ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Clock vs Streamer advice +1 used Aurrender | |
| Audioquest Pegasus XLR Interconnects Thanks for your report. Seems like Audio Quest has started doing something right in the last few years. | |
| Audioquest Dragon power cable. Actually, a one meter Dragon is only $5,500. Not nearly that expensive 😊. | |
| Legacy Focus 20/20 Speakers AMP/Pre Amp Here is a Stereophile review. With speakers that old you should verify the surrounds on the woofers are in good shape or have been replaced. Yes, your budget would be good. Do you have a system of some sort in place now. i definitely ... | |
| Alternatives to McIntosh MC402? I used to own Olympica 3 for many years and now own Amati. They are pretty easy to drive. My preferred match is Audio Research. While warm and extremely natural they are more balanced like real music than Mac (it will take away the dark veil). Pro... | |
| Gain and level controls on an amplifier-a good thing? I think it depends on the level of sound quality you are going for. If it is the highest you can achieve, always leave unnecessary controls behind. They add signal path and lower the fidelity. This is why audiophile level equipment generally have ... | |
| One receiver for both ht and 2 channel (diff speakers) @audiotroy +1 AVRs are about the worst thing for two channel audio there is as a category. They can work for home theater because one is distracted from the nuances of of the music. So, one naturally listens much deeper into two channel. Pu... | |
| New streamer Ground loops are extremely unlikely to occur with dedicated lines… that is one of the benefits. Typically ground loops occur when your system is plugged in to two adjacent “normal” outlets which are wired to different breakers and both wonder all... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? While the efficacy of high end powercords and interconnects may be debated among novists and value oriented audio consumers, it is not debated among seasoned audio enthusiasts, high end designers, dealers and audiophiles. A high quality system can... | |
| Cardas Clear or Straight Wire Crescendo III Balanced Interconnects . I am famiar with recent Cardas and not quite as recent Straightwire. Straightwire will be more detailed and not tipped sonically either way. The Cardas will be tipped towards the warm side. | |
| Audioquest Hurricane High Current Power Cable on my DAC. That's right!!! @classicrockfan “High Current Power Cable" does not make sense.” Huh? It makes perfect sense. What does your comment mean? | |
| Audioquest Hurricane High Current Power Cable on my DAC. That's right!!! Thanks for your reply. Interesting. I spent a year playing with my amp power cords. The problem would be that they would warm up the signal too much. The AudioQuest Hurricane did not. It lowered the noise floor and did not attenuate the high f... | |
| I want to replace the router/modem Comcast with a high quality for streaming @KR4 I am not recommending in line extenders! I am recommending wifi extenders. OP, yes streaming has come a long way. My streaming system sound quality is the same as my vinyl playback… and both are very very good and in my investment level a... | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection Well, at $4 / album it’ll take a while to amortize the $6,500 for the cleaner. I think it is a great idea to try their cleaning. Some albums are “cleanable”… as in it makes a huge difference… some not. With experience you can learn to tell by loo... | |
| JPS Labs Aluminata Power Cable On My Integreated Amp!!! Congratulations. But then a power cord half the price of the component needs to sound pretty good. |