ghdprentice
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| AR Ref 160s or Luxman M10x 👍😊. Yes, this is where your values in sound meet the road. There are many people that value detail and contrast between the treble and bass. Others, fidelity. The pursuit caters to all tastes. It is great that you will listen before buying! | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? Absolutely, if you were born in the 50’s. But if you were born earlier or later then the pinicle would be earlier or later, respectively. | |
| LP storage advice please? Have a look at my main virtual system. I have about 2,100 albums. These white cubes come in singles and doubles. They are not expensive. | |
| Have I Found the Holy Grail of Audio Systems? My Surprising Discovery OP, Yeah, my friend’s system is such a reflection. It is a Presto preamp (sounds good so far), big Krell amp, a no longer working Esoteric SACD Player, a old Rega turntable (with a poorly glued tone arm riser), and some huge Theil speakers cra... | |
| AR Ref 160s or Luxman M10x You cannot come up with two amps more different, opposite ends of the spectrum. I own Audio Research Reference 160s and had 160m monoblocks for over a year and a half. I have spent a lot of time listening to the Luxman. For me, there is just no c... | |
| Maybe the Journey is Over?........Well...... OP, Beautiful! I was at first aghast to see a large screen TV front and center… then realized it was an acoustic panel. One of the things I now appreciate is having a system / venue that looks coherent and beautiful. Not something that I h... | |
| Have I Found the Holy Grail of Audio Systems? My Surprising Discovery Congratulations! Arrival after an enormous effort is incredibly rewarding. you clearly have a very carefully chosen system, both sonically and aesthetically. One my friends who is also a dealer told me that peoples systems reflect their person... | |
| Tubes, tone, and old age. 👍😊. Cool. Sometimes the stars line up and things go your way. | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? I have a lot of experience with Pass. They make great amps and ok preamps. This is like riding up the pacific coast highway on a bike South to North… against the wind all the way. To find a great preamp to match an amp, I would look to Audio R... | |
| There is none out there...... OP, Let me be clear. Just buy a $59 wifi extender and plug it in next to your system. Plug your streamer into that. I bought two streamers with internal wifi recievers, one was an Auralic Aries G2. It was a mistake. Internal WiFi, even on fair... | |
| Mono block amplifiers from VAC and McIntosh. Speaker ideas? Sorry for your loss. But that is an incredible gain. Those are two very different amps. I have to agree with @knotscott… you have a chance to biamp… something most of us could never do. First question, are you willing to commit the funds t... | |
| Magico and Tube amp OP, the Reference 160m is an excellent match with the Magico M2. It can provide the rhythm and pace and midrange bloom you are missing on the other amps. There may be controversy between the detailed / slam folks and the musicality folks. The char... | |
| There is none out there...... @soix +1 I would recommend not getting a combined unit… with a CD ripper. You can do that anywhere else. Just get the very best streamer you can. I prefer Aurender myself. | |
| I am looking to upgrade - looking for advice It depends on where you want to go… how far. Most of us have upgraded our systems over years. I have a couple rules of thumb. 1. Never upgrade less than 2x or more in investment. This makes it very probable you are going to hear a really big i... | |
| Linear Tube Audio Aero DAC I agree with @decooney that it depends on your preamp and amp… for me adding the last piece (tube DAC) absolutely sent my system over the top good. Since my preamp and amp were already Audio Research tube equipment the synergy with an Audio Resear... |