ghdprentice
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| Let's talk about Silver... My experience is that low cost silver interconnects tend to be harsh and bright. As you move up in quality that completely disappears. For instance I have had a set of real Nordost Odin 2 on my system and they were not even remotely bright or hars... | |
| Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough? My first time vacationing to a new part of the world is a survey trip to get a feel for the different kinds of experiences available. There second and third are long stays in the place and for the experience I then know I want. | |
| Do you have a screw loose? OP, Thanks. I was wondering at what quality level the speakers were. I would think that probability of screws loosening themselves would partially be a function of the initial quality of construction. | |
| Do you have a screw loose? What speakers do you own. Unfortunately your system isn't shown. | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Great idea if you were a dealer and any rent goes towards purchase. But without that... no. I wouldn't rent one... and you have so many potential liabilities.. No. | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT Streamers are like every other component in an audio system. The better the component the deeper the thought has gone into it, the designer has gone through extraordinary efforts to clean power, eliminate internal interference and vibration and ch... | |
| Good USB C Cable I’d get a DHLabs interconnect. I if you are like me, a long term audiophile then having a Hugh quality budget interconnect "laying around" is an OK thing. It will be excellent quality and great sounding but not set you back like a high end interco... | |
| Where are the front men? (Rant) Huh. I am lost in so much great new music I have a hard time listening to the same thing again. Whether it is from looking through the new releases in general, new by genre, suggestions from Audiogoners, reading Stereophile, The Absolute Sound re... | |
| Good USB C Cable If you are just trying the DAC out. I would try all the different inputs and see if one stands out. That should give you a sense of whether you want to keep the DAC and its performance level. Since USB vs other digital is typically going to be the... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @alan60 Nice... thanks. | |
| Outlet Requirements @skids +1 | |
| Location of compoments. Leaving the amp in between is actually a reasonable compromise. It is better to have nothing… no amp at center. Typically that would be mean running dual mono amps behind or adjacent behind the speakers. So, if you can’t afford monoblocks, then a ... | |
| Clock cables matter Thanks for sharing. I'd love to see some photos of your system. I feel I would have to go back and forth researching that long list of esoteric equipment. It would be great to see it. | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? Sorry nothing we have said helps. But as I am sure I have mentioned, it is not easy to hear... took me a long long time. And it has nothing to do with drums or timing at a macro level. It is across the sound field. It is something that I read abou... | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? Mathew Halsall Peter Nuust Saint Disruption Red Mitchell Sara Bareilles and so many albums of artists I have known for a long long time. |