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| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? @tomic601 Thanks. Very sorry for your losses and the continuing medical issues. Most things in life can be replaced or repaired but when a life is lost it's gone for good. We count our blessings every day. Thanks for the lunch offer! That's... | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? As a small manufacturer I can tell you that this industry is challenging enough in good times. No company is an island and we all rely on vendors. Sometimes it's small parts other times it can be raw materials. Many of these vendors have vendors. ... | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? whatjd Always enjoyed the work of Robert Frost. Thanks for sharing.I don't think it's quite the same as GM. Their classic example that comes to mind is Camaro vs Firebird. Very similar cars using the same platform. In the beginning they used ... | |
| Is room treatment a science? Take a look at the Realtraps website for good info and excellent, well engineered products: https://realtraps.com/ | |
| Speaker manufacturers or box manufacturers with off the shelf drivers? It's mostly about economy of scale and available resources. Most speakers companies are small compared to main steam manufacturing. It's impractical for most speaker companies to build drivers in house especially when considering they use eight to... | |
| Any one else using DIRAC or silimalr for 2 channel set uo? We always encourage customers to use passive room treatment whenever possible. That said, using room correction can have great benefits. Not all room correction systems are equal. Some of the software add-on systems are OK but not state-of-the-art... | |
| Best bookshelf loudspeakers under 10,000 for the pair @jcwaudio,Coming from MLs and Quads (OB speakers) you might be interested in: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa0fgd-arion-audio-iris-active-monitors-monitors Possibly the smallest OB speakers available. Included with the speakers is a pow... | |
| Audiophiles and nostalgia, I guess some of us are attracted to expensive hobbies. I always have a sports/performance car or two in the garage. My greatest automotive adventure was designing and building (most of it, I wouldn't weld anything critical like suspension parts) m... | |
| Audiophiles and nostalgia, I have a 73 De Tomaso Pantera with many serious performance mods. It's fast and handles great but crude by comparison to new performance cars. Sometimes it makes me feel young, sometimes it makes me feel old. Nostalgia, reality? | |
| Discussion of Class D Amps Application & Experiences @falconquest As a manufacturer of class-D and hybrid class-D amplifiers I suggest that auditioning is important. Buy only what sounds good to you. Many brands use the same OEM boards and power supplies. Some just stuff them in a fancy box and oth... | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? I must add, Frank is very accommodating and can configure his amps to your needs. I never met him in person but communicating through email was never a problem. I would not hesitate buying more amps from Triode Lab. | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? @joeinid The Triode amps we use are the 2A3M Canadian with a few upgrades. The upgraded including Hashimoto 2A3 power transformer, Teflon sockets, Cardas binding posts and better caps. I guess they are somewhere between the 2A3M Canadian and the... | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? We have a small group of low power SET tube amps to use for demonstrating our speakers. The amps are designed for 45, 2A3, 300B, EL84 and GM70 tubes. The 2A3 tube amps are Triode Lab monoblocks. The 45 amps and Triode Lab 2A3 amps are our preferre... | |
| AND A Happy Easter to you Yogiboy and to all who celebrate.Later this afternoon my wife and I will celebrate Easter with some of our family members using Voom.Peace and health to all | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? clio09, Thanks for your detailed description of the subject OTLs.The OTL amp(s) will be used to power just our towers which play down to 120 Hz. The speakers have powered woofers. Do you think the "better low frequencies" of the M60 fall below ... |