ghdprentice
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| Upgrade entry level or start over? Having a look at your equipment I definitely recommend upgrading your Phonostage. You are using the Mani, right. The turntable and cartridge are pretty capable. .I would say overall your system is fairly well balanced. Looks like you have done wel... | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? @goose Sage advice. | |
| Brand Synergy @surfmuzI “If Brand Synergy is being about to use one remote then just buy a universal remote?“Good one! Single brand is not a requirement but an advantage. I think it is now more relevant than ever before. Very definitely true for the larger high... | |
| Do you have ways to ease use of vinyl? Thanks for the tips... I’m an old fart also. My TT is at ~42”... but I could add one more shelf and lift more. So I’m not the only one that doesn’t like bending over.A note: With contemporary equipment streaming can be as satisfying as vinyl at mo... | |
| Room size. I would think 20’ x 25’ would be about the minimum to be called large.Rules in audio can always be broken. I have heard an outstanding system in something the size of a walk in closet... and not a big one. I have hear terrible sounding, very expen... | |
| Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker!! only $300,000.oo With the exception of the symphony, which I hold season tickets, in general, I don’t like live music (ok, small venue acoustic jazz is good). I don’t like the horrible amplification systems, sound engineers that think louder is better, the crowds,... | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? @stuartk" But what i can't wrap my head around is how anyone has any sense of direction when it comes to pairing equipment"...There is, as someone mentioned, the approach of sticking to one brand-- finding a "house sound that you like", although I... | |
| Any Shunyata users that can help a guy on France? Hi. Welcome to the forum.Shunyata makes really good equipment. I have a couple of their power cords. Their power products are well regarded. However, I would like to bring to your attention a known synergistic relationship between Transparent inte... | |
| Brand Synergy A note on crafting sound for the consumers..One of the most interesting interview I read was with (I think it was this company) the lead designer from MBL... who explained that he can make a component sound like anything he wanted... you want warm... | |
| Brand Synergy Good question..Brand synergy goes well beyond specifications. House sound is a very highly refined concept to all major audio component companies. They carefully craft their equipment to be complementary and achieve a bery specific sound.I have be... | |
| Wilson Audio Specialties Chronosonic XVX loudspeaker!! only $300,000.oo I have heard an earlier version of these and what they can do to sound is simply incredible. Mesmerizing... holographic. But as amazing as they are, not the kind of sound / experience I was going for. I cherish the memory, everyone should experien... | |
| Silver cables added resolution Generally:Copper warmSilver coated copper good resolution nice balanceSilver... you better have really good components and break it in for hundreds of hours. Can be very resolving but can sound thi.High end companies do sophisticated things to mak... | |
| Does a Tube Dac make sense? Tube DACs can sound outstanding. I own a Audio Research Reference 9se... but then it is $17,000 so not much direct relationship with the DAC you are looking at. Mine is the best sounding DAC I have heard. | |
| RCA Interconnect. I also 50+. Depending on your equipment, the better, the more important interconnects. You can experience “component level” upgrades through interconnects and cables... which is why there is a huge market for $5K and higher interconnects and cable... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? Digital can be as good as vinyl although at a bit more cost, also it can be fully satisfying at the same cost. Where it becomes compelling is with good quality digital equipment and Tidal or Qubuz streaming services. Suddenly you have access to a ... |