coppy777
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| will changing to solid-state make the bass in my wilson sophias better at low volume? If you add even one good powered sub, JL Audio or REL you are adding 1000 watts or more of SS power to your system. And you keep the beauty of tube amplifiers. Sure get a bigger tube amp over time but the sub does what you need right now in one e... | |
| Power Conditioners My 20 year old Shunyata Hydra 8 was great. Used it with Audioquest Hurricane and Tornado cords. But, the power amp went directly to the wall. Brought home an Audioquest 5000 and could hear no difference, no improvement. Boy was my dealer annoy... | |
| Streaming for beginner No one seems to have mentioned it but the biggest difference for me between Qobuz/Hi Res and Tidal/MQA are their respective music catalogs. Tidal is more focused on contemporary Rock, etc, while Qobuz has the best Jazz and Classical selections. ... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts What we don't have here is any description of any posters system. I agree that any well constructed cable sounds okay in a mid-fi system. In my stuff, Wilson speakers, top Conrad-Johnson electronics and dCS source, cables of all sorts make a hea... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? Maybe I missed it but B&W value compared to what? I enjoyed B&W speakers for many years finishing with Nautilus 800s. Then switched to Wilson, which I much preferred. At my dealer recently heard the new 800D3s and was not impressed, you ... | |
| General question about tube preamps and gain More distortion? Really? Seems to me that the knock on tube amps to begin with. Okay, it's an amplifier. The farther you are from clipping, the better. My c-j amps and preamps sometimes have bit more gain than I prefer. Years ago I took an A... | |
| I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes... I might add... Amazon offers HD and Ultra HD to describe their resolution choices. Both sound rather poorer to me. Their player claims 16/44 but my DAC does not agree. It may be their player, which they admit doesn’t provide full resolution on t... | |
| I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes... There is some discussion of Amazon music here. Along with “if you can hear the difference” comments. All valid. The quality of your system is a significant factor in the ability to hear that difference. And if it’s important to you. I’m on a tr... | |
| What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned? Years ago I owned the original B&W Nautilus 800, the pre diamond tweeter version. Like them in the shop but could never get them to image well. May have been the 9x13x8 room or the c-j tube amps. Eventually replaced them with Wilson Watt-Pu... | |
| PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model Got a bit weary reading the repetitive responses so forgive me if this was said.I think we’d all agree PS Audio has moved upscale with their product line. And they are expanding, into speakers. All of this puts them in direct competition with othe... | |
| Audioquest Dragon Powercord vs Hurricane Hey Funky2x... here’s one more. “My ears, my system, my money”. Enjoy the music... | |
| What a sad world we now live in....... Oh please... this is to easy, don't set foot in Walmart. | |
| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent Just read Larry's comment above. I would add, with a bit of effort, you don't need to pay full price for Nordost cables. And, most high end models are available cheaper yet on the used market. But, to Larry's comment... In the end it's about yo... | |
| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent Not to muddy the waters of this excellent report but add a suggestion to others and their budgets... there has been no mention of the fine Nordost Tyr 2 model. My dealer, who has a great ear and listens to this stuff all day long, characterized t... | |
| I'm having a really hard time with: "Power cable reduced my soundstage"... Some good friends of mine are owners/designers of a highly respected vacuum tube amplifier manufacturing company you know. Not believing all the hokum, I was conducting a personal shootout of power cables on one of their premier amps and found th... |