ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| AA for us @cdc +1 Unfortunately you are correct. I have a friend that just chooses components individually… and doesn’t get the concept of synergy, and is stubborn, not listening to advice. He has a +$50K system that literally does not sound as good as a ... | |
| Phono Preamp Selection I have heard Jolinda equipment, although not the phonostage. Sounded great to me, natural and musical. I think they went out of business in 2017. But, I’m not sure that would stop me. Well made high end simple devices like phonostages should last ... | |
| HiFi satisfaction and/ or Musical enjoyment OP, Congratulations on your destination. My journey has been similar. However, I never dropped back to musically satisfying equipment I moved up and laterally to change the focus from details and slam which was excluding the music to musical w... | |
| Dynaudio Evoke 20 vs. Totem Signature One vs. Acoustic Revival Adalante 3 @deep_333 I would imagine Schiit has already copyrighted the Flatulence moniker. | |
| Recommend a desktop nearfield speaker for me Congrats. Tell us how it goes after you get them into your system. | |
| dCS Lina Network DAC I have heard one in my system and have listened to other dCS equipment. It is typical of the very polite European sound (the DAC). Not very engaging. Also the sound quality of the streamer is poor and integrated. I was listening to one with the op... | |
| Phono Preamp Selection I am not very familiar with this price category, although I have over fifty years of experience with phono stages. +1 buy used, this will get you in a higher performance category. I much prefer tubes phono stages. Finally, disregard anything you h... | |
| The Low Volume Loudness Dilemma My experience has been how well a system performs at low volume is hard to pin exactly to the source. However mine has gotten better and better at lower and lower volumes the better my system has gotten and now I happily enjoy 65 - 70 db. At this ... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear I got into high end audio to the extent I could in the early 70’s as well. With the exception of a few tube amps (generally from the 60’s) which brought unusual warmth with some real lack of details and a very high noise floor, but a unique warm s... | |
| Aliexpress Marketplace practices, be for warned. The consumers of high end cables are not being taken advantage of. There is no one making anyone buy them. From my experience with them, while there are different flavors of sound, within a given sound type more money buys you better sound. If it ... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? I cannot explain why two subwoofers over one increases the soundstage and can improve the imaging (through enlarging the soundstage)… it does. I have heard it, and others commented, whenever disconnecting one of my two subwoofers when I used them. | |
| It was the output tubes all along... Congratulation. Thank you for sharing your experience. It is really valuable for folks to see the dedication and work that goes into crafting the perfect system for yourself. I know, I have at times been really close with some aspect that needed t... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? OP, One caution. Investing in a different amp at roughly the same investment level is likely to be trading one set of strengths and weaknesses for a different set. Unless you have made a big mistake on the overall sound ( like you bought a solid ... | |
| When I listen to my system....... I love listening to music. I am not particularly interested in the performers. I know a number of folks that play an instrument and they are fascinated with the performers and how they are getting the sounds, or the composition. They listen very d... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @ditusa +1 |