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| Rogue Atlas Magnum sounds bright -- any recommendations? bdp24 George, I've never heard (or even seen) a plasma tweeter These are what I use with the ML Monolith esl's but there are a few new variation today.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Magnat-Plasma-MP-02-ion-tweeter-massless-air-plasma-speaker-Plasm... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming You may find this will be better than all of them. Naims new $25-30K flagship Reference R2R Multibit ND555 + power supply, network player still using the PCM1704 dac converters. http://www.theaudiobeat.com/news/naim_nd555.htm Cheers George | |
| Rogue Atlas Magnum sounds bright -- any recommendations? Less high frequency distortion = less brightness.Correct more air and transparency. This goes for the tweeters also.Have you ever heard a plasma tweeter? The least distortion of any HF driver, because the plasma flame is the diaphragm and it has n... | |
| DAW vs Alexia 1 vs Sasha 2, descending order of $$ adsell OP The Alexia to me would have the nod, IF!!! you have the amp to drive them?? As they are a pig of an amplifier load down to 0.9ohm EPDR in the bass. The Sasha 1’s were just as bad, and the Sasha 2’s are said to be a little better, but I'... | |
| Rogue Atlas Magnum sounds bright -- any recommendations? Both the Atlas Magnum with KT120 or the earlier review with EL34 had High frequency problems as far as bench tests went. Maybe your hearing this." Though I must admit to some disappointment with the amplifier’s lack of high-frequency linearity, in... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Having music free of any compression, gives you more space to listen to your music louder, and your brain likes it, and enjoys the building crescendo's, as then it's not so relentless and fatiguing that you have to turn it down if it were compress... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming Compression is also a good thing when listening to music casually. Yes this is so true, the only times are when:1: dinner parties2: background music3: in lifts 4: when your on the phone5: not to blow up ear buds or your ears6: and to stop the wif... | |
| Has any inexpensive Asian DAC manufacturer harnessed the ESS Sabre ES9038PRO Chip? The search is your friend, as I posted here, the Topping dacs very impressive measurements.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/topping-dacs-d-50-dx-7-and-dx7sCheers George | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming lalitk1 Trouble is do you have to purchase it first to get all the info? Your good with that one anyway, as it’s the only version released.uncompressedhttp://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Dexter+Gordon&album=Doin%27+Allright Just ha... | |
| Looking for an Integrated Amplifier to match Totem Rainmaker Speakers Can you help me understand why I'd want to go over the the 100 watts of power recommended on the speakers? 86db efficient and a bit of an ugly amp load between 100hz-200hz where all the power is needed.Cheers George | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming My Aurender conductor app gives me complete details on original album release date, remastered year and the file bits. Aurender streams via Tidal Trouble is do you have to purchase it first to get all the info? You good with that one anyway as it... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I guess my question should have been more pointed: how do you know what mastering you are getting on a streaming service? You don’t, they usually go with the latest, which unfortunately most are more compressed than the originals 10-20 years ago.... | |
| Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming I have not yet gotten into a streaming service though I understand the value of having access to a vast catalog of music. Trouble with streaming you don’t know what version of the album your getting, some have had the daylights compressed out of ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification Nelson Pass once said "The first watt is the most important watt"Cheers George | |
| Passive preamp to a power amp? stuff_jones OP Sounds like I’ve unwittingly stirred up an old controversy! Yes, you’ll bring out diehard active pre supporters hanging onto their mega $KKK active preamps, that in most cases can get whooped by passives at a fraction of their cos... |