ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Solo streamer OP, That sounds right to me. Connnie Jay… great preamps. | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? OP, Thanks for recounting your recent cable experience. | |
| Wired Ethernet Connection Dropouts with Auralic Aries S1 I’d reboot the Aries again. I used to have ann Aries G2 and had to reboot it all the time to keep it working properly. There is a setting to reboot nightly. I would turn that on. But that was not enough for me. I finally got tired of playing aroun... | |
| Is there a clear definition of what "Integrated" means? “A preamplifier, often abbreviated as preamp, is an electronic device that amplifies a weak electrical signal to a level that is strong enough to be processed by another device, such as a power amplifier or a recording equipment. Preamplifiers are... | |
| How to Open the Sonus Faber Olympica IIIs (Please Help) I’ve always got the best results with Audio Research preamps for my Pass amps… notably better than the result with Pass preamps. With ARC still detailed but much more natural and musical. | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? @terry9 From your quote…”It took the ‘ sparkle ‘ out of the sound .” Yes, it can be. I went through a period about thirty years ago when upgrading some modest components and adding / evaluating high quality interconnects and power conditi... | |
| Streamer observation / question to those who know A high end streamer is built from the ground up to meticulously deal with every parameter that impacts the sound quality. Each aspect is considered by design, part choice, and location. This certainly includes processing, power supply, physical vi... | |
| ARC Ref75se bias @audphile1 +1 | |
| Why did this just happen ? By real streamer he means a dedicated audio streamer. Virtually any will outperform a pc. I have used iPads, Macs, PCs. When I finally reluctantly upgraded to a dedicated streamer the digital leg took a huge jump up in sound quality. Since then I... | |
| Tube or solid state phono stage? Oops. I meant ARC Reference 3SE or 3 phonostage… I accidentally put the preamp models. | |
| Tube or solid state phono stage? Audio Research Reference phono stage. If in your budget a 6SE or used 6. Exceptional phonostage and synergistic with the rest of your system. This is what I have and would not change it out. I have had Audio Reseach phonostages for over thirty yea... | |
| Solo streamer OP, The Conductor App is very good and getting better. It is also pretty easy to use. Are you expecting to learn the app in a day? If so, no problem, then spend an hour reading instructions on how it works. In the world of software it is very sim... | |
| AudioQuest PowerQuest 707 Review Thanks for your description of your experience. Great description of what a noise floor is and what happens when it is lowered. If you haven’t experienced this, it is easy to think if you can’t hear noise then no improvement will occur with power ... | |
| The (never ending) Quest For “More” @stuartk …” It’s easy to lose track of the music if you’re constantly obsessed with upgrading ... which can be a problem even if one has little to spend. It’s just that one can get much more carried away with endless gear chasing if one has lo... | |
| Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new) I would recommend listening to an Audio Research Reference DAC9. Be aware it does not do dsd. I was really shocked when I first heard it and have yet to hear a better sounding DAC although I have had better in my system. It is extraordinarily musi... |