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| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? A solid state amp that sounded identical to a tube amp? That's gold, Mapman, gold! Humor is the best medicine. ;-) | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Mapman, really? Which ones? I'm dying to know. | |
| Techinics Sp-10 Mk2a break-in period Peter, hi, by that logic the power cord doesn't affect the sound of the turntable either. | |
| Techinics Sp-10 Mk2a break-in period There are other reasons besides speed accuracy why things like capacitors and solder joints need to break in. Can you not hear? Hel-loo! | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Czarivey, yeah, I guess you're right. it's really the Americans who have been brainwashed. ;-) | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Gee, in all this time on this thread no one has bothered to mention the most distinguishing feature of tube amps vs solid state amps. That is the lack of the irritating harmonics present in solid state amps. Not to mention the more natural and rea... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? One strike against Class A tube amps in particular is their very high cost, has anyone actually checked out what a good 100 Watt Class A tube amp goes for? Hel-loo! One assumes you're NOT referring to milli watt SET headphone amps, not that there'... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? A worse amplifier has higher dynamic range? Worse how? Because it clips easier? And therefore has more gross distortion at volume? Because it has less dynamic range? Worse it has an order of magnitude higher THD than the "better" amp? I see where ... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Czarivey, good question. Yes, they're better, too. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Watts are not Watts. The reason tube amps have better Watts than solid state amps is pretty simple. It's because they generally have more dynamic headroom than solid state amps. Thus all things being equal tube amps won't clip as soon as solid sta... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you I propose that it is not possible to know what a system sounds like simply by knowing what the components are or how much the system costs. We are chasing the dragon, trying to find something we heard a long time ago. There, now I feel better. ;-) | |
| Free $3K preamp to lucky listener who names it Was the winning name The Terminator? | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors In a perfect world, along the lines of an anechoic chamber, one would discover that the best toe in is no toe in. Toe in preferences are the result of all the room anomalies. | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors If you're not using the speaker set up track on the XLO Test CD or something similar you're not even close. All other methods at the very best find local maximums, as opposed to, you know, the real maximum. Think of it like looking for a needle in... | |
| Another Pair of Skeptics Converted I dunno, I'm a little skeptical of cable A/Bs myself since I'm a believer in the notion that unplugging and plugging power cords or any cables disrupts the subtle mechanical/electrical interface which takes time to reestablish itself and "heal," o... |