ghdprentice
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| Streamer Options Needed Aurender offers outstanding sound quality and the Conductor App which runs on phones, iPads, and MacPro... I guess a MacMini as well. I have two Aurender after trying Aurlic, Grimm, BlueSound, and Linn and some other streamers. Audiophile quality ... | |
| Vinyl Warm Up Time @pkatsuleas +1 on YES. Evey time I take out one of their albums, I typically am put off by the sound quality, that I stop and put it away. | |
| Suggestions for a holographic preamp? OP, Sounds like you may simply want a system that images well... not necessarily holographic. Holographic has such depth of soundstage and pinpoint imaging that instruments are suspended in three dimensions. So for instance an instrument can b... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? I would guess the designer is Luc Besson.... director of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planet and The Fifth Element. | |
| Suggestions for a holographic preamp? Your choices are within the realm of middle of the road sounding preamps. You want to look at the categories that define what you are looking for: #1 Burmester. Also dCs and Roland with the right speakers. Holographic... immense sound field not... | |
| Cryogenic Treatment of Tubes, and why you should not. @mulveling Same with me. I think I checked Cryo a couple times. But never did a comparison. Never replaced a tube and thought wow that is better and went back and figured out it way Cryo treated. So, I really have no idea. | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? @erik_squires +1 That is funny. With respect to the soldiers. But I just read a detailed book on the history of Viet Nam which included the Battle of Dien Biem Phu. Situated in a large valley the French set up their position... the General sai... | |
| Cryogenic Treatment of Tubes, and why you should not. This paper is an example of pseudoscience masquerading around as a thorough scientific investigation. It really is not. Reminds me of ASR. The methodology is cursory and full of cliché. Anyone attempting a serious evaluation would center around ... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable You would think, but, in general, all things equal, no, high quality separates are better. By putting too much circuitry inside a single box, internal noise becomes a problem. So, for instance Aurender's new flagship the N50 is a three box soluti... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable The Aurender N200, N250, N20... etc are streamers only... no DAC. This their primary business although they do make some combined Streamer / DACs. Their Conductor app, used for controlling them is very well regarded as well. | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries OP "...Where would you start the forum and what would you call it?..." Honestly, I would not start a forum on the subject unless it was by invitation only. Only allow folks that were fairly well informed, thoughtful, and actually curious. Otherw... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? [In good humor] If the French cared about what anyone thought... well, they would not be French! I led a diverse team in Europe for over a year. There was a flaming Frenchman (who has been a good friend for thirty years now), two Scots, Englishm... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? I have tried the special port for amps, and separate power conditioners made just for amps... so they don't restrict the power. All have interfered with the amp. The amp would sound better plugged directly into the wall. I've had a couple dedicate... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable I concluded the Aurender N200 streamer must be better than the Byston because streaming sounds as good as internal played files on Aurender. | |
| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? My collection is 2,000 albums, starting with my first album from the late 1960’s. In the 80’s I started collecting seriously with mostly new and audiophile versions. I used a machine to clean all old records, treated with Last, replaced the inner ... |