ghdprentice
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| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. In the right room... with the right tastes. A friend of mine just bought a pair of Vivid Audio G3 S2's. Well... a different aesthetic from what I would go for. But he says they sound fantastic. | |
| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? @lewm +1 Absolutely. Best you can possibly afford before extra upgrading extras. Enjoy for many hours... the phono stage will need breaking in as well as the cartridge. 200 hours of vinyl play is listening to around 500 album sides. Rega or Pro... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers @pgaulke60 +1 Sonus Faber Lilium | |
| The $27,900 disappointment? Wilson Audio Watt Puppy 8 issues. @devinplombier I have heard a predecessor. Absolutely the most incredible experience I have had in high end audio. Unbelievable holographic sound scape. If you have the money and like that kind of sound... simply amazing. | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? @gbmcleod Thanks, great comment. | |
| Linn LP12 turntable Yes, the fiddling stories came from decades ago. A lot of that is probably people not knowing what they were doing fiddling. I can only assume what has happened to make Linn the stable platform it is today is closer tolerances and material science... | |
| A cable too perfect? @mclinnguy Good point about the power cord. However, I recommend the Cardas... the same levels... as the Audio Quest will likely be too neutral. I experimented extensively with Cardas, Transparent, Wireworld, and a couple others. For my system I... | |
| Time of Day for best Sound @bolong Yes. The better your components, the more of the design effort and materials go in to the power supply. Power management uses the heaviest components... hence the heavier the component typically the better is sounds. This is why with the... | |
| A cable too perfect? Well maybe not too perfect… just not a good match for your system. I recommend Cardas Clear Reflection (warmest), Clear (less warm) or Clear Beyond (well, clearest… least warm). Each of these will be warmer and more musical. Best to try the en... | |
| How do you A/B amps in your system? Typically, after one quick switch to hear note any obvious differences. I’ll put the new amp in for a week and try not to "listen to the amp", just the music. Then I will switch. Do this a couple times and the differences in gestalt and details wi... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz I did a detailed comparison a couple years ago and concluded Qobuz sounded the best... as well as having over half a million high resolutions albums vs only a tiny fraction at Tidal. @Jerryrocks Sounds like the clicking is in your equipment. I ... | |
| Retirement integrated amp for a “fiscal conservative” Sorry to hear you have tinnitus. This is a reason to choose very carefully. Very trebly solid state units like Luxman are probably going to exacerbate your tinnitus. Happily I do not have tinnitus. But having discussed it with many folks that do, ... | |
| Tube Sound With Equalization? I agree with others, equalization will not help. It has to do with individual sounds across the audio spectrum... a function of the components themselves. Very discrete / detailed sounding gear truncates decay. Good tube equipment extends and arti... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? @audio-b-dog Thanks for your reply. Really sorry to hear of your experiences. Ok, you are unlucky in purchasing some malfunctioning preamps. I am assuming they were used... and they needed to be repaired. I know folks that have used tubed preamp... | |
| Replace tubes yearly? @audio-b-dog I'm not sure what you are doing or where the problem is... but having tubes routinely blow means there is something very wrong. I run over fifty tubes and have for many years. I have never had one blow. Not one. Many thousands and ... |