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| Horn Speaker Recommendations Providing the big hall sound does mean a tradeoff. Pinpoint imaging is sacrificed along with the single position ultimate sweet spot.My system does not seem to have that tradeoff. I get pinpoint imaging along with a huge soundstage- the bigger th... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? Example:Pass Int 250 DON'T leave class A till 15 W and has all the extra class A/B reserve up to 500 W into 4 ohms! Why would a 30 W class A be a better choice over the 250 W A/B??? If 99% of the time I am only playing music at about 2 Watt( u... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Ralph, not meant to be insulting, but couldn't you sell your products for a lot less? Nothing there that's cutting edge, though I do understand that highest quality parts cost significantly moreAnd wouldn't the GaN input buffers need to be a lot... | |
| Pass amp paired with audio research pre? I think it will work great, just make sure the "output impedance" of the AR preamp is at least 10 x lower than the "input impedance" of the Pass amp.The thing to look at is the output impedance at 20Hz, which is often considerably higher than it... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations JBL Monitors are the obvious choice to get the "70's" sound if thats what your after. These were the speakers used in almost every studio to create the albums from that time period...hence the term "Studio Monitors". So THIS is the sound as was... | |
| Upgrading sub to get a live feel. Sure, swarms are nice, but not everyone can afford or has the space for them. The Swarm is not expensive as subwoofers go, and if space is an issue, the Swarm is often an excellent solution, as the actual boxes are small and easy to place since th... | |
| Pass amp paired with audio research pre? @fanotunesAny particular reason the preamp has to be ARC? ARC does not recommend driving an amp with less than a 30K input impedance. Pass Lab X series amps are lower than that (22,000 ohms according to their owner's manual), so bass will suffer a... | |
| Amp change/upgrade for JBL4367 (94dB 2Way with Horn tweeter & 15" woofer) Thanks all for your inputs. I am amazed no one recommend Mark Levinson. That's probably for a good reason :) | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong I am confident I am not alone in saying GaN is well beyond my budget,@tweak1 FWIW these days GaN devices do not cost any more than regular MOSFET switching power transistors and in some cases are cheaper. Their implementation in a class D circui... | |
| Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing why wouldn't adding or subtracting some tracking force accomplish the same? The physics must be different?Yes. Triplanar arms are supplied with counterbalanced weights of different sizes. You can use one or multiple weights with different distance... | |
| Y No YG ? Interesting. Was curious about the track just mentioned. I’ve seen that posted before on agon. Just played it a few times at increasing volumes on yg Hailey 2.2s. Shook the house, and my dog didn’t like it, but barely closed the gap between the... | |
| Horn Speaker Recommendations Right now I have Mola Mola Kaluga mono amps which will deliver more power than I could possible need. @willgolf You might want to consider that the characteristics of an amplifier like the Mola Mola may not be right for many horn designs. The reas... | |
| PREAMP - Thoughts on Emotiva XSP-1 Funny they claim its all balanced but the phono inputs aren't balanced. All phono cartridges are balanced sources.One important reason to run balanced lines in high end audio is to avoid the colorations that are otherwise imposed by single-ended c... | |
| Affordable Decent Preamp & thoughts on Emotiva XSP-1 vs PS Audio Stellar Gain Stage If you are considering a balanced preamp, its helpful (to reduce noise and colorations) if it supports the balanced standard. I've found over the years that most consumer preamps that are balanced don't actually support the standard. The thing is,... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong And this, folks, is why this hobby is in a death spiral. Stupidly expensive gear with adherents that can "hear" all sorts of artifacts and distortions which they focus on to the detriment of enjoying the music. Had a very interesting chat wit... |