ghdprentice
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| Seek advice on forums but always listen to your own ears! Yes. But you can often evaluate the posters experience and values through their post(s) / virtual systems. People trying to be helpful will usually provide enough context for you to understand where they are coming from and their experience… and t... | |
| Going Tubing Typically most folks tiptoe in by getting a tubed preamp first. They are very low maintenance and will refine the sound. Then later once they are comfortable with tubes jump into tubed power amps. They will produce a bigger change, but typically a... | |
| A GOOD dry record cleaning device I have tried many brushes. I even have one of the ridiculously priced German ones… ~$500 (all the rage a couple years ago). None have worked for me. They mostly push around the dust. I use Last general cleaner (2 -3 drops) on the last “brush” (the... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Cool. Or, even better +200 hours. | |
| Are You A Disciplined Audiophile? I consider myself a disciplined audiophile as well. I refrain wasting money on expensive tp, caviar, cars, ostentatious homes so I can make a greater investment in audio. I read multiple publications, listen to lots of live acoustic music and ins... | |
| Speakers replace or improve? I would say you can invest in either the integrated amp or speakers and get a very big improvement. I think you will likely get the biggest boost by upgrading the integrated amp. Reach as high as you can… maybe a used NAD or Rotel integrated am... | |
| Looking for... Integrated tube amp with phono OP, You are correct. The Rogue is not in the same league as VAC and Conrad Johnson. | |
| Should Amps be plugged into a power conditioner? Definitely directly into the wall… and preferably into a dedicated direct line. Perhaps some very unusual amp / terrible power situation it would be better… but I have not experienced it or heard of it. My dealer recently brought over a condi... | |
| Streamer only @jcder Yes, you / he can do it for a very low sound quality solution. Given his equipment, definitely not a recommended solution. | |
| PS Audio NuWave DAC @soix +1 | |
| Rediscovered My album collection. Where to buy online. I stopped buying from Amazon. Too often the disks are warped. Bad packaging. I buy from Acoustic Sounds and local used record stores. | |
| Digital newbie How to approach streaming will depend on your personality. For me, wading into the shallow end is a great way to either become frustrated or to spend a tremendous amount of money constantly upgrading until I get something at or better than analog.... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System How about this. End game is a label some folks use as an attempt to put an end to (cap) on upgraditis. The false belief that there is a point when one will finally not be inclined to upgrade. | |
| Turntable prices. Is my mind going? @fleschler Outstanding, bet your system sounds great. But I do suspect you are an audiophile. | |
| Sota Sapphire and Isolation? Interesting question. My intuition says springs on springs would make for interactions and very different resonant frequences which sounds like a bad thing. But I don’t know the physics in great enough detail to be able to say for certain and I ha... |