ghdprentice
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| Tube preamp: Cary SLP-03 vs Schiit Freya+ I would recommend used Audio Research… or VAC. But these provide audiophile components built to the highest standards with known excellence of sound… as opposed to contemporary budget components. I have followed ARC for fifty years… recognizin... | |
| Does anybody make... That is an odd requirement. Just out of interest… what is the application? You have four different amps and sets of speakers? | |
| Streaming Spotify Generally audiophiles prefer Qobuz first and then Tidal. I had Tidal for a year or so, my audio guy persistently pestered me to switch to Qobuz… I did, he was right. | |
| Streaming 102 @mrdon Congratulations. in many ways there are huge differences in streaming… now too much music. Now it can become exploration. Then you have to be able to find your way back. Also, how do you find your way into new categories and follow t... | |
| No sound from Aurender A10 It is 11AM on Sunday morning in Korea. I have had timely and good responses from Aurender support. | |
| Aurender A10 help So if your Bluesound works, I would disconnect the Bluesound and connect the Aurender to those inputs. Your Luxman has 4 unbalanced inputs and two balanced inputs. The most likely thing is somehow connected incorrectly. What is connected to wh... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference Your experience is very curious to me and completely different from my experiences with Aurender servers, I still own a N100 and a W20SE. They have completely out classed all PC based servers and other similar stand alone streamers. I would work w... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment @mikekollar Yeah, congratulations on the speaker upgrade, that was inevitable profound. The rest… ok, glad you are enjoying it. | |
| Streaming Spotify Streamer —> DAC —> preamp —> amp —> speakers. or Streamer/DAC —> preamp —> amp —> speakers While theoretically one could output DAC to amp. Well, let’s just say except for a very few people with incredible dedicati... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment I think two changes were most important, added a second dedicated line for my amp (as opposed to the original which now just powers the rest of my components). And a Silent Running Audio Ohio++.2 isolation platform for my Linn LP12 Turntable. Also... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/2019-high-end-audio-buyers-guide-music-servers-and-peripheral-products/3 Maybe this can be helpful. A real broad survey… with some of the good stuff at the end. | |
| Streaming Spotify Hmm. Today streaming can sound better than red book CDs and certainly FM tuners. The advantage is a nearly infinite music library and low cost ($14.99 / month). The best streaming service for high quality sound right now is Qobuz, and secondarily... | |
| Something Millercarbon has preached Be A Better Listener. Do not get mired in data. Chickens aside, learning how to listen, learning the vocabulary of sound is critical in the enjoyment of high end audio. My partner of 35 years has always had much better hearing than I… she is a girl. She always to differs to me to explain what s... | |
| Using Speaker Wire to extend Bi-Wire Cable to Speakers Well, depends on the quality of the equipment… but since you are talking mono blocks… I am thinking some level of quality. So, then definitely you want to put the mono blocks right next to the speakers and use long interconnects between the preamp... | |
| Dedicated Music Server/Player To follow @willgolf Absolutely yes! I fiddled around with PCs, MacBook.. and portable devices for years. It is only sending bits, right? No! I got an Auralic Aries G2 and realized it is like every high end audio component, every component mat... |