ghdprentice
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| Cartridge upgrade You will get a great sonic improvement by investing $3.4K in either the turntable or cartridge. If you are looking long termed, I would start with the turntable ($5K would get you up another level)… but you easily could get a bigger incremental im... | |
| Sonus Faber Concertino DRVER From Sonus Faber. I think they make all their own drivers. At least they do on their upper tier models. I would contact a local dealer. | |
| Solo streamer Which level Shunyata USB cable? I assume not Omega… although I am sure that is impressive. | |
| Advice needed: It's time for a new DAC @bigfatpaulie Thanks. I have heard several of the DACs you talked about, I have to agree with your assessments. | |
| Solo streamer ~” it sounds so good I cannot imagine it sounding better” I’ve thought something like this repeatedly over the fifty years I pursued high end audio, right before upgrading something only to find it sounding much better. It’s one of the reasons... | |
| Are all streamers the same? @carlsbad2 “…I would say that if there is dogma in streamers, it is that quality matters. The statement that they are all the same is more conspiracy theory.” +1 | |
| Solo streamer I owned an Aurlic Aries G2 and now several Aurrender. The Aurlic was glitchy in operation and its sound quality at its price point was not up to Aurrender’s lineup. I am constantly surprised at how good Aurrender are and they continue to improve. ... | |
| Are all streamers the same? I’ve used streamers from PC and MACs, to $3K, $5K, $13K, and $22K. In general, you get what you pay for and each jump in cost results in significant improvement in sound quality. My streamer’s sound quality equals my very good vinyl system. S... | |
| Suggestions on improvement @zlone +1 My feeling as well. But on the other hand $1K + trade in on your integrated probably doesn’t get you any where. Hmm, actually try a high end power cord for the integrated. Maybe try the lending library from the cable company. Look ... | |
| Solo streamer OP, You bring up an interesting observation. I am now listening to Bruckners 9th. Sounds great. To me the recording is doing what it should, the real symphony has a very wide dynamic range, to me it seems to be capturing that without exaggeration... | |
| Speakers on top of subwoofer @gdaddy1 Good counter example. | |
| Those magical days when the HVAC is off My heat pump / air handler is about 25 feet from my audio system in an enclosed room that is well sonically insulated. I also have a variable speed air handler and pump so, is if the house is only slightly warm… it is on very low and barely runnin... | |
| Solo streamer @brunomarcs @oddiofyl +1 My Aurrender streamer weighs 46 pounds. I have listened to PCs and streamers at every level all the way to top level ones. Dedicated audio streamers sound better than PCs nearly without exception because the fact it ha... | |
| Speakers on top of subwoofer @soix +1 no speakers in top of subs. Also, for optimal sound you will have to move them around… optimal can be almost anywhere in the room. | |
| Sonys faber Amati G5 I use and recommend Audio Research Reference 160m or s. Very complimentary. I run them in triode mode making them a touch more musical., I used to run a Pass x350, the difference is like night and day. |