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| Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better? It would be simple if there was at least one perfect amplifier. There are none. Amplifiers have multiple characteristics and all of them vary their strengths and weaknesses and each of us varies in which of these characteristics and their combinat... | |
| Is simpler better? There's a famous Einstein line: The simplest answer is the best answer, as long as it works. | |
| Can an audio rack be that important? In audio with the best systems EVERYTHING matters. Micro vibrations matter. I put special feet under a DVD I used only as a CD drive and it was a completely different, better drive. There are lots of ways to isolate micro vibrations in a syste. A ... | |
| Active ATC vs Spendor / Pass Labs This is past history so take that into account. I was friends with Gordon Holt from the mid 70s until his death. Gordon was concerned with accuracy, the knid that sounded like the real thing on good recordings. Gordon did a lot of recording includ... | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? Just a thought. A big part of tube sound is their low damping factor. You need way more power than you're using even at reasonable levels if you play music with wide dynamic range. It's only for micro seconds but pianos can give 30 dB peaks and th... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? Reviews are fun. They introduce you to products you might miss. If the reviewer understands functionally how a product is designed(a few do) you learn what the designer is trying to do and a bit of if he's going in the direction he wants. If you r... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? I'd love to answer but there are so many variables it would take a small book. But all things being equal my friend George Bischoff who built triode tube amps(Melos) with over 400 watts/channel always said a good big amp will beat a good small amp... | |
| DIY Cheap crossover parts effect on frequency response Parts values determine how crossovers operate. But the quality of crossover parts affects things like dynamics, transparency, etc. Also 1st order crossovers demand very high quality, wide band drivers. Otherwise they will still have significant ou... | |
| Monitors But off the top of my head ATC and PMC make speakers used for monitoring that are in many home systems. As a matter of fact the last speakers Gordon Holt, the founder of Stereophile paid for himself were active ATC 50A monitors and he considered t... | |
| Can a system sound too Holographic? No, if a system sounds too holographic it's probably the fault of the source recording and it's probably a very revealing system accurately telling the listener what's on that source. | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps The first class d amps had some problems. But over the years they have become better and better. Perhaps the ultra costly non class D amps are stil better. But contemporary class D amps are good enough that the same advice on comparing them as for... | |
| 4 8 or 16 ohms. The people advising you to use the tap that sounds best to you are correct(Don't waste your time with 16 ohms). And there's np danger with any tap as advised. As to power with your amps there will be way more than enough power with both the 4 and ... | |
| New Improved Fink Team Borg Episode 2 Speakers : End-Game Speakers ? If you understood how much revered audio gear was designed by the Fink group you wouldn't make such casual, unknowing remarks. Many award winning speakers from many countries are actually Fink designs. So don't you suspect their own speakers would... | |
| Adding an Sub that doesn't go well below speakers? The biggest problem is the best position for main speakers is often the worst position for bass. You may not be getting the bass your speakers are capable of when in the best location for other sonic aspects. Subs allow you to position your speake... | |
| Steve Guttenberg finally reviews the Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeaker. There is a second reason why planars seem more efficient. They drop in level at 3 dB as you double listening difference and regular speakers drop at 6 dB when doubling. The standard efficiency is measured at the same distance for both planar and p... |