fsonicsmith
Responses from fsonicsmith
| Balanced versus single ended I humbly submit that it really depends on the design of the preamp and amp. But that is just from my own experience and without any engineering background. It always surprises me that so many reviewers claim that SE is just as good, and how many r... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat @atmasphere Ralph, the two or three times I have disagreed with you, you have been so freaking nice! I vow to not disagree with you any more. If you were to declare the Earth flat I would let it go. Seriously. If I disagree with you again I will... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat To do this, the platter pad has to have the same durometer as the vinyl itself. Just not true. This again is where intuitive/rational/objective/measurement based talk diverges from something called "listening". A platter pad with the same durom... | |
| Just got started on Qobuz. Can anyone recommend an album or song? @daledeee1 I like your system and your taste in music (minus Fleetwood Mac). I think if you had a different streamer and DAC you would hear a difference. | |
| Too Much Power I believe the answer is it all depends. Btw, the answer that a "too powerful amp" endangers the loudspeakers posted above is completely false. I would even go so far as to say that an insufficiently powerful amp is more dangerous to loudspeakers t... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons Here is what I wrote in the "Devore" thread (Speakers) that I think also, even if partly, answers your question; I don't want to give things away before the final vote tally is in, but the O/93's simply sing holistically, organically, and full of... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I don't want to give things away before the final vote tally is in, but the O/93's simply sing holistically, organically, and full of joie de vivre with my ARC Ref 6 and 80S fed to them with Cardas Clear SC's. Previously with my Ref 150 SE in the ... | |
| Is it good to upgrade the crossovers in your speakers? Ten years ago I had my vintage (1978) Large Advents and B&W 805 Matrixes (1997 or so) upgraded by John Van Leishout of Van L Speakerworks in Chicago. I pretty much gave him carte blanche within reason to upgrade everything. I know the caps, in... | |
| Is a Garrard 401 or 301 "accurate"?? My advice is to buy a table that is built to last and that is easy to set up (the latter applying primarily to the arm) because your biggest obstacle to accuracy is your cartridge, the cartridge set-up, and the spotty quality of pressings. So back... | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? @larryi Great post. I wish you could hear my Ampsandsound Nautilus which is a modern recreation of the HK Citation II. It puts out 8 watts of SE triode. The amp is overbuilt to the extreme. It is perhaps half the size of my ARC Ref 80S and yet w... | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? What this means is its possible to build a solid state amp that is every bit as smooth in the mids and highs as the best tube amps and leave nothing on the table in terms of detail, sound stage and the like, in such a way that vintage amps simply... | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? OK Ralph, so you are ditching everything you have espoused (if not self-promoted) on this forum for twenty years in order to go all-in to self-promote your new Class D amps. Fine. Let history be the judge! Over 60 years time has proven that the ba... | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? @teo_audio As a lawyer I mediate a lot. It sometimes results in settlement of the pending litigation. The word you are looking for in your spiritual search is "meditation". Also, that is one weird and non-specific post you got there! | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? As another data point, my Ampsandsound Nautilus is modeled after the Harman Kardon Citation 2 which was introduced in 1959. Granted it is not my main speaker amplifier (I bought it to use as a headphone amp) but when driving my Devore O/93's the ... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? You can apply extraordinary measures to eliminate cabinet resonance and the result is a speaker like those made by Magico. Is this good? It depends on whether you like their speakers. There is no defined engineering path to a great sounding speak... |