ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Moving to separates Yes. I added a Rotel 250wpc amp to my system long ago... just blows away those integrated amps. Well worth it. | |
| Help needed to make system better, please I find if you want to get a feel for the field of possibilities find a dealer and listen a Luxman integrated (or SIM), Pass Integrated (several power levels available), and an Audio research I-50. You get the detailed / shiny (High Fi sounding) al... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? 65 - 75 db normally. @carlsbad2 +1 As my system got better, the volume came down. When I used to crank it into the 80's or higher it was because I was trying to cover up a high noise floor or lack of dynamic range... although I did not realiz... | |
| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question Magico are very sensitive to input electronics and absolutely any anomalies passed from your components will be reproduced. So the first thing I looked at were your components... well the Mac stuff is unlikely to be the problem, it is very soft in... | |
| How long do records last? I've got 2,000. The first thousand I bought in the last millennium and tended to play once while listening and recording on a high end tape deck and then listened to tapes. Then as I collected the next thousand only listened to them once or t... | |
| Help needed to make system better, please I am afraid you are describing Sim Moon products. That is how they sound. I am familiar with them and have owned and auditioned others. The 700 series are the driest and most transparent and lifeless. I have owned Sim Audio in the past. It ten... | |
| How long do records last? I have two comments, Wow, great analysis. This guy thinks like I do and a scientist does. Also, too much time on his hands. It would be absolutely great if everyone here would be conducting tests of there components and systems with carefully tho... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) The sound of vinyl vs digital is completely dependent on the equipment you use to reproduce it... well, other than the clicks and pops. | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? I have always heard that tubes were more powerful. But until I got one I had no idea how night and day they can be. I went from 350 wpc solid state to 70 wpc tube and the difference was not at all in power, not even a little bit. If I had gone to ... | |
| Speaker or amplifer I am a big Sonus Faber fan. But, the speaker upgrade would not be a huge change. The system you have today, both components are slanted towards natural sounding music. An alternative rendition of sound are the highly detailed, transparent systems ... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @audio-b-dog Great news then that great pot is cheap... hmmm, the girlfriend could be problematic. I remember the Sears Silverton Suitcase Record player... circa late 1960's? | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. @vthokie83 Great recommendation. | |
| Power supply to modem make a difference? Good streamers completely isolate the signal electrically and cache the bits. So, it does not matter how good or bad your network is. I run my Aurender streamers from extenders. Changes in extenders, cables and ethernet regenerators have no effect... | |
| a rant Pursuing high end audio is a very complex and ambiguous process. It requires successfully identifying the sound you like, sifting through marketing hype, evaluating equipment for sound, carefully choosing for the sound you want. It is easy to get... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? Mine is close to evenly split between tone arm and cartridge. With about $5K arm and $6.5K cartridge. You can do well with quite a bit of variability. I have heard some great systems with 2 x or more on the cartridge... or 2x on tone arm. I think ... |