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| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? One significant factor of tube amps is a low damping factor which interacts with speakers to change their frequency response(which includes fuller, softer mid bass). Almost all solid state amps have a high damping factor due to usually higher fee... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? Everyone forgets the power supply. It isn't as sophisticated as the amplifier circuit itself but it's actually the direct electrical connection to the speakers whose impedance interacts with the amplifier to great affect. The thing we think of as ... | |
| Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre And you're correct he asked about amps for passive ATCs but they are still on order and probably can be changed and I strongly believe active ATCs are superior and also will save money. Also ATCs are designed to be active and passive ones are sec... | |
| Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre There's a lot of truth in what you say but there's too much 'sounds good to me' in audio which is ultimately fine for each individual but there are products that do allow suppression of belief on great recordings and there's almost universal agree... | |
| Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre I might add that the last speakers Gordon Holt, the founder of Stereophile bought for himself were active ATC 50s, basically an ATC 150 with a smaller woofer(same mid range, tweeters and amps). And he told me they were one of the very, very few sp... | |
| Recommendation for ATC SCM150 Amp/Pre Have you ever read ATC reviews comparing the active version against the passive version. The active version wins quite clearly every time. The biggest problem driving a speaker is the lousy reactance of a passive crossover. That's why really good ... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? Agree with all you wrote. And as an audiophile almost 6 decades I won thousands of CDs and LPs and I'm just used to playing physical formats; the physical sources feel more real. | |
| Is the Rockport Avior II an Endgame Speaker? If there is anything Rockport speakers do weel, it's bass response. They are bass reflex which rolls off at 24dM/octave but the designer claims and told me his speakers have a custom alignment so they roll at 12 dB/octave like a closed box. He poi... | |
| Why isn’t more detail always better? There is fidelity and there is the personal 'sounds good to me' but the latter is personal and varies with the listener. Fidelity means reproducing everything that is there. If it's on the source it should be in the listening. If it isn't that's a... | |
| Shrink Totem 1's? The bass response will end up totally screwed up with loss of extension and probably boomier mid bass. The volume of a box is not random.; It's an integral part of the bass system. Don't do it! | |
| Enough is Enough Some dealers are obviously stupid. Even if your system has problems(they all do) this dealer doesn't know how to sell or advise. And he's of no use to you. Stay away from him. Find another dealer who explains things and suggests improvements and a... | |
| B&W 705s3 vs Kef Meta R3 I've heard KEF speakers, including early KEF 50s and they don't sound the way you described them. You should at least try more auditions elsewhere if possible. | |
| Best subwoofer to pair with Vandersteen Treo CTs?? I'd go with the Vandersteen subs for a few reasons. One they are probably voiced to match Vandersteen main speakers so they'll blend better with much less color differences. Second they include the 11 band Vandersteen bass controls which will allo... | |
| Wilson Alexia 2 lacking some bass Two possibilities. One already mentioned, position in room. There are spots where base is poor or even almost doesn't exist. This is purely a factor of room dimensions and speaker position in the room. Unfortunately the position for best mids and... | |
| Is it analog or is it digital? It's unfortunate that class D amps are called class D since in audio D often stands for digital and the description of how a class D amp works(square waves) sort of sounds digital. Plus class D involves encoding albeit an analog encoding not a dig... |