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| Class D Congratulations George you figured out how to make those Ncore modules sound like bad 1980’s tube amps. Yeah right your dreaming , they have nailed the Belcanto Ref 600m’s in an A/B at our audio society meeting , using the same MSB discrete dac a... | |
| Gain Matching - need advice The only problem with in line fixed attenuators, is you don’t know what resistors they have used in series and to ground to get the attenuation. This can ruin the minimum 1:10 input to output impedance ratio, could end up 1:2 or something, won’t h... | |
| looking for a Integrated amp $6,000 range then take a look at the Gryphon Diablo. Gryphon Diablo 300 best I had heard , But, you might have to sell your wife and kids off to buy one. He doesn't need the 300, the 120 will do with the efficiency of those speakers at 94db, but nasty ... | |
| Some DACs I am Considering-Any thoughts? My preference out of those in order are.1:Soekris 2541 or 15412:Holo Audio Spring 2 Denafrips Pontus Audio Mirror SE Mhdt Pagoda 3: Lampizator Amber 3 4:Audio Note 4.1 Kit5:Doge 7 Cheers George | |
| Gain Matching - need advice Your Joule from what I found only has 11db of gain. The AR is still only 12.5db, your problem is the speakers, but if your attached to them then.You have 108db efficient speakers and an amp that has 100kohm input impedance and 29db gain, "which is... | |
| Class D Over your head that's for sure. | |
| Class D Is that the same NC500 you bypassed the buffer clearly violating the recommendations of the app note that the amplifier stage be driven by a low impedance source to maintain performance? You buy them without buffers get a life!!Just yet another fu... | |
| Class D Well, yes good actives do impress, but I bet my bottom dollar those same active speakers can sound better even again, if they were Class-D on the bottom still, but a nice Class-A or A/B linear on the mids and tops or even the Technics SE-R1 then i... | |
| Class D Correct, that why I like passive preamps also, if correctly implemented, as they have no sound. Listen to many Class-D’s they have great bass great lower mids, but "something thins out" and looses it dimensionality in the upper mids and highs, lik... | |
| Class D Wasn’t even addressing you, but seeing you butted in yet again, wonder if you understand your own ears, I doubt it very much, as you seem to think all that counts is wattage, and have no idea, just how bad global feedback is for sound quality when... | |
| Looking for a CD player Resolution Audio Opus 21 (4XPCM1704 R2R ladder d/a converters). Hmmm very nice, last "best" (PCM1704) of the R2R ladder dacs before the discrete ones.There is one on Agon for sale https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa3dch-resolution-audio-opus... | |
| Class D Mola Mola Kalugas No, it is not as good overall as a great A / AB mono amps. But it does sound great. And it is small, beautiful, cool to the touch, and fits in very well in an 'upstairs family room'. And it is small, beautiful, cool to ... | |
| Class D Your the fool sunshine, for accepting Class-D the way it is, it has a long way to go to equal the likes of Krell, ML, A’gostino, Gryphon ect, as it is it will only ever be mid-fi if the two problems I mentioned above do not get improved on. Techni... | |
| Class D that is drive 1-ohm Scintillas Yes many can "handle" but have pitiful current, because some even have trouble equalling the 4ohm wattage with a 2 ohm load, let alone trying to double. Some even go backwards!! And as for 1ohm, again they might "ha... | |
| Suggestions for New CD Player Given that you wish for a new CD player, you will have some difficulty finding one with the TDA 1541 chips in them. They have been out of production for a long time - 25 years? I prefer the R2R PCM1702 and PCM1704 over the TDA1541 they are st... |