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| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Why do most modern 15 inch drivers like modern JBL and Tannoy are made for very powerful transistor amplifiers? These drivers have a very high moving mass and are designed to survive very high power. It is done in compromise in sound quality and ... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Hi @lynn_olson , In the Montreal show were the Coherent speakers Model 18 (18" coaxial Radian driver with Neodymium magnet and aluminum diaphragm). In 2022 they used a 300B Allnic Audio T-1500 300B SET stereo amplifier. This setup sounded the be... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? I listened to and liked Coherent model 18 on the Montreal Audio show. These speakers are very sensitive and sound very easy and uncompressed (in the way like my Altec 604E) but with deeper bass and more smooth and extended high frequencies. They a... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Hi @lynn_olson Are you familiar with JBL 4430/4435? https://www.audioheritage.org/html/profiles/jbl/4430-35.htm They have a smooth sounding horn section compared to other vintage speakers. | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer The truth is the extra $400 is too much for me. I have Gustard r26 DAC and a $1100 master clock looks like an too expensive gadget for $1600 DAC. | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer I have a question about the new LHY - OCK-2"S" master clock. Does anybody tried it with Gustard R26 or another DAC or streamer? I tried to buy the old OCK-2 model on Aliexpress and eBay. But each time I ordered it sellers told me the old model i... | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? Altec 605 was a cost reduction version of 604. I has a little bit smaller magnet and sensitivity. But the sensitivity is still very high and weaker magnets give a little more bass (Qts is higher). Altec 605 monitors were The Beatles monitors in A... | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? https://www.technicalaudio.com/pdf/Duplex_Speakers_related_to_Altec_604/DUPLEX.html | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? What is special about the Altec 604 - The 15 inch driver plays a very wide frequency range up to 1500Hz. The mid bass driver moving mass is very light (compared to JBL and modern Tannoy) to afford to play midrange. Driver quality is on a higher le... | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? Here are my Altec 604E videos: https://youtu.be/Nlo9qR4-I0c https://youtu.be/ooFTaeJsdQ8 Model E was in production from 1964 to 1973. | |
| What is the Altec 604 sound? I have Altec 604E from 2005. I never listened to Altec GPA. I don’t know how do they sound. It can be different from old 604s. My 604 is very easy to drive and sound is very dynamic without feeling of any compression. The bass is fast and has te... | |
| Gustard R26 - different sound signatures in different units For every DAC I had 100 hours break in is nothing. Most of them need more than 200 hours of playing music plus 3 weeks be plugged in. I received a new r26 2 weeks ago. It started sound just OK after 1 week (160 hours) and high frequencies oped... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer DACs use electrolytic capacitors in power supply that need a very long burn in. Amplifiers need less time. In my experience with Chord and SMSL DACs it was 3 weeks plugged in AC. And height frequencies finally improved at the end of this period. | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer Hi @lanx0003 , For any DAC I had 100hour of break-in - it is nothing! For example I run a new Chord Qutest around 200 hours and was sure it plays on 90% of it potential. Then I didn’t listen to it for 2 weeks. But is was plugged in to AC without... | |
| Gustard R26 vs hi end streamer Hi @sls883 , So far I found a solution to plug and unplug USB cable into ET3 (I have easy access to do it). It is not a big problem for me because I listen to PCM (CDs and files) 95% of the time. In one month I will receive my old SMSL do300ex (... |