freediver
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| Integrated that blew you away I’ma gonna go against the $ = performance crowd here & mention the $1500.00 Creek 4040a.. A miniscule,50/110 watt(8/4/ ohms),sub 5 pound,Class D,Integrated Amplifier/DAC/Headphone(Phono is optional) that completely embarrassed my $3000.00 Sim... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? Not to hijack since it was mentioned twice I would pose this to the repliers commenting on the "musicality"of a component..How the H do you judge a components musicality if you are considering it for purchase & don’t yet own it? ONLY the "usua... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Had War's "All Day Music" pop up on one of my Pandora+ stations this afternoon..Got so funk'ed up I plugged it in & started a new station. My oh my oh my..James Brown,Parliment,War,Ohio Players,Wild Cherry,the 70's are alive in my living roo... | |
| Trenner & Friedl Art Speaker: A Year Later Reviving a long dead thread in 2025 to see if anyone owns or has enough experience with the latest version of these tiny titans to provide insight on how they compare to todays many choices in this price range..I believe they are now around $6500.... | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? @kofibaffour you completely missed the point of OP's thread.. | |
| What is the most overlooked consideration? One consideration NEVER looked @ IMO is the FOR SALE market...Too little attention is paid when choosing a component to how many units are active on the for sale market & how many have been sold in the past few months.. Look at mass produced ... | |
| How much power needed to drive 91db speakers? It depends on how loud you listen & how big your room is..If you listen at levels around 80db.in a small-medium size room 15 watts of Class A power will,IMO,be plenty..If your listening at levels above 80db.in a big room then you’ll need at le... | |
| Idea for a new component In Solid State design,NAD Master series makes one as does Naim but my $ would go for a SimAudio Moon 390,which I might add also offers a superb headphone circuit.. | |
| Idea for a new component @ dweller, Network Streamer/DAC(what kind of inputs do you need),Phono(MM/MC or just MM) & your max budget might be helpful? | |
| Moving to Tube Separates or Tube Integrated + Phono One thing I forgot to mention..Pay VERY close attention to HOW THE POWER TUBES ARE BIASED after replacement..Some amps require you to flip it upside down,open the bottom,exposing everything inside,locating the biasing pots & test points,POWER... | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? @horn13 that's awesome,the church is a fan shape so my seats should be golden! | |
| Moving to Tube Separates or Tube Integrated + Phono Your going to get a ton of replies all over the map so I’ll keep this simple & based purely on my own experience.. Stick to an ALL tube rig,IMO you lose around 20% of the tube magic going hybrid.. I prefer integrated amps,they are fully opti... | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? WOW,I debated starting this thread,not expecting the kind of responses posted so far..I’m really glad I did..I appreciate the informative replies so far.. Just to add a few thoughts..I’ve been to plenty of small Jazz clubs, seen plenty of unampli... | |
| Need help choosing speakers for Outlaw Audio receiver I am simply NOT a fan of anything that uses metal drivers..I'll take the organic,natural tone of coated paper & silk any day of the week...Look at the Heco Aurora 1000..You have a big room & these should fill it nicely.. | |
| Integrated amp under $5k Peachtree Audio.. |