ghdprentice
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| Am I right for this forum? Your relative investment is an indicator of dedication, but not the only one. I have known people that do not have large incomes but are fanatical about sound reproduction and dedicate enormous effort to achieving the best possible sound. They are... | |
| Am I right for this forum? You sound like a music lover to me. The definition of an audiophile that I picked up about fifty years ago was someone who is a fanatic to reproduce natural musical sound possible at any cost. It is a disease that results in spending an unbelieva... | |
| Cardas Customer Service is Amazing! Cardas is a great company. Thanks for documenting your experience. | |
| What is the quality and performance level of Fluance turntables?? @noromance You are very correct. I’ll post the same thing I did before, “Turntables are available from under $100 to well over $50,000. In general, you get what you pay for. In the budget range Rega is well respected.” I recommend looking at... | |
| Should I update a vintage 16" broadcast transcription turntable? @mijostyn Yeah, I understand. I think I ended up with something best described as rumble machine in my distant past. Not something you want to listen to. | |
| Coaxial - USB from DAC Not an answer to your question, but a dedicated streamer placed with the rest of your components will likely sound a lot better and solve the problem. You can feed it with a wifi extender and short Ethernet cable to avoid a new problem). My high e... | |
| Should I update a vintage 16" broadcast transcription turntable? @mijostyn …”You will only wind up with a rumble machine.” 😂 that is really funny. | |
| first & last system If you want good sound, typical proportioning between components will be about 30% speakers, 15% streamer (a separate box purpose built to stream), 15% DAC, 15% Preamp (yes, even if you do not have a turntable). And 15% amp. If you would like to s... | |
| Digital with same soundstage as analog @mijostyn Well, it depends on your components. “ Digital done correctly is superior to analog in every way“… it depends on your investment level. At the low end and very high end vinyl tends to out shine digital. This will change. So, I kind of ... | |
| What to change in my system I guess I am a young whippersnapper at 71. My first thoughts are to invest in a better integrated amp. I would go used, and hopefully add the proceeds of selling your current one. I would think this would result in much better sound. | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? @bigboypete Congratulations. remember when I did exactly as you. Same result. Then I put in a direct line and an even bigger improvement. | |
| Is positive reinforcement why things are sounding better? I would say it sounds like you have made good choices… because when you don’t you will know it. Early on I made a few bad choices… although I may not have known it on the first day. One of mine was I found out what grain was in the sound of a use... | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? I have to reproduce part of a post I just made on another thread: ‘Speakers come with sound characteristics that are vastly different. Vastly! So, I recommend not considering anything other than sound quality as a first cut. If at all possible... | |
| quest for speaker upgrade You will be in for an amazing experience in upgrading to that level of speaker. Speakers come with sound characteristics that are vastly different. Vastly! So, I recommend not considering anything other than sound quality as a first cut. If at al... | |
| How Is This Possible? Must be Counterfeits I looked at them, they are not nearly the same external quality. Also, a number of people have cut them open… scraping the silver coating off the copper wire. They sound nothing like the refined Odin 2… vailed, less dynamic, less detailed not clos... |