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What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
^^ Yes. The difference between sensitivity and efficiency specs is poorly understood. You have to do math to convert from one to the other unless the speaker impedance is 8 Ohms.  
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
  But to my ears, there are digital problems too, often larger than the analog problems (even if the gap has narrowed).   😁 If digital were really that much better there would be no discussion about cartridges, tonearms, where you bought that... 
What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
The question: what is high sensitivity? Yes I agree. For real high sensitivity let say 98dB and up it is an issue. My Classic Audio Loudspeakers are 98dB and flat to 20Hz. They employ dual 15" woofers as well as field coils to reduce distortion... 
Disservice: XLR interconnects
A balanced component like the HiFi Rose will output double the voltage on XLR, usually while keeping noise floor the same. @mulveling  If this is the case then the equipment isn't AES48 compliant. In a balanced line, ground is ignored. sSe th... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
How can you begin to know what someone will prefer? How can you begin to assume that you know what "better" means to someone else? I answered that question several times on this thread. You deny its reality and I can't help that. So let's put i... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
Your reply sidesteps my statement, that is, that we can not accurately predict what an outcome will be for a randomly chosen individual listening to reproduced music- will he prefer a tube amp or class d?    Actually it addressed it directly. I... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
We still have no way to accurately predict what an outcome will be for a randomly chosen individual listening to reproduced music- will he prefer a tube amp or class d? Again, the fact that there are successful class d amps and tube amps is proof... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
But that will never tell you with any real certainty if Random Joe will like your hot sauce. I don't buy based on market research- I try for myself. And I know many people that aren't going to pay $5000 for an amp because a group of people on an ... 
What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”?
IME the kind of cartridge you have matters far less than does the ability of the tonearm to really track it properly. I hear far more dramatic differences on this basis. I've yet to find a tonearm that tracks a wider range of cartridges than the T... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
I would also point out that the transition from most tube amps to Class D amps is probably more challenging for owners than most. Most speakers that sound good to someone with a tube amp will sound different with most Class D amps. Most loudspe... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
I agree on point 1. Measurements ought to be much more accurate, They are currently so useless and sloppy. Ought to go to to a at least few more decimal places.  We can agree on this.  Or not. Its a matter of whether the person making the measu... 
Transients hurting my ears on hifi solid state amps
Since the OP is referring to "transients", could it also not be due to his amplifier using excessive loop negative feedback, which might be causing Transient Intermodulation Distortion? @atulmajithia What is meant be 'excessive'? Usually the pr... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
I’m curious why the Atmasphere Cl D amps are so low powered, compared to many others.   Most D’s seem to claim fairly high power. I guess the switching power supplies are not so constrained by size and weight limitations.  I had a D-Sonic, based ... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
I agree with that whenever SQ can be affected, but making thick chasis just to  protect the amp during the shipping seems to me unreasonable - just pack it well!  We've always packed our equipment well to survive FedEx/UPS treatment. But experi... 
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing
Indeed, those marketing Hypex, Purifi, and several other class d amps using the modules of others can "tune" the sound through the input buffer op amp choices @kuribo If they can ’tune’ the sound just by changing opamps they are either using re...