ghdprentice
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| How would you spend my next $5K? Nice system. Assuming you cannot remove the tv and all the equipment from between the speakers and dampen the walls behind with either dense wall hanging or acoustic panels. This should greatly enhance and deepen the soundstage and firm up imagin... | |
| Coda Csib V1 Integrated amp Congratulations, great when that happens. | |
| power cord for pass 250.8 When I was doing my evaluation a couple years ago my dealer only had Hurricane. So I was able to compare the 1m Hurricane with the two meter Hurricane. I bought it. The 2 meter sounding noticeable better (no change in attributes… just more improve... | |
| Digital with same soundstage as analog @ellajeanelle +1 Yes, sounds like you are limited by your SACD player. This point in time, your best bet is to go to streaming. Both streamer and DAC are critical. In the lower cost points the DAC and streamer improve quickly with cost. ... | |
| power cord for pass 250.8 Audio Quest Hurricane 2 meter. It will not change the tonal balance but significantly reduce the noice floor and increase dynamics. This power cord (and its big brother the Dragon) has taken the high end audio world over the last couple years by ... | |
| At what point do you... For me, anything with moving parts is going to be new. Anything so expensive that I can’t chuck it and caulk it up as a learning experience I will get from a dealer. My system now in comparison with my income is very good… so I am aiming for the v... | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change Some folks love the process and some like the destination. The pursuit is the analytical process of assessing, comparing, and searching for better. I am a destination person, I will put in one to,two years of intense work. Then sit back and enjoy ... | |
| Ethernet cables Ethernet cables like all other interconnects in high end audio can make a significant difference, depending on your system and components they can make an almost imperceptible difference or a very substantial one. Matching the cost with the improv... | |
| What do you like to see included in a manufacturer's website? Independent professional reviews from the mainstream: The Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and HiFi+. The only reason I would visit a manufacturer’s site. | |
| Upgrade from BluNode 2i with a new DAC or Integrated Streamer DAC? @soix +1 Fatigue can come from both streamer and DAC. Your hearing can’t be too bad or you would not be experiencing fatigue. At your investment level there is much to be gained from improvements in both streamer and DAC. Upgrades will i... | |
| TAS. The Absolute Sound? A little (lot) more context would be helpful. | |
| The time has come and I request advice... Most likely the functionality of streamers continue to improve, leading to reduced subscriber numbers until they get bought and incorporated into one company’s products. Or they try and hold on, updates become less frequent and customer support go... | |
| Music through streamer vs CD/SACD I have a high end CD player and a high end streamer. The sound quality of a red book CD is the same locally stored, from disk or from streaming. For high resolution albums, streaming sounds better. Qobuz has over half a million high resolution alb... | |
| Moving into an apartment with wood joist floors - worried about neighbors hearing That’s a great way to develop animosity and have it grow until you have a crisis. Then, your have neighbors waiting for you to disturb them, getting ticked off in silence until they are really upset. Good relationships and communication is way to ... | |
| Warped record Of course you can see why Amazon is not an ideal vendor to being giving special care to vinyl when they are shipping millions of products a day from hundreds of warehouses. |