ghdprentice
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| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase All categories of components have made huge improvements in sound quality over the last 20 years… huge. And in general, as always, the more you spend (assuming good research and a carefully chosen component) the better it will sound. You listen to... | |
| Headphone for multi-use If you want high fidelity then Focal… don’t know what your price range is. They are easy to drive and very accurate. I have Focal Utopia and a very high quality DAP. But less expensive are good as well. To power from really low power Ultrasone Edi... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. I have a good friend that has a problem making decisions. He will go into a high end store and spend an hour or two asking questions… he goes to shows and talks his way through the show and rooms. He somewhat proudly proclaims he can waste an enor... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS Typically optical is of poor quality. SP/DIF (RCA) or AES will have full resolution. Music streamers normally will not have HDMI outputs, those are for home theaters. A streamer can have a DAC with it. Normally if you talk about a streamer it woun... | |
| Looking for streamer I recommend Aurender. I have used a bunch of inexpensive streamers and a Auralic Aries G2.. then the SQ got really good when I got my first Aurrender (N100). After auditioning a N10 I bought a W20SE. Highly recommended. | |
| Dealer Called.."Your Speakers are In" Congratulations. It is great being happily impressed by new equipment. | |
| Forum admiration and requested guidance Congratulations for getting to this point in life. Honestly, great time to splurge on something you love. I’m a bit older… but I upgraded a few years before retiring so I could really enjoy it. I did! Then I was really lucky to be able to make a c... | |
| Blue Lights Great question. Nearly all of my stuff used to be blue except for my Sim Moon DAC that had really bright red… it bothered me… but still I never actually thought of adding that to my criteria for equipment. Fortunately it solved itself, I now have ... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. The internet has given tremendous opportunity to younger and less well healed audiophiles. If you have more time and learn to research well you can save a ton of money and have orders of more choices than from a dealer. Like MC says there is a lim... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. I understand your frustration. I remember back in the 80’s and 90’s I used to go to high-end stores to audition systems way out of my price range. I hoped for no other customers. The sales people would quickly figure out I couldn’t afford the stuf... | |
| I did the right thing after all. Congratulations. It is great acquiring a product you really like. For much of my audio past I used carefully chosen speakers that cost something like 5% of the rest of my system. Great electronics can make the right speakers sound spectacular. | |
| Two surprising things I found that improved my imaging and staging... Congratulations. Speaker placement is a big deal and getting it right is really rewarding. Depending on the room and speakers 1/8th inch change can make a big difference. Glad it is going well! | |
| Seeing sounds and music..... First off, I have very similar musical experiences… I think. I usually close my eyes and get taken off in a musical geometric light show that I see in my mind’s eye. It ebbs and flows with the music. It becomes an all encompassing experience… no d... | |
| Budget High Current Power Cords OPI think you are taking away the right thing. Power cords like interconnects and cables depend on your system. There are all sorts of different approaches. Intuition or a single design approach is seldom the determinant of what will sound good in... | |
| Preamp Opinion @bcool57”Trust me! If I built it, you would not want to listen to it😂”That would be me also. I am a big picture kind of guy. I don’t touch turntables or take things apart, they would never sound good again.But tube preamps… incredibly reliable. I ... |