ghdprentice
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| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! I hate to repeat from a recent post… but. In 1978 I committed to a really great system and after reading popular stereo magazines (Stereo Review ((not a good source)) I bought the top rated Onkyo tape deck. It performed well, I thought. To get... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results @geworthomd Hmm, that is a real hard question… since it is based on two really big generalizations. The overall tonal balance of solid state and tube equipment hugely vary and overlap. The two have been moving towards neutral from opposite si... | |
| can subwoofers make things worse? No, a sub will not make it worse… will likely enhance a good deal, two would be best. REL… the default choice for most. High quality and great method and controls to feather it in with your speakers so not to create a mid bass hump. | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? I never forget being curious and borrowing a used top of the line Nakamichi tape deck back in 1979. It cost at least four times what I ever would consider (could reasonably afford ) putting it in my system. I must have listened with my mouth hang... | |
| Ripping CDs @linnvolk Yes great opportunities for listening. I find your counterpoint logical but very very unlikely. The cat is out of the bag. I can’t see a way it gets put back in. The world is going digital… it has to, we cannot afford the resources... | |
| Did your system getting better the more money you spent or more experience you gained? Both. I have, in the very beginning tried to minimize cost and maximize effort (gaining experience) and found I wasted more money by trying to save money… I would try going low cost and just ended up buying three intermediate components and the fi... | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @benanders I’m glad you are curious. But we are not working on graduate degrees here (which btw I have). Those of us with lots of experience are trying to help those with less to effectively navigate this extremely complex landscape and avoid was... | |
| Ripping CDs @linnvolk Yes, you are correct, I am assuming most all content is available. Most is. However, what happened to me, and I suspect what happens to most folks is that once the sound quality difference disappears and you have access to more than a ... | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 😊👍 | |
| Dc voltage sent to my speakers I for one would be really interested in hearing the results of actual analysis of the preamp and amp. There are lots of great theories here, it would be really be good to hear what actually happened. I don’t think the take away is to go buy a ... | |
| Aurender N150 vs N200 @blisshifi Thanks for your value added contributions. George | |
| Another post about a streamer upgrade @benanders You are simply speaking from a lack of experience and a strong unfounded sense of skepticism. Many of us here have decades of experience in high end audio and have constantly listened to the digital technology as it has developed ove... | |
| Cable upgrades Congratulations. Yes, at first listen before being broken in, cables tend to be forward and a bit bright… they “relax” over time. So, you are doing the right thing. | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 I have two Aurrender and have had the Grimm in my system, and listened to Linn in several systems. So… that kind of gives me a feel for things. I have not heard the Lumin… I had eliminated it via extensive research. I also owned a Aurlic Aries G2... | |
| Your Not-So-Obvious Best Fidelity LPs @mahler123 +1 I have a number of these most are stunning. |