audioman58
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| The Frankensteining of Amplifiers As a modded for over 20 years and a Previous Audio store owner I can tell you this most electronics have average parts at best ,unless spending well over $10 k , why because 25% or less actually go into the product including the case ,the rest is ... | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS Look for a 300b Tube preamp if you want a beautiful lush midrange , as one example to look for ,or a SET tube preamp . | |
| McIntosh autoformers vs direct-coupled output Personally I donot find McIntosh that much better sounding then average ,especially for the price ,they meters do you kool though.i sold Macintosh for 2 years in Europe , the Danish Amplifiers as well as German beat them hands down , the Auto form... | |
| Theoretical question about how CD's work About CDs did you know they binary code is pressed onto the polycarbonate disc and yes a fine powered lubricant is used which does go into the surface layer , a product the cable company sells called Art de sone. You sprayon not messy and wipe of... | |
| New efficient speakers - best way to keep noise floor down? No efficient is not the key ,it is the quality of the drivers , the quality of the crossover, as well as the cabinet design .i owneda Audio store and some of the most efficient we’re actually some of the worst when put under a complex load .the s... | |
| Perception After 35+ years in Audio , and having owned a Audio store to get a near ideal system today you would need to spend 6 figures to truly be as good or better then live from 20 hz- to 20khz, and even then to an extent you are still in partat the merc... | |
| "Dazed and Confused" about upgrading current speakers This I can chime in on for I have been involved with upgrading the Loudspeakers internal wiring , connectors and especially upgrading the cheap stock crossovers , that most companies skimp on you can Dramatically improve Every aspect of its perfor... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste For sure 1010 binary ,digital cables do matter and some are much better then others, digital errors = jitter or digital noise. That being said these paper and online magazines have a ton of politics , one hand washes the other .having owned a Aud... | |
| Up to date list of GaN Class D Amplifiers? There are several coming out ,but the prices are just nuts,the GAN circuits are not that expense to command say from $10 k to $20 k+ markup as I have stated many times being involved with R&D ,my uncle being a Audio engineer, and markup is at... | |
| I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong Newer Class D is a totally different animal , in as good as most very good ampsmuchmore efficient and much lower in thd. Jeff Rolands Top Digital is Excellent and uses custom Pascal digital modules with custom input,output stages The modules are... | |
| Unfiltered NOS DACs sound There are a lot of factors , for example my Belcanto dac has2 Femto clocks -that is Trillions, older dacs are in picoseconds. , much much better accuracy reading the digital signal , power supplies also Very critical seperate very low noise for a... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? It gets hot, eats electricity,less then 40% efficient pure class A rarely gets to 100 WPC. | |
| Buy a pair of ten year old $40,000 speakers for $4,000 or new ones at that price point? As long as the drivers are in good shape , rebuild the Xover with much higher grade parts ,for 90% of speakers are always built with cost savings.athe Xover is the heart of the speaker weak link in the chain , Ihave 20 years of modding , this inc... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! I have learned through many years any speaker that sounds good will sound at least 10-20% better just by upgrading the wiring and rebuild the Xover with Good quality parts 90% of speakers even at 12kor more rarely put top quality capacitors,resis... | |
| What system can adequately reproduce the sounds of a tanker being hit by torpedo ? The key is a true bottom end , my brother Svs ultra 16 inch x4 subwoofers, he has Tempered glass lexan windows just because of the sound pressure the room creates a literal punch in the chest he also has Gryphon Diablo integrated , big Khama Ref... |