ghdprentice
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| Looking for my End Game Speaker I would be looking at Franco Serblin speakers and thinking about whether I wanted to do stand mounted or full tower. Looking for end game, I would be thinking about natural and musical speakers the kind that satisfy the deep rooted desire for rich... | |
| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? Reading professional reviews are an important activity in keeping up with the high end and preparing for my next upgrade cycle. As often as I can I then listen to the equipment reviewed and compare what was written about how the component sounds i... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital The “sound of” vinyl or digital is entirely dependent on the equipment you use to reproduce the sound. I chose my equipment to sound natural and musical. Both sound virtually identical on the same mastering and recording. There is some variance ar... | |
| No bass on B&W 800D2 OP…”do the woofers on your 800 move noticeably under load? Mine barely move while my subs are going nuts. I’m not expecting the same level of excursion on the 800, but more than nothing. ” I have been scratching my head at your problem. B&... | |
| Lumin D2 or Aurender N100H I own two Aurrender. I still have my N100 (it may be an H)… it sounds great and has performed flawlessly for many years. | |
| New Speaker cables. Congratulations. Thanks for your comments. | |
| Tube Amp or Tube Pre Amp I am experienced with both. It kind of depends. I definitely recommend a tubed -preamp (Audio Research my preference, or Conrad Johnson or VAC). This will add a more musical and natural sound to your system. Hard to see a downside. Definitely the ... | |
| Fun read... @kennyc +1 | |
| DAC question - is music streamer DAC better than mcintosh DA2? @john1629 Yes better streamers will net you better sound… I agree with you, it is usually hard to see how… until you hear the difference, then you know. Sonus Faber and DynAudio are great speakers. If you could decide which you like better and ... | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? OP, Just because you don’t get it now, does not mean you will not over time. It took me decades. Then suddenly the lightbulb popped on. I was in Dallas about twenty years ago. I went to this dealer / home… hobby gone wild. The entire house wa... | |
| Which power cord should you buy first Amplifier. Likely to make a very big difference. Typically twice the difference that would come from other components. I highly recommend trying Audioqurst Hurricane if you want transparent sound (that is, exactly what your components sound l... | |
| analyzing sound @sunmoon +1 Excellent. Thank you… this is really cool. OP, i’m 72. But have passionately pursued high end audio since college. Let me just recommend a couple things to accelerate your learning curve. First get Robert Harley’s book. The ... | |
| AR Ref 160s or Luxman M10x I run my REF 160 in triode mode as well. | |
| Room with glass windows as a walls. @rodman99999 +1 | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? While, in general, I don’t like McGowen’s PRaTel, he certainly acknowledges its existence in the video. So, I agree with him. What he doesn’t talk about is how to sense it. I think it is about the hardest of the attributes to sense (although once ... |