ghdprentice
Responses from ghdprentice
| Cardas or Nordost for Simaudio/Magico While I don’t find lower tier Nordost harsh or shiny... I also don’t find them to be overall that good. However, upper tier Valhalla.... excellent ... Odin 2 absolutely best of class and perhaps the best available. | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries OP "...I could probably start a forum on it." Definitely. | |
| help needed for new headphone system I’ve had as high end a headphone system as I could afford for nearly fifty years. I got serious into digital (sources for my headphone system) about fifteen years ago. I went through a dozen headphones, and amps, and sources. Given where you are.... | |
| Looking for input on an amplifier switch OP "...With the ARC, I just want to enjoy every song. I no longer am looking for songs that "sound good". +1 Exactly! Precisely. One wants to listen to the music, not the system. | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries Much conflict is the result of generalizations. Big ones make for big misunderstanding. Here a real issue is how general equal is without specifics. It means the same... but unspecified it is a grenade. So, use the word and one person thinks pow... | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable OP, I'm pretty sure that @sns must have addressed this somewhere. There are two approaches. Fix the network or get a better streamer. "Fixing the network" involves becoming and IT person and upgrading / quieting the router, and lines for the wh... | |
| Focals latest - Cat Houses? @jeffbij Good post Erik. This is endlessly amusing. | |
| I got to get me some of this tiny vinyl. I sure did not see that one coming. I don’t like getting up to change albums because they are too short. I’m obviously not the demographic... what is the demographic? Must be hipsters or something. | |
| Local pickup for speakers - should I let the buyer in the house or use the the garage? I would talk on the phone. Learn about their interests and background in audio. Any legit will be happy to talk and be concerned about what they are buying. If they are cagey and want to get off the phone... I would not do business with them. | |
| Cardas or Nordost for Simaudio/Magico I would think Cardas. Magico are very very revealing speakers and Nordost are pretty revealing. The combination is going to reveal the leanest of the Simm. I’d recommend trying Cardas Clear, Clear Reflection and Clear Beyond. I recommend auditio... | |
| Cardas or Audioquest for this System Likely Audioquest. On systems with a tendancy for being a bit hot or lean, Cardas is a better match. None of your components have that tendency. So probably Audioquest. | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable Ten feet is probably far enough. Hopefully the wall warts are not plugged in to the same circuit as your audio stuff. I am not completely sure a line conditioner will prevent degradation of sound if they are. Stored files should not sound any be... | |
| Do some DACs "handle" sibilance better than others? Absolutely. Actually about any source or intermediate component cane create and or attenuate sibilance. Components that emphasize detsail over natural balanced presentation are prone to create or enhave siblince. Hot speakers as well, particularly... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries Wow... I'm not touching this with a ten foot pole. | |
| Audio Grade Ethernet Cable @cleeds, +1 OP, it's good you asked. I could see how one might think that. But this is different. You want to move your digital gear like switches away from your auto system. They are terribly noisy. Anything with a wall wart or extra box on a... |