ghdprentice
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| Anybody Using a Portable Audio Player (DAP) As a Streamer? I have a A&K S3000 DAP. This was the flagship of arguably one of two two best DAP companies. I think the cost was around $3K. It does not remotely compete with the lowest level last generation Aurender and probably many lessor streamers. How ... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? @mlsstl +1 It puts the magic and bloom into the sound. While direct DAC to amp components are getting better, except in rare instances a great preamp is requirement for really good compelling musical sound. Lots of folks have connected DACs dire... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative Maybe 3 in 1 oil would be less volatile than WD40 and have less overspray. | |
| Audio Research Replacement Tubes OP, Your post reminded me I had been meaning to change the tubes in my ARC Reference 3 phono stage. So, I did about an hour ago. Yes, they sound different. They are not broken in. It takes from ten to a hundred hours to calm down. They are tr... | |
| Handling Heavy Amps I have the same problems as you. Over the last few years I realized heavy amps are no problem if you think about it. I own a hand truck and carpet sliders with a little fulcrum to lift stuff up a couple inches. It is simple. Even boxing and unboxi... | |
| Anybody using the last record preservative I have been using last record preservative for… hmmm, I guess more than thirty years. All my albums are treated (2,000). My methodology is to clean with Last Power Cleaner before cleaning on my cleaning machine, then apply LAST. Most of my albu... | |
| Replaced Everything, New Gears waiting to be installed... You are in for a long long period of happy listening. Congratulations. | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? Listening is a skill. It requires lots of practice and study to learn the vocabulary of standard descriptive terms. For experienced amateurs and professionals assessing sound qualities are relatively easy and comparable across listeners. Kind of l... | |
| Scientifically proven improvement for sound clarity. Since virtually all audiophiles sit by themselves in the sweet spot while listening. No one will be there to see them. So, not a problem. | |
| To loom or not to loom? I suspect this is one of those darned, it depends questions. I have been slowly migrating from all different brands of components to the same brand for everything over the last fifty years. In a way, this is a reflection of the industry. A gre... | |
| Musical Expectation Bias @tablejockey +1 Relevant to music not audio equipment. | |
| Speaker hum. OP, Sorry you cannot put in direct lines… two is standard. One for components and one for amp. It would improve sound quality and take care of ground loops. Before I got my second direct line, I just had to plug everything into a single ou... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @dhite71 +1 There has been this old adage of tube watts being more powerful than solid state watts. For most of the last fifty years I used mammoth high powered solid state amps. Then about five years ago switched to Audio Research Refere... | |
| Warped record @czarivey +1 Yes warps come in all magnitudes. All but the smallest will be heard. You should return it. @ellajeanelle Sure… but I would relax. It isn’t a conspiracy. Different errors and knowledge comes from different channels. If you buy... | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers A friend of mine brought over a set of AGD monoblocks to try in my system for an afternoon. They performed extremely well for their cost (?$8K). Natural sounding and dynamic. I was comparing them against my Audio Research Reference 160m monoblocks... |