wgutz
Responses from wgutz
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... I only trust what I perceive and hear. If one has been around audio for awhile, you have likely bought, or at least tried, some gear that had amazing specs only to find it sounds like crap. As such, I have very little interest in techno measuremen... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... 1st, Jinjuku, please do come to my home in Denver while you are attending the Audiofest in Denver coming up in October. I live in north Denver.2nd, I am not a gambler, especially since I now make less than I once paid in taxes.3rd, I have two five... | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... The next to last comment on the 1st page of this discussion by Milpai is the straightforward truth. Just because you or your equipment can't hear the difference in quality cables doesn't mean the difference doesn't exist for others. I've had syste... | |
| Using contact cleaner in tube sockets I chased a very similar noise for about a year on my tube pre-amp. Even replaced the tube sockets with gold plated versions. About $1,000 later it was ultimately a bad ground. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Tidal:Andy McKay and The Metaphors Move on to track 2 | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Good wire good, Yum. | |
| Most Important, Unloved Cable... Give it a rest. This thread is DEAD. | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? 1979 ADS 810, my son has them now2006 Soundlab U-2, Still my only speakersNever looked back or forward on speakers, but have a list from the nut farm for electronics. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Lanterna - Sands album, some good guitar work in a modest style. | |
| What is the most common cause of dropouts when streaming Tidal? https://www.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/Bill | |
| DAC Regenerator and Reclocking Devices Additional thought to Dave:Not only does it matter where the DAC builder/engineer focused the resources, but a given DAC will sound better or worse on SPDIF vs. USB depending upon the density of the signal (MP3 to 16/44 to 24/192 etc.)After consid... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Dynaquest4Actually I can hear a silver fuse added to the power of my tube amps for about 4 evenings of 5 hours listening, and then the effect just disappears. That's a 1" piece of silver rated at 120V 5 amps. So with interconnects running a low vo... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Silver is not bright after it is fully broken in which I over-estimate at about 20,000 hours. | |
| Audioquest Consider the top line cables from Audioquest from several years ago. I bought SKY and Cheetah interconnects and they sound great and doubt that a new set would be so much better I would want to pay more. And they are often available on Agon for 30... | |
| Opinions Take out a $250K student loan, ditch the classes and buy the most expensive interconnects you can find. At least it will sound great until the foreclosure is completed |