the analog side. I used misc devices for streaming for years, PCs, la... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? @arafiq i have not auditioned QS. But experience with this kind of question in the past has always resulted in the support in your supposition. QS offers great value for the money, but not of the same level of performance. (No, the big boys are no... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I believe that the preamp is the heart of most good systems. It has been for mine for fifty years. It is the heart of the magic. Some folks have sucessfully connected digital equipment direct to amps but so far that seldom works well. This may wor... | |
| Speaker placement: Rug in front of speakers vs Rug underneath speakers I have Sonus Faber Amati. I think in front is enough. But mine do not have a speaker pointed down. My intuition says up to the speakers is enough. | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area My first thought was that floor reflections were reinforcing the treble. This is not a good thing since they are reflections. I think this is a speaker placement / setup problem. Wall to wall carpeting to me is far preferable to something that ref... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? I had gotten interrupted in my post and due to the time limit could not edit or complete it.I had failed to address the midrange directly. The ARC amp has midrange bloom where instead of a good solid rendition of colors with the Pass the whole spe... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? @chorusi can characterize the difference between the Pass x350 and ARC Ref 160s. The difference is profound. Both have house sounds of their respective companies.The most obvious difference is in slam and detail. The Pass amp has notably more slam... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? Sounds like you are at a crossroads. I have owned Pass amps for 40 years… typically of higher wattage… but they have the same character. I have also own Audio Research equipment Preamp / Phonostage. I cannot address your question directly… but my ... | |
| AR VT80SE compated to Ref 75SE amp discussion For decades Audio Research Amps only offered balanced inputs. The new Reference series now offers single ended, but recommends using balanced.You can’t go wrong with either. Musical preference. For me, I am completely enthralled with the VT80. I m... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? So, who has lived with both and can articulate the sonic differences and similarities? Too many yes’s not enough information on sound. I am assuming the primary characteristics we are really interested in is sound quality. | |
| AR VT80SE compated to Ref 75SE amp discussion To me the VT80 really captures the magic of music… it also has the newer internal auto biasing circuits which are likely to have longer tube life. I was simply captivated by this amp when I first heard it. I really wanted to buy one the moment I h... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? @jerryg123. “Even if engineers have said the values are so minute the human ear can not differentiate the capacitance or inductance.”Especially if engineers say that. Going by “engineers” quoting variables is the best way to end up with a poor s... | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening Absolutely yes. Improving components improves the sound at all levels. Your choice of coarse must be a component which has the right character for your listening tastes. Also, while this is crude it has always worked for me, at least a 2x increase... |