ghdprentice
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| Dynaudio Contour 30i or Sonus Faber Olympica II I have been reading The Absolute Sound, Stereophile, listening to high end systems, and upgrading my systems for decades. my theory was swapping SF for my ribbon speakers would change paths to higher overall musical fidelity. I verified my theory ... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. Worst hair… not sure cut is involved. | |
| Dynaudio Contour 30i or Sonus Faber Olympica II I bought Sonus Gaber Olympica 3 without heating them… I did. Lot of research and had purchased a set of Cremona as a test to verify my belief that SF was the right was to go. It was. I now own a pair of Sonus Faber Amati Traditional.I was a planar... | |
| DAC connection: which type gives highest fidelity? It depends. Generally optical is not good, skip that one. But USB versus SP/DIF or AES depends on the DAC since USB requires the DAC to retime the signal the others do not. So, it depends on the quality of the DAC versus the source. Generally, AES... | |
| System and speakers in a large room vs in a small room? Yes, I believe mating speakers of the appropriate size is important. My audio guy of over twenty years is adamant about it. He has been setting up high end systems all that time and has seen how under performing too small or too large are. He has ... | |
| CD Alternative There is an evolution going on. It started with a CD Player and will end with streaming. We are far enough along that there are high end solutions for the each end of the spectrum and anywhere in between. Solutions exist at most price points $1,00... | |
| Variation on a theme. What are your other passions in life? Bicycle ridingLiteraturePhilosophy: Metaphysics / Epistemology Red WinePhotography | |
| Spring Theory Thanks for your post Greenbean (😊). I just received my first set of Nobosound springs… thanks for the tip MillerCarbon. They had a positive effect under my 36 pound CD player / DAC… quieter background. So, I ordered three more sets. It would never... | |
| Tiny bridges everywhere, but why? Ahh, you are in the early stages. Try this. Consider the system you have to be your reference system. So, instead of thinking of selling it all, think of it as a very long termed project to very slowly and carefully move to your ideal system. But ... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. Sounds like Steve is running out of stuff to talk about. | |
| Best Speaker Choice for my very "non-audio-friendly" Living Room Wow. You are not kidding on a challenging environment. The photos are worth a thousand words.i would try small monitors on stands on the granite shelf. Put them just high enough not to get heated by direct radiation from the fireplace. This would ... | |
| Love my new amp and pre-amp 😃😊👍Take your time. Get to completely know the sound of your system and let it fully break in. All my Audio Research gear is supposed to take 600 hours of use to break in. While most of the real obvious change was over the first 250 hours… I did no... | |
| Best Speaker Choice for my very "non-audio-friendly" Living Room Interesting question. So, if imaging isn’t important… what is the purpose of the liven room system? Listening for many? Casual. The fireplace, how wide… how far from the listening area? a couch?things I am thinking is stuff like high quality monit... | |
| A sincere Thank You to AudiogoN members for the congeniality and sharing! @jusam. +1 | |
| Subwoofer Out to Mains? +1 to Millercarbon. Do the shortest and best possible connection of primary signal to preamp, amp and speakers. Then worry about the subwoofer. |