ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Thx. | |
| Nakamichi Dragon In general a good high FI repair shop should be able to fix it. For a competent repair shop these things are electromechanical devices made up of standard components… sensors, motors, resistors… etc. tThere is a shop up here in Portlnd that fixes ... | |
| Choosing and buying headphones I have owned a number of Denton and Focal. I would choose Focal of the two. While it certainly depends on taste… I had to buy a big high powered amp to get Denon’s bass under control. Focal are easy to drive, well balanced and detailed… I think a ... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? Where do you buy SRA platforms. I emailed the company a couple days ago, but haven’t gotten a response. | |
| Help - New to streaming and Zen Innuos I am an old geezer as well and have navigated the digital transformation over the last twenty years. So, let me try and help.The end game is high quality streaming. If you do that right, then the CD disk and/or storage is just an non essential int... | |
| Need help placing a second subwoofer. I always place them in stereo pairs behind and outside (if possible) the main speakers. This significantly extends the soundstage. You want the arrival times to reinforce the main speakers. | |
| Diminishing returns? I love music and videos. I am fortunate enough to have a separate audio and home theater… which is ideal as they have somewhat different requirements and can get in each other’s way. But they can be combined effectively. Some good speakers and a g... | |
| Which would you buy & why? Just a three parameters: class, wattage, cost are really too few. Plus, there is your preferences and speakers. Most speaker sound better with more power regardless of the volume you play them at… but then it depends on the implementation of the t... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? While I haven’t done any testing myself, the rule of thumb is that optical is the least preferred connection. I have simply always steered clear of them. Good to hear evidence. | |
| I knew I shouldn’t have thrown my Electrical Engineering text book in the campus pond! @millercarbon. +1Leave the book in the pond. There really is no substitute for listening and professional reviews. Your on the right track. Try stuff. | |
| Power cord choice? A good power conditioner may improve the sound of your system, it may not… it may have a negative impact. As is nearly always the answer, it depends. It will depend on your power grid and system. Some people do best without. Just to retest mine, I... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound Agreed on nighttime. Lower ambient noise and more stable power. | |
| Fear of volume control I typically listen at the 65 to 75 db range. So the fast response varies in that range. Slow is in the 70 - 75 db range. | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration I am sure there are turntables less susceptible to footfalls. But, the simplest solution is to remove the tt from the trampoline. | |
| Power cord choice? I have all ARC equipment (click on my user name to see my systems). I prefer Transparent interconnects and power cords. You want interconnects and power cords to do no tonal changes to the ARC signal. I have found Transparent best for that. I am n... |