ghdprentice
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| Cable upgrades OP, I am familiar with Cardas Golden Reference. The odd thing is, your description of the sonic effect is completely contrary to what they sound like… by design and observation. Is it possible they were counterfeit? They are extremely warm cab... | |
| Problems Revising Posts: Original Posts and Edits???? I always edit. Since once in a while the screen will freeze. I always post quickly, then go back and edit. Occasionally I have a problem with the cursor on editing. But not usually. I would reboot your device. | |
| Right angle XLR adapter Or, bite the bullet and move the rack. | |
| Speaker Cables : Moderate priced I have run long runs of very good and high quality single ended and balanced and both sounded great. | |
| McIntosh MT5 or VPI Prime Scout turntable Both of those turntables are very good. You like switching the sound up. Luxman to MacIntosh… one end of the spectrum to the other… maybe more like opposite sides of a triangle. You have heard both? | |
| Hi current or source power cable Source cable. They are heavily isolated… noise reduction. Power are very heavy gauge for the high current of amplifiers. DACs require relatively small current. However, I recommend a good one. I use Transparent. It will depend on your equipmen... | |
| Speaker Cables : Moderate priced Have you considered locating your amp next to the speakers and using a long interconnect between the preamp. This is the traditional break strategy. Shorter speaker cables are preferred. | |
| Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....? Yes. Music / Audio is fun at what ever level you are at. I have had a NAD receiver for over 30 years and gave it to a friend that had a contemporary audio video receiver and it sounded much better… the NAD was about 25 pounds the AVR about four. D... | |
| Integrated amp w/decent headphone out under $5k I cannot make a recommendation. But I can point out that most headphone output on most integrated amps are very inferior in comparison to the unit… even very expensive integrated amps. So, great question. Be very very careful. It is easy to assum... | |
| Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....? NAD and Rotel have traditionally been transitional companies… bridging consumer and mid-fi products. They typically have offered low priced components, but designed to sound good for high consumer product prices. Over the last couple decades they ... | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? @tomic601 That makes sense. | |
| DAC with i2S @carlsbad2 +1 I always look for the best sounding / perfect fit to my tastes component, then worry about connections. | |
| Any issues with bundling power cables together? I have not tried it. Yes, cable management is a problem. Power cords can have a big impact on the sound quality of a component. Also, the flow of electrons (the more the bigger the effect) create a magnetic field around them and electrons are eff... | |
| Would you buy a pair of speakers by just looking at the measured freq. response? @tomic601 Ot would be really interesting to hear if the comparison has a direct positive correlation with perceived sound quality. Microphone flat frequency certainly does not. | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? @dsnyder0cnn Thank you for your post. I appreciate your foot covers. |