11-30-2023, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Corvallis, OR
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Originally Posted by Puma Cat
From my experience, I now consider the Altaira hubs to be foundational. I'd actually go down on the specification of the preamp to put those funds towards an Altaira ground hub; it's that important, in my experience.
Here my top 3 priorities for a system, based on experience:
1) Room Acoustics
2) Power distribution: both incoming and also "outgoing" (from the components themselves)....
3) Ground-plane noise reduction
And yes, I feel the benefits are fully worth the price of the hubs. The Altaira ground-plane noise reduction system fundamentally changes the intrinsic qualities of the presentation as a whole.
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Agreed. And that's based on my experience with a very modest system.
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