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| High end Class D amps? The Starke Sound AD4.320 is on a "Black Friday" sale for a preposterous price of $839. It is as good as the Purifi Audio modules in the NAD M33 that are getting great reviews. I own both and ordered another Starke today. Check it out! For a review... | |
| The NAD M33 will cancel your complaints about Class D As the owner of the Purifi Audi amp modules and the Starke Sound AD4.320 (on sale at a ridiculous price - under $900 - Blsck Friday and all that - I'm ordering another one today) this new approach to Class D these two companies are using will reor... | |
| Too terminate or not Hello ghulamr. Parts Conexxion, in Canada is selling Duelund Dual DCA 12 GA speaker wire at $31.95 US/meter. Twenty meters would run you about US$640 and be just about unbeatable. You don't need do-dads on the end. Use it with bare ends. The 16 g... | |
| What is the best audiophile speaker for a tiny square room? Earphones! | |
| Is it my amp or my speakers? I build speakers and amps. Recently I acquired the Purifi Audio EVAL1 power amp modules. These use the output modules used in the NAD 33 which is getting rave reviews. It is amazing how a great amp can make good speakers perform their best. Starke... | |
| Tube or SS Hello xiang! You have heard about the new Class D modules NAD is using, yes? Right now, Starke Sound is selling their rival AD4.320 power amp (4 channels at over 200 Watts each, can be "bridged" to give you a stereo amp with over 400 wpc into 4 ... | |
| Pass XA 25 or Bryston 3B3? I am a big fan of Nelson Pass, but his Class A amps put out LESS as the speaker impedance drops. Check the specs on your speakers and see if the impedance drops, especially in the low frequency region. Any drops below 6 ohms or so will work agains... | |
| Would the dynaudio special 40's be a noticeable upgrade over the ELAC UF5? Try the recent Golden Ear BRS speakers. At $1600 or so per pair, they are very reasonable. I have seen several great reviews for them and have their Triton 1s and Triton 5s and think very highly of them. | |
| Telefunken vacuum tube E88CC-TK; NOS versus brand new. NOS Telefunken 12AX7s are available at more reasonable prices from Victor Kung at vkung821@gmail.com. He imports the EleKit amps and more. Tell him Boomer Bill sent you. They work amazingly well for me. | |
| Do pure copper banana plugs make a difference in the quality of the speaker sound. Banana plugs are great for experimenters and folks who make a lot of changes, but they don't offer much contact area with the barrel they fit in to. You want maximum contact area. After all, there are two ends to the wire and the net effect of bot... | |
| Upgrade capacitors in tube amplifier? Hi chinook9. Think about Mundorf capacitors for the audio caps. Get the best ones you can afford. I've used them in at least 8 stereo amps and they have made a positively remarkable difference. I get them from Canadian outfit that ships very quick... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? Hello jnehma1. You might inquire about what kind of replacement parts they are planning to use. Delund capacitors can run hundreds of dollars each. Nice Mundorfs easily run $15-50 each. Don't settle for anything less than Mundorfs. Still, the lab... | |
| Combining 2 channel audio and home theatre By all means do it! Most receivers have much better "front ends" than the power amp sections. It's a good place to start. As long as you have "Preamp Outputs" you can add multi channel power amps or multiple single or stereo amps (maybe just a ste... | |
| Baby Proof Floorstanding Speakers You could try suspending the speakers from the ceiling. Hang them horizontally? Use really good bookshelf speakers in macrame slings? Experienced Dad talking here. Five systems in the house. Don't take chances with the kids. I have watched three y... | |
| Can anyone recommend an FM Receiver that would play into a relatively high end system? Hello cdc77. Not all receivers are "crap." They sell pretty well. Any upper end Integra (Onkyo's premium brand) receiver will do well and have that "hi-def" or whatever FM capability. We have one station in the LA area that has remarkable - CD qua... |