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| Rawson Resale...... So how does one buy an amp from Mr. Rawson?He does not respond here or to his e-mails. | |
| Rawson Resale...... Rawsonte, do you think you could come up with a reasonably priced Altmann BYOB?It sound intriguing as maybe not so thin as your typical LM3875 gainclone.Do you do ever make remote volume controls?Thanks | |
| Has the internet been good for audio? Sherod, I heard on Jay Leno that Home Depot is planning on opening some small, local hardware stores. Sort of like the ones they put out of business.I should have clarified that the $48 in-store price was also from Wal-mart. Apparently Walmart is ... | |
| Has the internet been good for audio? I just enjoy logging on, even at 2:00 AM and chatting. I'm not sure if the internet has helped to grow hi-end audio but it levels the playing field for small companies to put out a great product at low cost without all the marketing and dealer exp... | |
| Don Allen Amps Does he have a store for auditions? | |
| 40 watt amp with 8 ohm speakers Depends if the amp has some current limiting feature. Its not the power but the short impulse current peaks that limit the power more than a steady state power rating. Maybe this is why people say tubes "sound" more powerful than solid state. I th... | |
| The most important word of advise? GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!!! | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones I like to hear what the people that listen to equipment for a living have to say sometimes.that's funny | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? However, your idea that studios want a colored sound with greater prescience or other gimmicks added to the playback chain could not be further from the mark.Actually I was told this by the Tannoy factory rep on their pro monitors vs. home speakers. | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? Thanks Dave, here are the links:Pass Labs XA30.5 Studio AmplifierChord SPA 1424 Mono Power Amplifier | |
| The Ten Rules of high-end audio joeylawn, I think this was at a trade show. I think people were impressed with the sound and then surprised when seen what was driving the Wilson's. Note that Wilson's I've heard are not all that revealing, esp. in the HF, have some innate colorat... | |
| The Ten Rules of high-end audio Wilson ran his speakers with a Denon M-30 mini-system to prove a point......... | |
| Pros and Cons of built-in amps? Are we sure that studio use active speaker for sound quality reasons? Maybe it's for convenience or something else.Try proaudioreview.com (?) and they commonly rave about the sound quality of passive speakers running Chord or Pass amps.I prefer ac... | |
| what can I get by with? Here's some Omegas now:Omega super 3 | |
| Novice ears or unrealistic expectations? DcStep I would agree but he said the Rowland 102 was a digital class "D" amp. Doesn't matter who makes class "D", it's still digital.Disclaimer: I have not personally heard the amp |