ghdprentice
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| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio Most of the audiophile reissues I have purchased (usually under $50) have been good. But there have been some real bad ones… I remember getting one of my favorite albums from my youth, Who’s Next, and being completely disappointed… thick vinyl, te... | |
| Ever Been Too High? I am sure you did this, but the treble is very directional, so you can moderate the treble by toe in and tilt. I have had some speakers drop off significantly on treble with small adjustments. Second, reflective floors or walls?… reinforcing trebl... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point Schiit Yggdrasil @ $2.5KAudio Research CD9se @ $17KBoth significantly exceed their cost at there given price points. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I agree that the death of the preamp is inevitable. But if I had to estimate when the shift would start with significant movement it would be twenty years. That would put it where the CD player is now… a few companies stop production… the ones tha... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? @antigrunge2 .Well, I put it a bit more tactfully, but, yes, you nailed it. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? @azwineguyI certainly have never heard it. Well, I guess a $15K surround processor versus a $1.5K preamp. But no, never.Also, I am currently enjoying a glass of Chateau Haut Bages Liberal Pauillac, 2018 while listening to my all tube system. We ha... | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio I did check out the site. I was confronted with a page full of albums at $299.00… $349.00… then finally $199.00… gulping. ‘Ok, free shipping”, wow what a deal. I paid my $14.99 / month Qobuz bill. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I corrected myself… most guys. I guess I should alway strike all from any comment. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? McIntosh are excellent amplifiers. They are loved by a lot of people. They have a rich midrange and lots of bass. They are excellent for Rock music when paired with the right speakers. Personally, I do not like them. I love the look and have gone ... | |
| Any Vienna acoustics love out there? Anyone even still using them? I remember those speakers… they were very good.“Can a speaker be on the warm side and still detailed?“Yes… and importantly so can a system. In my view it should. If a system highlights the detail too much it becomes too analytical and takes the fo... | |
| Air Tight ATC-5 preamp I would love to have one. | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio 1 new audiophile pressing to 9 used records (8 out of the 9 are in perfect condition once cleaned and treated). | |
| OPPO 205 vs Aurender N200 Without a doubt the Aurender will provide a huge jump up in performance. It is all too easy to think the streamer doesn’t matter, it does. Just like the turntable, cartridge ion the analog side. I used misc devices for streaming for years, PCs, la... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? @arafiq i have not auditioned QS. But experience with this kind of question in the past has always resulted in the support in your supposition. QS offers great value for the money, but not of the same level of performance. (No, the big boys are no... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I believe that the preamp is the heart of most good systems. It has been for mine for fifty years. It is the heart of the magic. Some folks have sucessfully connected digital equipment direct to amps but so far that seldom works well. This may wor... |