ghdprentice
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| Music and Gear Over time I went from analysis and upgrade to just listening and enjoying the music. Then after five or ten years, something... available funds / advances in technology... read an article, I upgrade something. This then throws the rest of my syste... | |
| Long term audiophile seeks room acoustic experience..., It is dependent on speaker technology and speaker location. My best results for cone floor standing speakers has been:1) wall behind speaker first (I use heavy Afghan carpet as a wall hanging). There are products to do this as well. For ribbon spe... | |
| Turntable lid up or off? I must admit to being interested in the answer. I never put the dust cover on my TT... currently a Linn LP12. I always thought they would vibrate and that would not be good. So I did a search and quick survey of the literature, virtually every dis... | |
| Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable Hmmm, after reading the comments, I bet the results are very highly dependent on the streamer. Some folks comment on drop outs. While I have trouble with wifi on my iPad at the same location, my streamer never has drop outs... but I have one of th... | |
| Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable @ghosthouse ‘I'm interested in your experience but having trouble understanding that last sentence. Perhaps a typo? Would you mind explaining further??THANKS.“Sorry for not being clear. Every time either I thought something (like a digital cable... | |
| Sub-$1250 DAC w/ built-in Headphone Amp Many DAC / Amps are available... it is not unusual. But since you are looking to upgrade already... you are likely to be happy with an upgrade and spur you on to wonder more. Then an integrated can be a liability. Since you are on this forum you a... | |
| Sub-$1250 DAC w/ built-in Headphone Amp Schiit Gungnir I own one and have compared the whole range while searching for a friend. We chose the Yggi for him. The Gungnir multibit gets you most of the Yggi for half price. The thing with Schiit products are they are generally really excelle... | |
| Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable I am using a wifi extender, connected to an EtherRegen Switch, connected via Ethernet to my Aurender WE20se. My audio guy recommended this when I got rid of my streamer that connected directly to wifi (Auralic Aries G2). I’d be interested in knowi... | |
| Seeking ideas about how to improve my system I only have a few minutes. But sounds like I was where you were a year ago. .I upgraded my headphone system to an Aurender N100, a brand new Ayre DAC, and Woo 300B high powered amp... Focal Utopia, Sennheiser 800s... anyway, the rich warm detailed... | |
| ProAc Response 2.5 vs Totem Mani 2 I have not heard to Proac. But I have a set of Totem speakers in my office system. I really like them, they sound spectacular and look even better. I have smaller ones with their small subwoofer... a great combination. They are punchy, natural sou... | |
| Processor question Moag,Let me a little more clear on why I commented on separating systems instead of your component choice. You seem annoyed. I do not have an agenda. Seeing someone ask a question that would have a relative minor influence on their desired outcome... | |
| Building a New Listening Room on a Budget I was really... really lucky when we bought our house... I accidentally chose a house with a near perfect listening area. My high audio guy says he has never heard one as good... and he has decades of experience installing many $200K systems. So, ... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? The overwhelmingm audiophile consensus is still yes to a preamp. In occasional instances where components are perfectly matched it works. But that is rare. There are quite a few folks that have tried it and gone back (stating exactly what Jond sai... | |
| Processor question I think folks like me look to help with the situations greatest opportunity. Our experience immediately identifies the pitfalls of stereo audio in a home theater situation. So we try and be helpful. If separate systems cannot be done, then I can’... | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Audiophilia tends to be a solo activity. Personally, I value my alone time more than anything. I am an only child, am inclined to deep reflection and learning. As a senior executive most of my career... you are really an island virtually always. ... |