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| tube watts vs solid state watts The "paper" by Russel Hamm appears to be a presentation at a session of the AES nearly 13 years ago. Such presentations typically are not peer reviewed. The questions following a presentation can be a form of peer review. The presenter appears to ... | |
| What are in these Bose speakers anyways Bose was a professor of EE at MIT; a bit amboyant from what students have told me. Since their first commercial break-through, the rear radiating little box with a V shaped back, I've always thought Bose stuff sounded a bit gimmicky . But for some... | |
| tube watts vs solid state watts Samuelaudio,Your question is complicated by the term perceived loudness. Loudness is the preception of sound level. Had you asked do they vary in produced sound presssure level (SPL), that depends on the gain. One 60 watt amp might reach full leve... | |
| Plasma 42 inch .... What's the model number of the 50 inch commercial Panny?db | |
| Need help making TV decision Does the commercial version of the Panny 42 plasma include audio? I use a separate HDTV/TiVo tuner, so I don't need an internal tuner, but I rarely feel the need to fire up my audio system for watching TV programs, so internal audio from the HDMI ... | |
| Speaker swap or Amp,which impacts more???? Couldn't disagree with Studio1 more. Transducers swamp electronics. Furthermore, I think his statement about tubes v ss is simply misinformed.db | |
| tubes or no tubes I think Shadorne hit the nail on the head. Last weekend I listened to a friend's TRL 225 that just replaced his many-tubed Cary to drive a pair of Spendor monitors. The sound with the TRL is more open and transparent, and the imaging has improved;... | |
| Need help making TV decision If you were willing to move over to DirectTV satellite, the DirectTV HR 10-250 is an outstanding HDTV/TiVo receiver. SD at 480p looks fine on my Sony 36 XBR as does HD at 1080i. Although I don't think it's a great program, we are hooked on CSI: Mi... | |
| Dipole surround speaker to match KEF 104.2? I use a Proceed PAV/PDSD with Proceed Amp 2 and Amp 3, and drive the KEFs in bi-wire mode. The PDSD shunts everything below 80 Hz to the Velodyne HGS-15. At one time I wanted to simplfy, so I bought a Sony 444 ES receiver. Unfortunately, that seem... | |
| Burned out hi fi salesman Perkadin,My impression from reading Aaudiogon is that it is the hobby, buying, selling, and tweeking, that is of most interest. Music is only the by-product. As Programmergeek suggests, it is blending of equipment that makes the magic, and I suspe... | |
| Dipole surround speaker to match KEF 104.2? Java,I acquired a KUBE as a freebee with a the second pair of 102/2s I bought from a local audio expert -- they had been his personal speakers, but his shop now sells mostly Wilson and B & W speakers. I've never used the KUBE. I agree that ev... | |
| Dipole surround speaker to match KEF 104.2? I think it would be a big mistake to replace your outstanding 104/2s just to have matching speakers for 5.1 or 7.1. Relatively little information is sent to the side and read speakers.The 200 C has three drivers, with the center being Uni-Q; the 1... | |
| Where does your user name come from? When the arpa net started I used to be bell until Bell Labs became a host, then I was dbell, and remained so throughout my career. I need a user name that I can remember, but db and donbell are usually not available when I apply; dbphd usually is,... | |
| Dipole surround speaker to match KEF 104.2? By the way, I think the 104/2s sound great by themselves, but relieving them of below 80 Hz duty with a sub really opens their sound. They are wonderful speakers, as are the smaller sounding 102/2s.db | |
| DVI Connections I use a DirectTV HD 10-250 (HDTV with TiVo); the digital output is HDMI. Does your TV have both DVI and HDMI inputs and are they switchable? If so, that might be the obvious solution.db |