ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| 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... | |
| Qualities Of An End-game System End game system makes me think of a “forever house”. It makes no sense to me. I’m not in a hurry to get to the end either. | |
| Extra sets of Cables to switch up system? Over the years I have a number of high quality older interconnects, that were not optimal for a newly upgraded system. These are very valuable when I upgrade my system to see how sensitive the new component / system is to different types of interc... | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. I have had a Sim Moon 650D with auxiliary power supply ($18K), my current Audio Research Reference CD 9SE ($17K), Berkeley Reference Alpha 3 ($22K), dCS Lina with external clock ($20K), in my system and heard the top of the line Linn and mid-tier ... | |
| Looking for 50-100 watts of Tube Power (give or take) for my JBL 4349s OP, ARC VT80 would be a great choice over the older but more powerful REF 150. It has auto biasing and more updated control on the tubes. | |
| Anyone hear or own Musical Technology (Heil AMT's) speakers? I had ESS AMT 1D for many years. Loved the midrange. | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? @tomic601 +1 |