ghdprentice
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| Audio Cables: All the Same? @gbmcleod Thanks, great comment. | |
| Linn LP12 turntable Yes, the fiddling stories came from decades ago. A lot of that is probably people not knowing what they were doing fiddling. I can only assume what has happened to make Linn the stable platform it is today is closer tolerances and material science... | |
| A cable too perfect? @mclinnguy Good point about the power cord. However, I recommend the Cardas... the same levels... as the Audio Quest will likely be too neutral. I experimented extensively with Cardas, Transparent, Wireworld, and a couple others. For my system I... | |
| Time of Day for best Sound @bolong Yes. The better your components, the more of the design effort and materials go in to the power supply. Power management uses the heaviest components... hence the heavier the component typically the better is sounds. This is why with the... | |
| A cable too perfect? Well maybe not too perfect… just not a good match for your system. I recommend Cardas Clear Reflection (warmest), Clear (less warm) or Clear Beyond (well, clearest… least warm). Each of these will be warmer and more musical. Best to try the en... | |
| How do you A/B amps in your system? Typically, after one quick switch to hear note any obvious differences. I’ll put the new amp in for a week and try not to "listen to the amp", just the music. Then I will switch. Do this a couple times and the differences in gestalt and details wi... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz I did a detailed comparison a couple years ago and concluded Qobuz sounded the best... as well as having over half a million high resolutions albums vs only a tiny fraction at Tidal. @Jerryrocks Sounds like the clicking is in your equipment. I ... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Sorry to hear you have tinnitus. This is a reason to choose very carefully. Very trebly solid state units like Luxman are probably going to exacerbate your tinnitus. Happily I do not have tinnitus. But having discussed it with many folks that do, ... | |
| Tube Sound With Equalization? I agree with others, equalization will not help. It has to do with individual sounds across the audio spectrum... a function of the components themselves. Very discrete / detailed sounding gear truncates decay. Good tube equipment extends and arti... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? @audio-b-dog Thanks for your reply. Really sorry to hear of your experiences. Ok, you are unlucky in purchasing some malfunctioning preamps. I am assuming they were used... and they needed to be repaired. I know folks that have used tubed preamp... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? @audio-b-dog I'm not sure what you are doing or where the problem is... but having tubes routinely blow means there is something very wrong. I run over fifty tubes and have for many years. I have never had one blow. Not one. Many thousands and ... | |
| Advice on making a speaker change I would just go out auditioning. See if you are seduced by some other speakers There has been huge jumps in speaker technology. So, it should not be hard. Should be fun planning a few short trips... maybe some to local audiophile’s homes. For me,... | |
| Where do I go from here? Congratulations. Sounds like a great move. Over the last five years I helped a friend that realized he wanted to finally get into high end audio in advance of retiring. He is now about your age and very happy. First. your room sounds great. It is... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? Amplitrex AT1000 is the tube tester to buy. https://amplitrex.com Tests multiple variables on most audio tubes. | |
| Short List of speaker Upgrade Given your equipment... mostly a bit on the detailed / anaytical side. I would definitely listen to the Sonus Faber Olympica (@Stanleyock2 +1) as well as the Totem they will move the sound more towards the natural side. Assuming that is what you w... |