ghdprentice
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| power cable tryout High fidelity cables has me wondering..... need suggestions now I know the feeling. I remember long ago I had completed an upgrade cycle and was really happy. I was at the $3K each for component cost… about $4 for speakers. My audio dealer called me so excited I could barely understand him… he said I absolutel... | |
| My stereo Congratulations. It is great to get to the point of feeling no further tweaks are necessary. I am definitely with you on the musical exploration. How does this system relate to your fish room system? | |
| New Speakers under consideration - but I’m afraid The advances in speaker technology has been very large. Yes you have much to gain. The safest bet will be the B&Ws since you like their speaker sound and they are still very bass heavy. But a trip is still worth the time and expense. I wou... | |
| Dedicated CD Transport vs DAC DAC. It will depend on the rest of your system, how well you choose your components and the rest of your system. Provided you are doing your research and investing similarly for both, maybe ~ 70% DAC. But you really want a great DAC since it is t... | |
| Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing? My experiences with Magico have been very similar. Their accuracy continually highlight the shortcomings in the input components. With Luxman and other solid state equipment I have wanted to run out of the room. But it was simply clearly reproduci... | |
| Pro-Ject Debut Carbon Turntable working on and off Or Linn or VPI. | |
| Preamp upgrade I experimented with a number of preamps over the last fifty years and have kept coming back to Audio Research. While there was a bit of variation with the introduction of the ARC Ref 1 & 2 preamp. Once that was ironed out, in general the sound... | |
| Music server recommendations needed. I ripped all my CDs ten to fifteen years ago. Lots of work and I haven’t listened to one of them in several years. In my system and in those assembled at many different levels of investment streaming from Qobuz (or Tidal) is indistinguishable from... | |
| Help needed with new integrated amp. @audioman58 +1… while I would have expressed differently I agree with the observation. | |
| Looking for a warm sounding amp or integrated with a torodial transformer I am not a Rogue fan. I had a very bad experience with the company early on which still jades my opinion of them. And their sound is… well not as refined as some of their high end cometitors… but, I don’t listen to it much so… I shy away from comm... | |
| I would appreciate your advice on rectifier tubes I have and really like Sophia they have the sound you are looking for but Takasuki are probably the best, more detailed and rich warm…I have Takasuki 300Bs and they are spectacular… I have not heard the 274B… but I am sure they would be superb. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dust. I think about playing an album all the time, then just find it on my streamer. But about once a month I do. | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Thanks for your comments Richard. It is likely you will still experience improvement in sound quality over time. From past experience the time to stabilize is different… between components… up to 1,000 hours. | |
| Pass Labs XA30.5 Fuse Issue/Question @noromance Good thought about the short on one side of the speaker cables or another. If not, sounds like time to ship to Pass. | |
| Phono cartridge noises The ARC acrylic top does show off the innards, however it replaced the steel to plate because it had a sonic benefit. |