ghdprentice
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| Best amplifier for Acoustat 2+2 electrostats for holographic sound, or change speakers? @tomic601 +1 yes, I missed that. Often planar require much more reflection than dynamic speakers… it would be easy to have overly dampened the rear walls. Also, like all planar these need vey precise positioning. | |
| Revel Performa3 Cabinet Defect That must have been heartbreaking. Most folks can’t go out and just buy another one at that price. | |
| Best amplifier for Acoustat 2+2 electrostats for holographic sound, or change speakers? My first set of high end speakers were Acoustat 2 + 2… 1979? They were awesome but I instantly realized that a much better amp was required if I was going to keep them. So I bought a high current amp ($5K 19K today)… but after that purchase I coul... | |
| If you have a nice system why do you really need room treatments? @tonywinga +1on beautiful and wool rug. | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? @middlemass +1 | |
| Suggestions for power amps As always there is probably no end to the number of steps up you could make. I would recommend thinking about going used and getting a main stream high end amp. You should be able to get something that was over $6K originally which in general will... | |
| Aurenda and Tidal and Qobuz connect Huh? Conductor is the way to access native Qobuz. This way conductor controls the Aurrender. If you are trying to access the Qobuz app on the iPad and stream from that… you don’t want to do that. If you could manage, you will basically be using y... | |
| Think I ruined stylus A couple hours is nothing. Sounds like the stylus picked up a lot of dust. There are dozens of stylist brushes and cleaners. Just be very gentle. | |
| Turntable Advice on Hum/Brands I am a fan of VPI the “Player” looks good and is in your price range. By wood floors, you mean suspended? Suspended floors often require a wall mounted platform. All the isolation on suspended turntables is centered on vibration not on isolati... | |
| Napping while listening Some of my favorite sessions are when I am in my recliner listening to music with the lights off and eyes closed and the music fills my consciousness and I flit back and forth along the thin line of consciousness and unconsciousness. | |
| My new review for The Absolute Sound comparing AGD GAN amps with BHK300’s Good job. A friend of mine brought over a set of Mark 2. Your review is consistent with what I heard. I thought they were very cost effective for their price. While they did not best my Audio Research Reference 160m they were not at all a slouch. | |
| Burning-in as a non-linear experience On a related issue. Warm up on the Audio Reseach Reference 5 preamps was very unique. Just turning them on was not enough to get the best sound. A signal running through it was required. It was really obvious. You could turn it on for an hour and ... | |
| Burning-in as a non-linear experience Burn in seems to normally be non-linear and varies between components. A while back I had the experience of breaking in three identical Audio Research Reference 160s amps, without changing anything else in my system. I was very shocked how eac... | |
| 300B SET Amp driving Wilson Sabrinas I find listening to a good system between 65 and 80db is more than satisfying. The times I have needed higher volumes was when the sound quality was terrible. If blasting your self silly makes you happy, go for it. | |
| How do I get a job as a headphone reviewer? Yeah, you have to watch out for those system upheavals… they can be costly. Last time it happened with me it cost about $10K for my headphone system. That sounds bad… but unfortunately then comparing it to my main system I realized I needed to upg... |