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| Bel Canto Dac 3 Coffeey, in this price range you cannot expect wonders to happen. I wish it was different, but in reality they are no "giant-killers". One cannot expect that a $1,500 unit would sound as good as a $6,000 unit, that is an illusion.If let's say the ... | |
| Ayre Monoblocks vs. Linn Klimax Solo 500s Thanks Sean. Sometimes a smaller amp with less Watt's and one that is more dynamically restricted can show more PRaT than a low distortion muscle amp. Also psycho-acoustical phenomenon.So in certain way PRaT is a byproduct of distortion and dynami... | |
| cable dielectric cause of artificial sound Tplavas, so the matter is more complex when you regard RFI and EMI as independent factors. Some cable manufacturers are twisting the conductors very tightly (with almost 90 degrees angle). I can imagine this adds an extra measure for rejecting RFI... | |
| Ayre Monoblocks vs. Linn Klimax Solo 500s Hi Matt, I didn't know the Linn's have dedicated fans for the switching power supply. I've always thought this kind of power supply is not generating much heat. The Classé's you've mentioned are far less powerful than the Linn's, but you think the... | |
| Digital Cable Choice; how critical is it? If two digital (let's say S/PDIF) cables measure the same, they will sound identical regardless of price, material (copper, silver, gold, palladium, amorphous metal), dielectric or wire configuration. This might be a dangerous statement but I pers... | |
| audio aero capitole- how good vs analog? Hi Samuel, I too would like to have my digital rig sounding like vinyl (velvety smooth sounding and airy treble, fleshed out midrange, full midbass). There are recordings that sound like that. But it is in the recording! Most digital remasters and... | |
| Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves Why not solid state class A amplification, like Accuphase A-20, 20 class A. You can biamp or triamp the Trio's.Chris | |
| Best speaker cables for Talon Diamond Firebirds Is the importancy regarding speaker jumpers, especially if you need very short ones not a bit exaggerated? For my speakers I just need 1.5 inch jumpers. I want to use bare solid silver wire for it. Is this wrong? Should I despite the short length ... | |
| 1.0 or 1.5 m digital interconnect, does it matter? Hi Steve, so according to you one can getting accustomed to jitter? I've read jitter can give the sound an euphoric coloration, is this true? Does jitter also make the sound gritty? So, the companies/experts who are recommending 1.5 m instead of 1... | |
| 1.0 or 1.5 m digital interconnect, does it matter? Steve, if the cable length is not the optimal "sweet spot" length for a given CD-transport, what is exactly the sonic effect? Does one hear a grittier sound with less air? What is what some experts mean when they say the sound is getting less (wit... | |
| A great article on Class D/switching amps TJ, what is in your opinion the biggest flaws regarding the sound of class-D amps? Lack of harmonic structure? Do they sound too "artificial"? And why? In my opinion the sound of class-D amps (and in my case, the ICEpower based Acoustic Reality Fi... | |
| A great article on Class D/switching amps Hi Vince (Muralman) and other fellow Audiogoners, there is still this dichotomy between the class-D followers and class-D opponents. Personally, I don't get it. Some people say class-D is in it's infancy (that's true), class-D is bad because..., b... | |
| PRat: a DAC or transport thing? Sean and Gregm, in my experience PRaT can also be enhanced by slightly raising the midrange/midbass output. I have also a weird experience that after I inserted my very simple DIY unshielded S/PDIF digital interlink (that has an impedance that is ... | |
| A great article on Class D/switching amps I have consistent findings regarding the sound of my eAR Figaro's at home (modified ICEpower ASP1000 modules). These findings comprise: more lifelike sound than previous conventional amps I owned in the past (Mark Levinson 333, Jeff Rowland Model ... | |
| A great article on Class D/switching amps There seems to be two parties, in which the audiophiles could be divided: audiophiles in one party dislike class D amplification because of the artificial, cold and non-organic sound, while the audiophiles in the other party like the class D amps ... |