ghdprentice
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| Advice on Solid State power to match with ARC SP11 MKII I have mated Pass amps with my Audio Research preamps for decades. At 88db an Xseries would work well. But if you are not into head banging music I would save up,and buy a used XAseries. Although, with fifty years of upgrades under my belt, I woul... | |
| Power Cord Shielding I would. I would base my decision on a short list on professional reviews of their sound characteristics and not measurement or technology. There are just too many variables involved. I am sure most companies creating these things either started w... | |
| Should I buy a VTL Siegfried mk1 basically new 700 hrs? I would take them home on trial. They look great, reviewed vey well. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t sound better than what you could buy today for $17K. I am pretty sure they will be far more detailed without being harsh than your current ... | |
| New speaker cables recommendations sought I would say you are describing Cardas. Which model would depend on exactly the characteristics you want. I would recommend used… bring down the cost by half. I would think Clear Reflection would be what you are looking for. They are not cheap, but... | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? @marek28What was your associated equipment? What you describe is not the sonic signature of Aurender. Was it more than two years old? They redesigned the power supply about a year and a half ago, although that by itself would not account for the s... | |
| New Set Up Yes, you get advice here, but you have to be very discriminating in what you believe.Given your question, I would start with The Absolute Sounds’ and Strereophiles Recommended Products issues. Look at stuff at or above your price range… you can al... | |
| Western Electric or Takatsuki 300Bs? I have Takatsuki 300Bs, purchased after a lot of research and at the recommendation of Woo. I love them, worlds above whatever I got stock. I just got what I thought appealed to my aesthetic and were the very best. Have not tried the others. I don... | |
| New TT or new Cart? Technics content If you want to stick with the integrated. Then add a sub… same brand and model. Two will extend the soundstage. The only trick with them is to not turn them up too much or the pinch the center soundstage. Also carefully integrating them. | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? @mitch2 You are absolutely correct… but no matter how hard I have tried over the decades I just cannot get myself to spend that much money on something that does not directly improve the performance of my system. I ended up getting a extra DAC, an... | |
| Recommended streamers/servers? @efoo I recommend looking at Aurender… I had a Auralic Aries G2 and my Aurenders are much better. Aurender makes streamers at many price points. Streamers make a huge difference! I have experience with streamers from $200 (PC, as well as separates... | |
| Koetsu Rosewood Vs Rosewood Signature Vs HANA UMAMI RED advice please Congratulations on buying the Koetsu Redwood signature. For the last couple hours I have been listening to mine. It is really a wonderfully balanced and musical cartridge. It balanced detail with natural, musical sound. It really does an excellent... | |
| New TT or new Cart? Technics content There are lots of options, and depends on where you want to go. Is this about a lifetime path to a fantastic system. A one and done? My first thought would be Phono stage. If you are shooting for a great system. They are simply critical in getting... | |
| Are Pre-Amps necessary? @unsound. Exactly . The problem today is that it adds yet another compatibility issue in an already very difficult matching problem. One more variable can just make a misstep too easy. Assembling a high end system is too challenging for many peopl... | |
| Room rearrangement. Cable question Moving the equipment rack from between the speakers and leaving the amp there significantly improved the sound of my system. The advice from my dealer and long time audio comrade told me that to break between the preamp and amp was the one to make... | |
| Are Pre-Amps necessary? Yes, preamps are dinosaurs as they were 200 million years ago. They will go extinct, but not soon. |