ghdprentice
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| Do I actually need a dedicated amp/DAC for my setup? Do you need? Of course not… food, water, you need. Audio equipment you want. Is the amount of money you are talking about going to have a material impact on your kids? Let’s see, average tuition $35K + per year per kid. What will be the effect on ... | |
| My end game speaks. @stereo5 +1 I think the Magico would be a good match to your Mac equipment… assuming you like the Mac sound, of course. But the up stream stuff must be really good. I am not sure your Rose is up to it. But, if you’re doing speakers… I would ... | |
| Component contributions to “sound stage” All components contribute. But, I guess speakers first, then preamp, and all the rest including interconnects and cables. You don’t want any weak links. | |
| Audio Racks, Just How beneficial? looking for guidance in upgrading There are a couple approaches. Full blown high end audio racks with built in vibration control ($$$$$) and high quality sturdy racks to which you can add vibration control. When I have researched the topic before I always have come to the conclusi... | |
| Aurender Conductor App Experience Congratulations on those purchase. I would definitely attribute the hallow to burn in. The improvement with switch. No idea. I have two Aurender and occasionally used my iphone. Never noticed a difference. I guess you’ll get lots of oppor... | |
| Streamer/DAC combinations I recommend upgrading in stages. First a better DAC… as good as you can afford, then wait, save. Then a good streamer. Like every audio component a carefully chosen upgrade of 2x - 3x investment and you will get a very noticeable and satisfying im... | |
| How do you change the battery in an ARC LS28 remote? A small strip of duct tape will do it as well. Really a very elegant design. Takes CR2032 batteries. | |
| Wool Blankets as Room treatment I use a very heavy, tightly woven “Oriental”? Wool rug behind my system (see my virtual system). It does an excellent dampening job. I own a Pendleton blanket. I would think it would take about three thick to be very effective. | |
| is anyone using an Aurender streamer with Schiit Yggdrasil? Yes. I have a friend I have been helping build a system with for several years. We got him a Yggdrasil several years ago… then recently coupled my Aurender N100 (five years old) with it and made comparisons with a different streamer and DAC. The N... | |
| Covers for racks to keep dust off? @corelli +1 | |
| The $10,000 Question OP, I second the Sonus Faber and ARC I-50 recommendations. Also, if you want good sounding equipment steer clear of ASR. The information there will send you in the wrong direction, it is utter nonsense. For good info, Robert Harley’s book, Th... | |
| Searching for a little more warmth Nice equipment. Well, the amp and preamp. Ok. If you are like most of us, then you sit and enjoy listening to music. To do that you set up your speakers 6 - 8’ apart and position your listening position to make an equilateral triangle. Then with ... | |
| Turntable Isolation Suspended floors are a different thing from a cement floor. Turntables with outstanding isolation are still subject to problems from footfalls on a suspended floor. For a nearly hundred years the answer is wall mounted shelves. They are made to ge... | |
| Cd player Since you already have a DAC, I’d just get a streamer and skip the CD thing all together. You’ll get access to millions of albums for the price of a cd a month. Many of higher resolution than the CD. Get the best you can afford and you’ll be rewar... | |
| Sagging power plugs in wall outlet, diy I’d just replace the duplex receptacle. They loosen with age. I use the hospital ones as well. |