bill_k
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| New updated Dynaudio Confidence line. I can confirm that the current Contour 60 speakers are clearly marked "Made in Denmark" with no further disclaimer. | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour I thought the following new review of the Merrill Audio Element 118 mono amps from Hi-Fi Plus would be of interest on this thread.http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/merrill-audio-element-118-mono-power-amplifiers/ | |
| Boenicke @rubinken - Apparently they have no current distribution in the US or Canada. Used to be a Canadian distributor that handled all of North America but that was several years ago and he no longer deals with the line. http://www.hidiamond.eu/eng/inde... | |
| dynaudio esotar vs accuton Completely different sounding drivers with different objectives and design criteria. The Accutons are extremely revealing but have some resonances that need to be accounted for by the crossover design or they can sound overly analytical or even st... | |
| Tube Audio Design (Paul Grzybek) Tadac dac question Most wall warts are marked with their voltage output and whether they output AC or DC, but if not it could be easily measured with a basic meter. | |
| Sorry to ask this SACD question, but Any SACD player will play the discs and output the converted analog signal from its analog outputs (either RCA or XLR). It will be playing the actual DSD layer from the disc converted to analog by its internal DAC.The problem is trying to output t... | |
| Revel Gem I Speaker Stands Ben - Congrats on your new Revels! The Gems are only rated down to 70 Hz so on their own they will have a very bright balance with very limited bass. They're really designed to be used with a subwoofer to fill out their bass range which when prope... | |
| Pulsars and the Mythical Armchair Speaker Maker There are those who rationalize that they can purchase very similar or sometimes identical drivers for a fraction of the price of a speaker at retail and assemble a speaker of similar performance. There is much more to speaker design than the driv... | |
| MORE Esoteric problems Luxman has their own corporate presence in the US for the last few years, Luxman America. They handle NA sales with stock of product as well as servicing facilities in the US. | |
| Paradigm Persona series With all due respect, as a dealer for Manley Labs I think they'd appreciate it if you spelled their name correctly when promoting their gear. | |
| Lunim T2 vs Cary Audio DMS 600 And how would you compare them? Been hearing raves about the new Lumin T2 but very little on the Cary. Your experience on their relative strengths and weaknesses would be helpful to share. TIA! | |
| Incoming ... Joseph Audio Pulsars As reported towards the end of this Stereophile show report there is a newly updated version from Joseph Audio called the Pulsar 2, which has been upgraded with a new SEAS Excel woofer featuring a graphene-coated cone. | |
| How many brands use own drivers? Audio Physic (in house designs manufactured to their specs) | |
| New updated Dynaudio Confidence line. @wildfoxinn - Not meant to be a negative but we need to be realistic, there are often marketing considerations involved in design decisions. If they provided all of the new Confidence features in their entry level model there would be less incenti... | |
| How many brands use own drivers? As a point of clarification many of the companies listed use their own driver designs, but not all actually manufacture the drivers themselves. Many companies use existing driver manufacturers to build custom drivers to their specs. |