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| How long does Class A have? Philosophically, I couldn't be further from rocray...I admire GT and worry about the future. At 70 y/o, I won't see it go completely to sh*t, but in the meanwhile I think motorsports are an affront to the atmospere and we should just stop. We as... | |
| Full range speaker for rogue 90 or 100 wpc amp. For a well liked DIY project consider the Solstice from Parts Express. Quality Morel components, transmission line enclosure, not too big for your room. | |
| Speakers for triode tube amps Salieri on Mozart…”Too many notes!” Audio snob on Tekton…”Too many tweeters!”. I think that’s part of it. Using multiple low mass tweeters with the combined radiating area of a conventional MR is the basic inspiration of the brand, and marrying... | |
| How are most audiophiles going from streamers to DACS The Node 2i does not have USB output. The new Node spec page claims that the USB-A jack will be an output in a future software update, which has not occurred yet to my knowledge. At present it is only an input, same as in a Node 2i. That said, I ... | |
| replace Mcintosh with Luxman As vinyl_rules implied, when a stereo amp is operated in BTL (Bridged) mode, its ability to drive low impedences is halved, b/c each channel's xsistors is "seeing" only half the load. While the M900U is indisputably a magnificent stereo amp, I'd ... | |
| Is your now then? At Lafayette Radio on Rte 17 Paramus, NJ, l was there to buy my first stereo, a KLH 11 suitcase, and I asked to hear the best they had. The proprietor put on Rectilinear 3s with a Mac amp. Wow. Next, in Chicago at Victor’s I heard IMF Studios play... | |
| More watts or better power ? If I read your OP correctly your sole reason for asking is that the rated amp power is at the low end of the recommended range for your speakers. Sorry…forget that and just enjoy the music. You have an excellent system, well chosen to provide a ... | |
| Preamp/Integrated with Loudness button In my long career selling Yamaha HiFi I must have explained this thousands of times. Loudness buttons are useless unless a method is provided to calibrate the inflection point to the room and speakers in use. IME, without this, every example ove... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? The new MK2 models were voiced by “the legendary Marantz golden-ear, Ken Ishiwata” before his passing, so any carryover from prior tin-eared Rotels may be unwarranted. Also consider the OP’s musical tastes. What I might prefer for my sound balance... | |
| My battle with sibilance. Schiit Loki+ has an EQ point at 4kH. They are a clever lot at Schiit! I keep one in my tape loop for use only when needed. | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Richard Marsh published an article in Audio Magazine in 1980 that detailed the range of parasitic loss factors inherent in capacitors. Dialectric Absorption and Dissipation Factor in films, and Equivalent Series Resistance in electrolytics. He com... | |
| And My Budget Is... Chayro, thank you for your post. It smacks of...wisdom! And MC, did you ever get to hear the "full range Linaeum"? I did at the Stereophile show at the Waldorf in NYC in '97...they were the wierdest looking but one of the most sonically transpa... | |
| Getting into Stevie Ray Vaughn I am a Blues guy…I was inspired by hearing the 1st Paul Butterfield album at age 15, and ran down to buy my first harp. That album featured the guitar work of Michael Bloomfield and set the bar for my sense of what’s great. There was Danny Kalb in... | |
| My New Magnepan 1.7i's sound dull and lifeless on the top end...why? Where along the vertical axis are you measuring? 1.7is and all QR Maggies are only good in the middle one third of their overall height. That’s why 3.7is are so much better… true ribbons do not have that limitation. | |
| What’s up with Magnepan service? Russ has it pretty much right, but there is another angle. By underpricing LRS they created a flood of demand, and even before the pandemic hit they were unable to keep up. Business 101 would dictate a hefty rise in the retail of the LRS to reliev... |