ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| System assessment... Congratulations on retiring, and on having a great system. I have been retired for about five years now and my system brings great joy to me. I first upgraded prior to retirement and then again about a year after. My progress in the last decade or... | |
| Bob Carver tube amps @mbrusso +1 Carver was innovative but seldom produced gear that sounded great… although often different (seldom in a good way), and not very reliable. | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? Yes. Aurrender W20SE —> Audio Research Reference 9CD DAC. Musical, detailed, enveloping, natural with great imaging.. The problem is, it sounds just like my great analog end top end Linn LP12 with Koetsue Rosewood Signature cartridge and Audi... | |
| Happy Thanksgiving to All! | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? Thanks for your report. Interesting speakers... I really like the way all the woofers are hidden. Also, interesting how additional time was required. I have experienced this with cables... so, I guess it make sense it would also happen with speake... | |
| Advice for headphone amp and dac Schiit is a good bet at that price range. They make great budget stuff. Makes good sense to get a good quality DAC/Headamp as a start. I have had cutting edge headphone systems for over forty years. The sound quality gets better and better if... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? I guess it depends on your approach. My approach is very deliberate and careful. Each purchase is intended to be a significant step forward and is preceded by lots of research and often auditioning. Over the years I developed rules like never i... | |
| Pre amp recommendations Congratulations. I think a good choice. Since the preamp is very much the center of the system, better this before any other changes. Tell us your impressions once broken in. | |
| Weak link It would be really helpful if you created a virtual system and put some photos from different perspectives and of the components. This gives us a lot more to work on. Just a list of components is much less informative. Sometimes, some simple thing... | |
| How do pack a pair of large speakers @kr4 +1 or moving companies have folks that construct packaging on the fly. They have wood and can package anything. You can have it done, just for a set of speakers... but it is expensive. For instance about seven or eight years ago I was goin... | |
| Yet another Sub Question If you have one and like it get another, or sure upgrade a level or two. The second extends the soundstage, can make a big difference. However, don’t overdo the volume. Typically they are set to very low volumes or they overwhelm the system. B... | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! @secretguy +1 Sad for Sonus Faber... kind of makes sense for McIntosh. | |
| Do speakers need to be re-broken in? I have never noticed the need for additional breakin when speakers have not been in use for a few years. I would probably have noticed. | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit OP, OK, that may explain it. Good, new graded tunes should last the whole 3,000 hours without failure. I am running something like fifty tubes and in the last ten years replaced two because of problems. Audio Research does the most extensive ... | |
| Can hi-end cables benefit less expensive electronics? @serblinfan Thanks for sharing. My first digital cable upgrade was really eye opening. |