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| Does a tube preamp warm up sound of SS amp? Ldworet - in reply to your follow up regarding amps:Others may be better able to respond to this than I. I personally don't seek warmth in my amps. I am more prone to neutral to detailed than neutral to warm (so that should be considered along wit... | |
| Intelligability Problem Do you have your TV muted? I used to run the HDMI direct to my TV and the sound to my pre/pro. If I forgot to mute my TV the timing in the sound from my TV did not match that coming from my HT system and it made it very difficult to understand. Wh... | |
| Does a tube preamp warm up sound of SS amp? Not all tube preamps will impart much if any warmth, it will depend on the preamp, the tube type and the general design and implementation.A poster above suggested ARC, which I think are great and make some of the best preamps one can buy. However... | |
| When have A/B comparisons led you astray? I find that A/B comparisons require time, especially when performed when in one's own system.Sometimes, just the fact that something sounds different can lead to one feeling that it either sounds better or worse, initially.It is only over time tha... | |
| Using an External Hard Drive as a Music Server Yes, you can do this (hard drive connected to your system). Apple/mac makes a product with this basic approach. There is a large variety of hard drives available, blue tooth, wifi, wired, et al. Several years ago when I was buying an external hard... | |
| Synergistic Research ART Basik, any opinions? Ted, since you have chimed in I will pose a few questions directly to you, if I may.I came across the ART system in researching your cables, including some of my non-industry "audiophile" friends that have or are using your cables, as part of a de... | |
| Would a Pass Aleph 5 be able to drive Thiel 3.5 ? FWIW and years later. . . I have an Aleph 5 which I purchased to drive some now "set-aside" speakers. I purchased for the third time a pair of Wilson Watt/Puppy 5 speakers (can't seem to find anything I like better long term).While the W/P 5 are n... | |
| Synergistic Research ART Basik, any opinions? The whole idea seems to defy physics and the laws of sound waves and acoustics to me. How can some teeny little things address all sorts of sound waves and reflections all over the room? That being said, I would love a chance to hear them in a dou... | |
| Natural and Neutral could be boring .. Your question is fair and I agree most people seek natural or "neutral" and many find that this does not satisfy their wants. I say who cares if it is natural or neutral if the sound is what one enjoys - that is all that matters!We all have differ... | |
| Headphone/Amp Combo for under $800 First, go to headfi, the website. It is all about headphone listening and amps. You will get more feedback there than here due to its specialty based site. That being said, AudiogoN is the best website in the world!That being said, headphones are ... | |
| Congested sound - more power or resolution? While this post is very old - there is always useful information to individuals searching for similar information.The OPs post about congestion at higher volumes is not uncommon. In this case, I think the cause is one or more of several problems o... | |
| Gamut M250 MK3 Back to the OP Question about the hum. I once had a large amp, big transformer, large caps, etc. . . That's a lot of reserve to energize. I know this Q is old.But I would occassionally run into a similar problem, turns out during the hottest summe... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone????? MarakanetzAccording to engineering/physics principles one would assume your statement correct. However, time and experience shows this is not necessarily true.I brought this point up based on comments and statements I have heard others make. For e... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone????? What concerns me in these reviews are the statements similar to: "better than any SS amp I have ever heard" with no reference as to top leading brands and models. Only to read further in the comments that these amps are being compared to mid level... | |
| SET the best? I went from high power high current to SET. I bought a 6 Moons reviewer sample amp(that he effused immensely about) and bought the speakers he recommended to go with it (which were also reviewed by him). Now this was not salary priced equipment, b... |