ghdprentice
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| Any other Pipe And Slippers Audiophiles out there? Yes… well, minus the pipe… I had to give that up fifty years ago. Oh yes, also minus the suit. But I wear slippers. | |
| Looking for intermediate-step Streamer: better than BS Node and not @ Bartok level pricing Congrats on you folks that have bought an Aurrender N200. It is likely the Sp/DIF connection will sound better and that the Yggdrasil will hold back the performance somewhat… but I am sure you will really enjoy the streamer. | |
| Where do I go from here? The VPI Classic sound great. But the cartridge depends on your tastes in sound. Really detailed or musical? I love musical, so am really attracted to Van den Hull and Koetsu. They are musically oriented. | |
| Dealers with excellent listening rooms? Most cities have places that are sufficient to get the essence out of the equipment. In Portland Oregon it is Pearl Audio, Echo Audio and StereoTypes. | |
| Is my amp good enough? You ask a pretty simple question. The answer is also really simple. Yes, your amp is plenty good to power the speakers you are thinking of buying. Also, yes, you are likely to get a significant increase in sound quality and bring a big smile on yo... | |
| Upgrading cd player Congratulations. I look forward to hearing what you think. I love my Ref CD9SE… while with streaming I only use the CD player component rarely. It is great to be able to compare streaming and a CD so seamlessly as with this unit. I really think i... | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? @phd Yes, I felt the way you did until I finally bought one… now, I could care less about the wear, or any other theoretical problem. The sound quality justifies it. I now have thousands of hours on tube amps with no failures and no tube chan... | |
| Not sure if this is the right forum You might also try Bard. I have found comparisons to be pretty good. | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? I remember fiddling with off brands and some inexpensive Shunyata power cords to no effect. This was ten or fifteen years ago. With my newer Audio Research amps they come with heavy duty copper and 20 amp connectors, so I couldn’t use any of m... | |
| Speaker placement Quandary @skinzy This is what “sliders” are for. Making it easy to move them around. I think it took me a year to get mine situated. I got to know them really well in the position of my old speakers. Then every week or two I would move them a little… and... | |
| Does Qobuz work OP, What DAC is appropriate for your system is dependent on your system. In general, DACs get better with price. But getting one greatly better than the rest of your system is not appropriate. I have owned or auditioned extensively DACs from $500... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding ☹️ Maybe you can consider approval as an open purchase order. | |
| power cable Come on guys, you know exactly what he meant. Power cord upgrades to amps tend to produce the greatest effect, and can be huge. For instance, my Audio Research Ref 160s comes with a very heavy copper 20 amp power cord. The first and all subseq... | |
| DAC as pre amp Thank you for sharing your experience. This is the most common experience, but having it documented is really helpful to those who have just joined high end audio and never experienced a high end preamp, or swapped them out without proper compar... | |
| As An Experiment I Stuck A Few Things Under My Pre-Amp And Am Now On A Quest @mahgister 😊👍 |