ghdprentice
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| Integrated Amp Choices You might want to listen to the ARC integrated. Maybe not to buy this pass, but the The sound of that Amp, if you like it may set you in a different direction. I have migrated towards ARC and up their line-up over the last 50 years, until now all ... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? It depends is always the right answer. But as my equipmemt got better and better I zeroed in on a brand that consistently performed the best for me (Transparent). I have always suspected that combining a warm interconnect and a cold / detailed one... | |
| Using 2 different brands of interconnects? @stringreen My experience with Cardas products are that they are warm and if you have a hot, trebly system with noice, they can help hide it. The higher up the chain you go, the less warm, but if your system is balanced and quiet, then they obfusc... | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices What is stratospheric pricing to you? $150K? Most companies have flagship products that advance the art and have lots of top electrical designers time invested in it... few are sold. So costs are high when you load with the R&D. You price agai... | |
| Speaker for McIntosh setup I have found that really good components can get the most out of decent speakers. But of course to get the most out of your system requires complimentary quality speakers. I have run some $3K speakers on $30K of electronics for years. The speakers... | |
| I get it now @varchard.The analog side of audio is a wonderful world of increasing rewards. I have a really good system, my digital end sounds really great and costs $10K more than my analog end. I had a friend visiting to listen to my system. He is assembling... | |
| I get it now I think most people that pursue high end audio have this moment. You get a component and it wildly exceeds your expectations. You get hooked. It can led to a wonderful lifetime pursuit. Congratulations, welcome to the rewarding world of high end a... | |
| Beatles Vinyl Mono Box..do you have one? I have the stereo version. I love them. Bought when they came out. Rubber Soul is my favorite. I have friends that bought the mono, saying they were totally more true to the original... they do not listen to them. | |
| Speaker for McIntosh setup B&W is the classic match. | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please @millercarbon. ”I did NOT want to spend $2500 on a phono stage.”Exactly the same for me. I started at a highly recommended $200 one then all sorts of sub $1,000 ones. Finally held my breath and purchased the (in today’s dollars $4,000) ARC. | |
| Good Music Couch (Sofa) I have two dogs that listen next to me. so, I have a reclining love seat... each side reclines. I have the left side in the sweet spot. Leather, I got it at Wayfair about 5 years ago. It is getting a little rickety... loose. But it works well. I a... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please @millercarbon.+1 I got an ARC PH3 later upgraded to SE for about the same amount of time... I had first tried “highly reviewed” less expensive ones and was incredibly disappointed. Finally made enough money and purchased a ARC PH8, kept it for ab... | |
| Audio Research CD8 I just completed comparing my Audio Research CD9se with a Berkeley Alpha DAC 3. While $5,000 less expensive the ARC wins for me even if they were equally priced. The differences minuscule. So, my feeling is only going back to a CD8... should be a ... | |
| High end streamer/server profound choice You will not be sorry. For the longest time I felt that it just couldn’t be that important... oh how wrong I was. I recommend Aurender. I have the W20SE, but the N10 is wonderful. They will have a model that perfectly fits your needs. Aurender see... | |
| A phenomenal new CD transport-Pro-Ject CD Box RS2 transport @Amorstereo.Yep, power supplies.... the better the better the sound. I had a Sim 650 CD/DAC ~ $8K and hesitantly bought the ~$8K add on separate power supply... made a huge improvement. With the same kind of improvements you indicate. |