ghdprentice
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| Cardas Clear Speaker Cables? While I have a little experience with the Cygnus, I have much more experience with Clear Reflections and Clear Beyond. The further up the chain you go, the more detailed and neutral they are. That is how they are designed. Warm to support lower le... | |
| Main speaker placement- fundamentally wrong? When in high school we had a Sears "portable stereo" on a metal stand. The speakers were detachable. My friend and I would put the speakers on the floor and take turns putting our head in between. It greatly improved the bass and dynamic range.... | |
| Should I replace my 20-year-old Hovland Radia Amp? See if you can audition an Audio Research Ref 160 or VSi 75. Perfect match for your speakers and preamp. | |
| Why do records made from digital sources sound good? There are tons of spectaculary bad analog and digital recordings. Also, spectacularly good ones. In part it depends on when they were made. In the late fifties most of the finest recordings ever produced were made. They were all analog. But during... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? The Aurender AP20 looks interesting. I have not been impressed with their earlier DACs. Streamer, top notch but not their DACs. I was interested to read this review. I have not heard one, so I can’t comment on the unit or this review. But looks li... | |
| Streamer apps critical @moonwatcher I have no idea. These days there are a couple of camps of developers, The professionals, trained in structured development using standardized tools. Then the net has nurtured a huge number of "wild Wild West" multilingual coders and... | |
| Anyone read this NYT story about analog audio bars? I heard they were a think in Japan. I'm an audiophile... nothing better than being alone is a dead quiet environment listening to the a beautiful piece of music... so I am clearly not the target market. | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS OP, I think it is very resonable to assemble a high end audio system and only listen at very low levels. I listen at lower and lower levels as I have gotten older and enjoy the nuances better and better. I do not have an answer. My system ha... | |
| Good choice for 20' XLR cable? What is your system? DHLabs. This is a key juncture. It is easy to go cheap because it is long. This can be false economy. You want to move it but you do not want to introduce a weak link that you later must replace. Having said that I find ... | |
| YOUR AUDIOPHILE JOURNEY WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? Perhaps as at the age of ~12 in 1964 at night holding my ear up to the old tubed counsel radio in my bedroom with the volume turned down to a whisper so my parents could not hear me in the next room. Irresponsible purchase of a Marantz 2040 integ... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? Since you mentioned audiophile... then Linn is the only one that come to mind for me. | |
| Have you ever bought something you've never heard of? Congratulations. Great it turned out well. I don't think I have ever done that with audio. I'm a "research the crazy out of something first" kind of guy. | |
| Recommendations For Upgrade AES/EBU Digital cable up to $500 From the what you are saying I would think a high end used Cardas... Clear Beyond would fit the bill. | |
| Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other? The better the streamer the less the network matters. Put all you can into the streamer unless you like playing with your network for fun. | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? +1 Lagavulin |