daveyf
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| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. @calvinj I have heard the Esoteric N01XD, but not in my system. I was also very impressed by it. I am a BIG fan of Esoteric gear. | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. The best DAC i have owned is the one I am currently using, the Esoteric D-05. I auditioned several DAC's last year to come to a decision. Among them was the Benchmark, the Bryston BDA3, my old EAD 3000Mk3, a Sim Audio ( don't remember the number),... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @kennyc The only thing that I think also needs to be added, or considered, when one goes and just buys a speaker that is requiring a monster amp upstream, is this…. That particular amp will most likely ( I can think of maybe one tube amp that migh... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @invalid You bring up a great point. The signal to noise ratio is a factor with most gear. Tube gear is likely to be noisier than ss gear. The question is how important is the tube noise through the more efficient speaker to the listener. I'm no... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? Gents, I think we can summon up the above posts with this: It is extremely important to acquire a speaker that has a good synergy with the amp that powers it. | |
| Overkill for small room I would also suggest going tube preamp and ss amp. Tube amps can sound amazing, but they do require more in ongoing maintenance and cost ( usually).and they typically run hotter ( this is something to consider...heat is not your friend in a small ... | |
| Overkill for small room A small room can actually be your friend. My system resides in a smaller room than you are working with, but like stated above, with the correct room acoustic treatments, the system can sound great. I use two small subwoofers to smooth out the res... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @lonemountain While I would agree that sensitivity alone is not a indicator of quality or sonic virtue in loudspeakers, it certainly is an indicator as to what one can expect as to choosing an amp that will work well with said speakers. As such,... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas I think we need to be more clear as to what we are discussing when it comes to lower sensitivity. There is little question that a lot of great speakers are in the less efficient camp, meaning that they are not in the 100db/w mode, bu... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas Which other gentleman are you referring to? I don’t think anyone on this thread is totally wrong…except maybe you, lol😁. just kidding..😎 | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @atmasphere :0) @rauliruegas If you are happy with owning an arc welding machine, more power. Personally, I prefer to listen to music, and as such I generally prefer the lower powered amps, most particularly of the tube variety. I am in 100... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas Presumably by now you have replaced the caps in those ML 20.6's?? Yes? | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas I suggest since you are such a big fan of the Parasound JC1+'s sound that you go out and immediately buy a pair, if you haven't already...That's what I am talking about...;0) | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @rauliruegas While the speakers in my OP were indeed not the same as the ones in my example with the Parasounds, the speakers in the OP were in the same category ( and actually the same maker) as the ones in my example. I suspect that the Parasou... | |
| How important is the efficiency of a speaker to you? @deep_333 LOL, there are a number of well respected speakers that drop down to 1ohm. I won’t consider them for purchase; but I suspect that most folks will not label their designers...’lazy low IQ individuals’! The speakers I was listening to in ... |