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| Which 300b amplifier for Devore O/96 To state a fairly obvious point, I would just suggest that you make a point of including recordings having particularly wide dynamic range in your assessment. Such as many recordings of classical symphonic music, if you listen to that type of m... | |
| Bass management with stand alone preamps @mijostyn You are correct in what you say, but if you use a distributed bass array you don't have such profound problems with the bass changing as you move the speakers; much of that is due to standing waves. So this makes getting the bass right a... | |
| Which 300b amplifier for Devore O/96 @essrand If I were you I'd be open to more than just the Nagra, but out of your list that would be the one. I personally don't think 20 watts would be enough power though. I see 30 watts as a minimum on my speakers and 60 watts is a lot nicer. I d... | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? @smodtactical Classic Audio Loudspeakers (CARs) are made in Brighton, MI. The models T3 and T1 are three-way speakers employing two bass drivers, a midrange horn and compression driver tweeter.http://classicaudioloudspeakers.com/cgi-bin/index.pl... | |
| Speaker of the Century Award Goes To .... First, what is a 2.5 way? It is a speaker with 3 drivers, but the mid range lacks a high pass filter, so it shares output with the woofer. It has a number of advantages over smaller and larger speakers:I've always seem this as a poor implement... | |
| Need a preamp? @jaferd I'd argue that point- your system easily revealed one of the most common complaints leveled at passive controls. But the switch box doesn't seem to cause any harm?? That sounds to me like your system is revealing, and that in your case it... | |
| Bass management with stand alone preamps The problem that you often run into that makes people think they need bass management is something called a 'standing wave'. This is a bass note that is of such a frequency that when it bounced off of the wall behind the listener, the result is th... | |
| Which 300b amplifier for Devore O/96 @essrand The O/96 is a great speaker; 2dB less efficient than my Classic Audio Loudspeakers. This is just my experience, but the power of a single 300b is simply insufficient on *my* speakers. Unless you're in a small room or never listen with vo... | |
| Speakers under $50k that rival $200k+ speakers? Classic Audio Loudspeakers makes a couple of models that easily deserve this sort of comment: I've not heard any speaker more expensive that actually sounded better.The CARs also have the benefit of being easy to drive- 16 ohms and 98dB 1 watt/1 m... | |
| Integrated with passive preamp section. Good or bad idea, or both ? If a passive control is built into a power amplifier or integrated amplifier, that's the best place it can be! By doing so, the designer is able to bypass most of the problems that make external passive controls problematic. An early example of th... | |
| I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"... The wire isn’t ideal, the power source isn’t ideal, the filter caps aren’t ideal. The process of rectification, generates a series of high-current spikes which are made up of a large number of harmonics, in turn generating voltage disturbances ... | |
| Is there an affordable long run XLR preamp to amp cable out there? I don't understand the concern about pin 2 or pin 3 hot when it comes to cables. In either case, pin 1 is signal ground, and if a cable is wired straight-through (pin 2 to 2 and 3 to 3), it will work fine with either system.Pin 1 is not suppose... | |
| Need a preamp? Ralph, any downside to source switching with CMOS electronic switches instead of relays? Yes- there is a reason we still use mechanical switches. CMOS is pretty good- but have a higher resistance and more diode effect than actual switches.I didn't... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp The tubes vs SS discussion should focus more on the type of music one prefers rather than the technical merits of each amp. I have multiple tube and SS amps that I interchange frequently. If you primarily listen to Jazz, voice, acoustic music o... | |
| Need a preamp? So I got the Schiit sys but it seemed to have muted the top end. Didn't sound as lively even with the volume turned all the way up.This is also a common complaint of passive controls. I'll be interested to hear what you think of the switchbox. |