ghdprentice
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| Would you move to a bigger house if you could just to have a better listening room ? I would not move on the basis of a single reason like audio room. But moving is typically predicated on many reasons or a big compelling one (like a job). Then, while looking for a new house, you keep your eye out for one with a good place for an ... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp OP, Glad to hear it. Bummer on all the hassle. | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? You have very nice systems. Before trading amps, have you tried moving the speakers closer to the back wall / corners to reinforce the bass? The ARC and Mac amps are very different. The Mac’s are heavy bass / midrange with a notable lack of d... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp Replacing Quad panel? That is terrible. They should not need replacing for at least a decade or so. Have you identified a cause? You could slowly put together a headphone system, over time. I typically use my headphone system for an hour a day... | |
| room setup suggesion needed I guess it depends. But if you start with a recommended configuration, I would say a small spaces are much harder. You have wall reflections on all sides (including behind the listeners head) to worry about… bass reinforcement you may not be able ... | |
| why expensive streamers Theorizing why a streamer should or should net have a major effect on the sound quality is like theorizing on any other aspect… it may not make sense logically… until your jaw drops upon hearing a good one. I have heard at least a dozen in control... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp I would say most of the character is going to come from the head amp since your integrated is working primarily as a switch box in this situation. | |
| room setup suggesion needed All speakers are different, all rooms and furnishings are different, as are components driving the speakers. What you get is a nearly infinite variability. Hence there are some standard starting positions for each of the position variables. The li... | |
| Not sure what to think That can happen sometimes. I love the look of MacIntosh and have gone into a dealer more than once with the intent of listening, loving, and buying a piece of Mac equipment and gave up the idea very quickly. It simply lacks detail. Each time withi... | |
| room setup suggesion needed Typically lots of experimentation is the key. If I understand your setup. I would try a smaller triangle 6 - 8’ between speakers. Out from the wall a couple feet (wall to back of speaker) or more. Best if there is nothing between the speakers ... | |
| The Sound Signature of a Headphone Amp The tape out is a line level output that bypasses the amplifier and volume controls of your integrated amp. This should allow for input into a headphone amp. The headphone amp will control the volume for your headphones. Headphone amps are lik... | |
| Looking for a streaming DAC around 4k I recommend Aurender. A new N200 or if you can find a used N250. Highly recommended. | |
| Quandary I think it likely the Pass amp would make a profound impact on your system in a very positive way. It would increase the midrange and musicality by a tremendous amount. Definitely worth the test. Also, in general the sound character will be almos... | |
| How much should I expect with a warranty issue from a large retailer/distributor? It is disappointing that some equipment fails… not a common occurrence. However, this is one of the reasons one has a choice of channels. When young I would do things to shave money off of purchase… but with that comes risk. Now I buy from a de... | |
| Back to the DAC @jmeyers Congratulations! Thank you for your impressions and write up of your new equipment. It will probably sound even better over the next few weeks. |