ghdprentice
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| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? No, you do not. The real key to audiophile level performance is the streamer. Then when you get to the level of performance you are looking for you can start tweaking interconnects, power cords, and maybe add a EtherRegen.. (~$600). I run my sys... | |
| Speaker switch box for bi-wired speakers Sound quality degradation comes with all switch boxes… no extra charge. Unfortunately, no way out of it. I have tried a couple as high a quality as I could find simple to re-prove it. | |
| Help with finding a new streamer. I have owned and tried a number of streamers including Auralic Aries G2, Linn, and Aurrender N100, N10, And W20SE. I also tried a dozen or more combos of PC, and Mac (not the way to go). I recommend Aurender. Each step up the Aurender chain is... | |
| Do I really need an " Audio Grade Network Switch "? I have the best audio system I have ever heard… in fifty years of pursuing the high end. My digital streaming is equal in every way to my analog end (also outstanding). I use a common NETGEAR router ( which I upgraded recently and it had no impact... | |
| Educate Me I have been pursuing the high end from the 1970’s. While a professional, I did not make that much money at first... so I just slowly put together an ever better system. I have read The Absolute Sound and Stereophile for most of this time. Carver i... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? I have 36 tubes in my audio chain and it is dead quiet and the best system I have ever heard. | |
| Affordable digital front end cable I have an Aurender N100 on my headphone system. I have a WireWorld silver streak at the moment. I have a number of DH Labs PCs. I really like DH Labs for budget cords. I’ll swap a hew tomorrow and see if something stands out. ‘’Typically for a... | |
| What a pile of Schiit I did not find Schiit customer service overwhelming. But, their stuff is a great deal, sound quality wise. I don’t think I have had a problem with a solid state piece of audio equipment…. Well, let me think, decades…? More than that… ever? | |
| The hunt is over I am lucky to have a huge man cave. My partner comes down here once every six months, comments disparaging about my tubed headphone system on my coffee table and some picture isn’t straight and goes back upstairs. The investment was easy. I bu... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs @swede58 @samzx12 What is your other equipment and comparison with? For me Pass was lean in comparison the a Audio Research Ref 160s… using all ARC Ref equipment… my ID. | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time OP. Great system. I have the same preamp. Both my digital end and analog have equally great PRAT. You can see it under my ID. Both ends have similar detail and other attributes as well. This is a dream finally realized, there is no disappointm... | |
| Do I really need a preamp with dac with volume control help Given your enjoying the system and it is working well for you, I would not bother. For high end critical systems not having a preamp seldom is a satisfying and fully fleshed out sound. But since it is a secondary system, I would leave it there. ... | |
| Can one have too many tube components in a system? I have tubes in all components except for my streamer. No hiss, none…not a bit, dead quiet… If you have hiss, there is something wrong. The speaker efficiency on mine is 90db. For me each additional tube component was synergistic and brought m... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time OP As you can see, it isn’t that easy to learn to detect. I normally refer to it as rhythm and pace. That is the terminology used by Stereophile. Here is an article from 1992 on the subject. https://www.stereophile.com/reference/23/index.... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time Congratulations. I think it took me forty years to put my finger on what PRAT was. I knew that my foot was the key. Once I recognized it… how to listen and hear it, I really recognized what high end audio reproduction was about. My system now ARC ... |