ghdprentice
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| Why so many AQ Hurricane PC's for sale? Could be counterfeit. Many fakes have been available from China for major brands for quite some time. This has been a thing for at least a couple years. For instance the Nordost Odin 2 interconnect (which I have tested in my system, $17K) was ava... | |
| Wireworld Platinum Starlight® 10 Twinax and AQ Diamond I have own and have used Starlight and a number of other Wireworld cables. I have not been impressed by any of them. They seem to me to be simply the choice of a conductor (e.g., copper or silver) and molded plastic coating. I would look at DHLabs... | |
| Does cover art of an album or recording influences your purchase? I will admit cover art strongly influence my listening. While I only stream. I review the new releases on Qobuz every day or two and what I choose to play is largely based on the cover art. If it turns out to be a great album, then I’ll read the ... | |
| Preamp question - Cary Clone Road Trip! Relax, enjoy the drive. You don't have to be back for work. Take your time, enjoy the process... don't be in a hurry. I know lots of retired folks. The rule of thumb is it takes five years to make the adjustment... it is one of chan... | |
| the gateway product that turned you into an audiophile Oh what a walk through memory lane. @bdgregory Oh my! My roommate had a Phase Linear 400 in the late 70's... it was so awesome at the time... and such a cool name. Thinking back, wow... what a terrible sounding amp. I can still remember long se... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @mgrif104 Thank you for your kind words. | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @emergingsoul I was a senior director of IT for a global high tech company. So, well, I have been into IT for decades. Also, I traveled extensively and photography was an ongoing pursuit. So I have over 10 terabytes of photographs, which I us... | |
| Dedicated headphone amp vs Headphone socket on amp Congratulations. Yes, the Audio Quest Storm series of power cords are simply amazing. I have a Hurricane on my amp in my main system. I think it is the electrostatic field generators and incredibly tight connections on both ends that vaulted Audio... | |
| Last night the Music took over…. Congratulations. A fantastic feeling, thank you for sharing. This is the goal, and to achieve it typically requires many years of decades of work. That makes it very worthwhile. I completed my current system about five years ago and the feeling ... | |
| Why the huge increase in the price of Sonus Farber Amanti G5 speakers. I spoke with a friend of mine who is in the industry and he said it is crazy with some companies announcing price increases, some just doing it without warning, some slowing shipments. This is not a highly profitable / low asset business. High en... | |
| What's a good alternative to SF amati g5? @tablejockey +1 Used Sonus Faber Amati Traditional | |
| Another Day, Another Upgrade. Beautiful system. I am sure you are really appreciating the improvement from the acoustic panel. I'd recommend diverting the money to a high quality streamer. There is no longer any advantage to CDs in terms of sound quality and certainly not on... | |
| Looking for a more up-to-date streamer @jallan +1 again I own a Aurender N100H for my headphone system... and am listening to it now. I have a Aurender W20SE on my main system. I have audioned other N series... highly recommended. | |
| Are you operating in the correct SPL window for high-fidelity listening? I have found the best volume is highly system dependent and that the volume is higher on inexpensive (less refined) systems. The better my system, the lower the volume I listen to music in general. Now 65db to 75db. I think I started in the high ... | |
| Mcintosh MQ112 The B&W 800 series are not excessively bright, and certainly not crap. In general, they are a tad bright... which is why they are often paired with MacIntosh equipment which tends to lack detail and is strong in midrange and bass. If they seem... |