ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Importance of streamer in audio chain Yes. Each is important. My streamer is one of the most expensive components in my system. My rule of thumb is that while you must reseach with great care and purchase the very best at the price point: 30% speakers, 20% streamer, 20% DAC, 20% prea... | |
| Looking for RCA cables from preamp to amp? Just a good quality budget interconnect. You want to have good fittings and flexibility. Blue jeans fit the bill. | |
| Holbo airbearing turntable I have never heard of the turntable… not in itself a deal killer… but not too mainstream. The more mechanical a devise the more I want to be close by for possible service. Adding an air bearing in my mind would require a local dealer that would se... | |
| Cabling Recommends Simaudio Ace/Totem Forest Congratulations. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Well, sounds like they both matter. | |
| Free Tip for Jumpers Looks to me as if @knownothing knows something. Thank you for sharing @donquichotte, thank you. Great to hear folks systematically experimenting and sharing their results! | |
| Why don't streaming services offer album liner notes? Increasingly they are. On Qobuz if you see “PDF” next to the play button the album the album cover and all the liner notes are there. A little “i” and you get a description. | |
| What is your front end ? I started with iPods and iPhones and then MACs into good quality DACs… can sound pretty good considering… until you hear a good purpose built streamer… then they don’t sound so good. | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @mikhailark I think I took my first class in TCP/IP in the late 90s? I’ve been in IT for thirty five years and been in charge of global networks for decades. Best to listen and not theorize. | |
| All around headphone amp recommendations A headphone system can be simply breathtaking. Happily I finally found that out. Unfortunately, your requirements for size and price preclude me recommending the stuff I have. But, you might want to have a look at my system and consider this kind ... | |
| Is the idea of audiophile listening a dying concept as boomers die off? This question has been coming up for decades with lots of reasons that it is a dying pursuit, but the number of products continues to proliferate. I remember watching in awe as old guys came in and carted off the most recent Audio Research compone... | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @mikhailark May I suggest you spend some time with a quality audio system and get experience with high quality streamers, and power cords. What you are claiming is very logical but utter wrong in the real world. | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? @macg19 ”…Latest tally that decision ended up costing us around $100K.” Great story, you are a certified audiophile. 😂 | |
| Starting Over and I need your help Good sounding audio typically takes effort. Research and careful choices. However, the good thing is that you have a system to start with. Typically most of us all really start there… then you carefully choose one component to replace after anothe... | |
| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? OP, I know what you mean. I was just comparing several different recordings of Shostakovich’s 5th symphony. Poor quality recording gets dismissed immediately, there are quite a few of those. But I was in a real quandary between two, one more rece... |