ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| *DAC I am always suspicious of the claims of sound quality comparable of components 3x in cost. If you carefully choose a DAC that fits your values in sound quality I suspect you will be very surprised and happy in the $5 - $6K range. I would have ... | |
| Do dormant cables need "RE" Broken In? If so how long can they sit dormant? Unfortunately, yes. But typically it is only a few hours. Just playing around with them can require some additional breakin… but not long. | |
| Lifting the Christmas veil Congratulations… what a great present and wife. | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ Congratulations. | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @audphile1 +1 | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? Lumin is a excellent quality streamer and will improve your sound quality significantly depending on your system… DAC, preamp, amp, speakers and venue. Roon is search and recommendation software and at best will not reduce the sound quality of... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ @fastfreight Thanks for your comments. I think you did a good job of capturing the nuances of reality. There is a trade off between investing in a very good streamer and also upgrading network components. I have one of the finest streamers… a... | |
| Does the streamer effect sound quality @texbychoice …”The more you mess with a signal, digital or analog, the more likely to corrupt the signal. “ You ran into something here. “… I have done side by side comparison of a streamed track vs same from a CD. There is a difference.” Yes, th... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay I must admit the AI version was an order of magnitude easier to understand and short enough that my addled mind could comprehend. I am starting to see that AI can complement everyone. | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ OP, I have lots of experience with non-dedicated streaming and dedicated. For dedicated: Auralic Aries G2, Aurender (N100, N10, W20SE), Grimm, Linn at several levels… and, more casually, others. My rule of thumb is to match investments in all you... | |
| Are luxman integrated amps truly balanced? OP, You are right to ask the question. But one can simply sound better because of the way it was designed and built, and the component you are connecting it to. Whether the design is fully balanced is unlikely to guarantee the correct choice. The... | |
| Lumin U2 or Aurender N200 I have two Aurrender and auditioned others. I research Lumin and went with Aurrender… I have also owned a Auralic Aries G2 and auditioned in home, Grimm, Linn. I love Aurrender… it is all they do and includes the very best streamers, great and qui... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay I’m guessing the OP is a scientist of philosopher? I was a scientist for my first career and the first time I turned a written essay I was simply crusified for being pedantic and purposefully obfuscating the meaning… like I was taught. It was humb... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? @flyfish77 Good comment. A very valid approach. This is not the approach I take, because I am in search of the best possible sound and when I do lots of intermediate steps and it always ending up costing me more. But that is my personality a... | |
| Relationship between Ethernet Switch and SQ You may either invest in upgraded switches and networking or higher quality streamers. If you love fiddling with the technology you can do the internet thing, otherwise the better streamer the better the sound regardless of the network. I have and... |