ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Music first or sound first? Sound while upgrading and music in the years between. although that isn’t entirely correct because when I’m listening to the sound during upgrade, I’m also making sure the music is coming through since that is the point. Much of musicality is Rhyt... | |
| 300B SET Amp driving Wilson Sabrinas I find my system completely satisfying at 70 - 80 or below. Additionally safety standards are guidance and I would prefer to be no where near the limits, they easily could be too high as well as low. I would not want to put my hearing in jeopardy.... | |
| Listening position/speaker position That does not sound remotely like a good idea. I’m guessing he’s trying to see if he can get you to move everything. You loose normal bass reinforcement and add rear reflection problem. If I were to comment on your setup. I think your tria... | |
| Best amplifier for Acoustat 2+2 electrostats for holographic sound, or change speakers? @tomic601 +1 yes, I missed that. Often planar require much more reflection than dynamic speakers… it would be easy to have overly dampened the rear walls. Also, like all planar these need vey precise positioning. | |
| Revel Performa3 Cabinet Defect That must have been heartbreaking. Most folks can’t go out and just buy another one at that price. | |
| Best amplifier for Acoustat 2+2 electrostats for holographic sound, or change speakers? My first set of high end speakers were Acoustat 2 + 2… 1979? They were awesome but I instantly realized that a much better amp was required if I was going to keep them. So I bought a high current amp ($5K 19K today)… but after that purchase I coul... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? @tonywinga +1on beautiful and wool rug. | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? @middlemass +1 | |
| Suggestions for power amps As always there is probably no end to the number of steps up you could make. I would recommend thinking about going used and getting a main stream high end amp. You should be able to get something that was over $6K originally which in general will... | |
| Aurenda and Tidal and Qobuz connect Huh? Conductor is the way to access native Qobuz. This way conductor controls the Aurrender. If you are trying to access the Qobuz app on the iPad and stream from that… you don’t want to do that. If you could manage, you will basically be using y... | |
| Think I ruined stylus A couple hours is nothing. Sounds like the stylus picked up a lot of dust. There are dozens of stylist brushes and cleaners. Just be very gentle. | |
| Turntable Advice on Hum/Brands I am a fan of VPI the “Player” looks good and is in your price range. By wood floors, you mean suspended? Suspended floors often require a wall mounted platform. All the isolation on suspended turntables is centered on vibration not on isolati... | |
| Napping while listening Some of my favorite sessions are when I am in my recliner listening to music with the lights off and eyes closed and the music fills my consciousness and I flit back and forth along the thin line of consciousness and unconsciousness. | |
| My new review for The Absolute Sound comparing AGD GAN amps with BHK300’s Good job. A friend of mine brought over a set of Mark 2. Your review is consistent with what I heard. I thought they were very cost effective for their price. While they did not best my Audio Research Reference 160m they were not at all a slouch. | |
| Burning-in as a non-linear experience On a related issue. Warm up on the Audio Reseach Reference 5 preamps was very unique. Just turning them on was not enough to get the best sound. A signal running through it was required. It was really obvious. You could turn it on for an hour and ... |