gregdude
Responses from gregdude
| Decent DAC/Streamer The apple tv is not known for sq. Start there. | |
| Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members? Op yes | |
| I give up on new vinyl I'm disappointed with around 60% of new LP purchases. | |
| Quiet Enjoyment: right of audiophiles neighbors to NOT be annoyed Discretion is the word of the day. Not too early not too late and don't wake sleeping babies l. | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? What about the difference in cycles per second? 50 v 60 hz.... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? Before you buy another preamp would you consider rolling tubes? That's another avenue to explore. | |
| Speakers Jbl l80 or higher. That's my solution for everything. | |
| Hey That's Not So Bad if It's Class D Agreed with one caveat. Get yourself a good tube preamp to go with the class D power. | |
| Tube amplifier suggestion for 101 dB speakers You mentioned that you'd like to keep the ss pre, however I'm going to recommend that you try a tube preamp for a couple reasons. The preamp tubes can and will tame the treble. Preamp tubes generally live much longer. And lastly, rolling preamp tu... | |
| Does this exist? Preamp/Streamer/DAC with MQA, Roon and more Can you change to a different reconstruction filter in your current rig? Might solve all your sq issues. Oppo 105/205 is a possibility as mentioned above. | |
| Cable Company Contracts Just switch between satellite and cable every year or two. You'll always be getting the new customer rate. My 2 cents.... | |
| Yamaha A-S3000 Vs Marantz PM-10 (new reference line) IMO if you're looking for warm, the Yamaha won't be the answer. I own an as2000 and it is pretty neutral maybe even cool sounding. From what I remember from limited exposure the 3000 is very similar. Marantz is known for a bit of warmth | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish +1 on the goldenear technologies, esp if you have some loyalty to ded tech. Sandy Gross is a founder of both. | |
| A new chapter has begun. Congrats I'm sure you've worked hard to get that level of gear... that's basically my dream system | |
| When do you turn off the tubes? Less than 2 hours and I leave it on with the cd player on repeat with the volume turned down a bit. When I'm ready to listen I just turn it back up and put a record on... |