erik_squires
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| Advantages of beryllium? A - The 936 is not very cleanB - It has the Focal 100 Hz dip in impedance, which makes the speakers seem more "discerning" of various amplifiers. In some cases this is done artificially in the crossover. Best,E | |
| Adcom GFA-555 in Mexico on 127 volts? Mechanical hum is an issue with a lot of these I am afraid, including Furman, but I can usually hide mine so it is not noticeable. Best,E | |
| Advantages of beryllium? One good eye opener, listen to the Magico Be tweeters and compare to the Focal's. Personally I find the tuning of the Magico's a bit bright, but butter smooth and wide dispersion spanks all the Focal's and certainly the B&W diamond tweets.It's... | |
| Advantages of beryllium? Don't be fooled just by the Be brand. They are not all equivalent, certainly not in frequency response or dynamic range. In _theory_, be is very stiff and very light, so least stored energy or resonances of most materials. The implementation of th... | |
| Speakers are the first piece of the puzzle Well, the argument missing is the room. The room and how speaker friendly it is determines a great deal about what speakers you are going to be able to choose among. From basic things like what size, and where you will place them come out issues a... | |
| Adcom GFA-555 in Mexico on 127 volts? The price problem is related to voltage regulation. Voltage regulation requires transformers, which is heavy and therefore expensive. I think most in the US are fine without them. If you are asking me about running in Mexico, I'd say it was a requ... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions With my new PC and Mc power cables, dealer bias is automatically filtered from all forums. | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? Lots of interesting perspectives here, but would really love to know what it was about a particular amplifier that seduced you. Imaging? Relaxed presentation? Bass juiciness? Best presentation of Nina Simone you ever heard? What amps and what uniq... | |
| Nice MQA discussion Tidal is pretty nice even without MQA. :) Great back catalog that does not get enough positive press. Best,Erik | |
| Adcom GFA-555 in Mexico on 127 volts? Before anyone gets all ethnic, I've also lived in a modern high rise in San Francisco and needed a voltage regulator there. Less black outs, but daily variance in voltage was on the very edge of acceptable. I'm now in a mid-century complex and vol... | |
| Adcom GFA-555 in Mexico on 127 volts? A stable 127 VAC is fine, but I've lived in Mexico and power delivery is usually crap. You definitely want a voltage regulator such as this Furman unit:http://amzn.to/2yICcaKFurman (and others) make a dizzying range of power conditioners. You 100%... | |
| DIY tube amps Interesting, all the tube kits I know of are fairly low powered. Hope to see some good recommendations here. | |
| Swapping Receivers due to 4K HDR passthrough - thoughts on Yamaha? I like the yamaha's but I am fascinated by the NAD receivers and their modular components. | |
| What 2 channel Amp would you Buy for $6k? Conrad Johnson Premiere 120 or something similar. | |
| Which Monitor Speakers to Consider Also, not sure if they are too expensive, Wilson Benesch are speakers I'm very curious about but have not heard. |