charles1dad
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| Why are low impedance speakers harder to drive than high impedance speakers Hi,If you keep the Ohm’s law equation in mind it’s easy to explain. I = (current), V=voltage and R = resistance (speaker load impedance expressed as ohms). I=V÷R. So the smaller R becomes, the larger I becomes.If for example V=10 and R=10 then I w... | |
| Comparing these CD players with my gear... Hi Mgreen27,Your comments/observations are true. Placing emphasis on the particular digital chip is short sighted. 10 CD players or DACs could use identical chip sets and sound completely different from each other . I’d pay more attention to the "... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hello Al,Thanks for the follow up. I have the 2 CD set of "Chopin Nocturnes" by Ivan Moravec, simply beautiful music!Tatiana Nikolayeva "Plays The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas" I am attracted to her playing style , lighter touch but I sense mu... | |
| Looking to build a system for under $5k Racamuti,Good and wise advice. There terrific low and moderate power amplifiers available that truly thrive with this type of speaker. Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... To Al and others who are classical music listeners, I've discovered pianists Ivan Moravec and Tatiana Nikolyeva during my forays into this genre a few years ago. Anyone familiar with these two? I really enjoy both .Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... It's funny how you buy a recording due to the featured or lead musician and inevitably discover other musicians previously unknown to you. This has happened to me on numerous occasions purchasing jazz recordings over the years. As familiar as I ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Mapman,With your 50 CD box set of MLP recordings you own far more than I do. I have a few MLP CDs of Janos Starker accompanied by pianist Gyorgy Sebok and both the music and recording sound quality are fabulous. Al, I know you are an aficionado of... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Frank,I know you enjoy the vibraphone as much as I do. Here's a list of 4 current/active jazz vibraphonists who are all first rate musicians.1 Jay Hoggard2 Steve Nelson3 Stephon Harris4 Jason MarsalisI believe you'd really like them.Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Frank,Thanks for the follow up information regarding the 1928 recordings. One thing they had in their favor (by default) DHT tubes powered electronic equipment LOL.Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... As a frequent and happy poster here I'd like to suggest a truce. One side isn't going to convince the other. Let's keep this very enjoyable thread as it has been. It seems the back and forth has run its course.Charles | |
| Looking to build a system for under $5k Hello Joe,You’ve received some very good recommendations and you can’t go wrong with either Vandersteen or Oppo. Given your room size and musical taste I would offer the following combination as a option. 1 Marantz SA 8004/8005 CD player, Well eng... | |
| Raidho speaker owners which amplier have you tried? ricred1, You have good taste 😊Charles | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Hi mac48025, Brownsfan who just posted above has the Coincident Frankenstein, Line Stage and Super Victory II setup that you aspire to. He could undoubtedly provide you with valuable insight. Charles | |
| Raidho speaker owners which amplier have you tried? Hi ricred1, Which model of the Absolare amplifier are you referring to? I've heard their hybrid integrated, push pull 845 and PSET 845 tube amplifiers Charles | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hello Highstream, Although I’ve had no blown Black fuses (slo blo) in my components I believe as others have stated, moving up 1 step for ampere rating is an acceptable practice. Frank,Good sound quality and bass from a 1928 recording? Now that i... |