ghdprentice
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| Looking for... Integrated tube amp with phono Luxman has a very distinct flashy sound with elevated treble and a bit elevated bass. To me it is a flashy sounding and looking amp. So, it is the opposite of Conrad Johnson, ARC and VAC, which emphasizes fidelity to real live music with great rhy... | |
| Shocked. Need Opinions. How muck power do I need? @erik_squires +1 Current is the game, absolutely. But I would not start trying to find the minimum because as you already found the bass starts dropping off. Maybe in a quick listen that is ok… but it may not sounds as good at quieter levels... | |
| Need recommendations on 15ft speaker cables Transparent cables are extremely, well, transparent. I own Transparent. Only the highest levels within the Transparent lines is tuned to specific components. They are outstanding in systems where you want the wires to get out of the way. What are ... | |
| 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. |