ghdprentice
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| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 I use Transparent for all of my interconnects, speaker cables and all but my amp power cord. I find them exactly that, transparent, dynamic, low noise. I have tried: Cardas (all upper tier), DHLabs, WireWorld, Harmonix, Straight Wire, Nordost (Odi... | |
| Magico and Tube amp I have heard that combination. I liked it better than many other combinations. Magico is so fast and detailed, when fed with the solid state amps / preamps like Luxman and Boulder I found them not to be musical enough for me. | |
| best cost no object single unit streamer/dac combo you have ever heard? That is easy, Aurender W20SE streamer with the Audio Research Reference CD9SE DAC. I have also had in my system the Berkeley Alpha Reference Alpha DAC ($22K), which was ever so slightly more detailed, but not quite as musical. I also had the Grimm... | |
| Are you on or off? What say you? Long ago I found the best way to play the merry go round was to get on every ~ 7 years or so, upgrade to the next level, and get off again enjoying the music. | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything Most of us are attracted to a kind of sound. If you are lucky enough to have found speakers that really appeal to you, then different house sounds are not likely to sound better, only different or not as good. So, upgrading is easy, get a better M... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? @strawj What is your system? The effect of power cords is depend on your system. Very helpful to know where you are coming from. You can see my systems under my ID. | |
| My Portable Audio Rig Sounds like quite the Rube Goldberg device. I think I would recommend a DAP. I have a A&K SP3000. Very high quality output. But not for you… it may look like an iPhone but 3x thickness… but it feels like it is made out of lead… great for the ... | |
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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system . I would definitely choose your home… with a great audio area, if you can. I accidentally bought a home with one of the best audio areas imaginable. Very much by accident. It has almost no symmetry… overall a big Z shaped room (s). Underground, ... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Sota sells restored turntables. The advantage buying there or from a reputable dealer is it is going to be in top condition.. no surprises. | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? Tubes undergo less wear when not under load so will last longer, but I don’t think any manufacturer would recommend leaving them on: fire hazard and a really short tube life. | |
| what should I get to replace what I am planning to try Yes… I get the joke about sitting in the kitchen. But what is the issue? You want a smaller soundstage? My sound stage goes way back behind the wall and my speakers are four feet from the wall.. this is an asset not a problem. Also, yes, th... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz Qobuz. Sound is slightly better and they have about 1/2 million high resolution albums versus fifty thousand or so for Tidal. | |
| Many Questions Need Help You have a challenging question. First, integrated amps tend to have terrible headphone jacks. They are afterthought features… often even on very expensive ones. Sennheiser HD 650 headphones require a lot of power to sound great… so defini... | |
| Passive preamps - differences between technologies Audio Research is very synergistic with other Audio Research. The REF3 or LS28se are really great preamps. |