georgehifi
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| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Class A amps (almost) always measure better, not sound better. Always "unless" the power supply/s can't handle the extra juice need for the higher class-A biasing, then they do sound worse.Cheers George | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Because Class A does not always sound better. Obviously. They always do, but it has to be the same amp designed to take both settings low Class-A bias and high Class-A bias without being stressed.EG: Halo JC1’s always sound better in high class-a ... | |
| Do Mono Block amps provide better sound ?? So I got a second AHB2 and switched to mono mode on both AHB2 Amps that are bridged are not true monoblocks, bridged stereo amps grated get the better single channel power supply I mentioned above and have more wattage than when they were stereo, ... | |
| D’Agostino Progression integrated vs Gryphon Diablo 300 Yeah sorry have to agree, absolutely impossible to compare two different amps at two different times in two different systems in two different rooms.Cheers George | |
| More Detail From a CD? ratboysr NAD 516BEE CD player that I only used a couple of times before getting the Directstream DAC. I pulled it out the other day and played a few CDs and thought I was hearing more. So I did A/B comparisons and to my ears there was definitely... | |
| Do Mono Block amps provide better sound ?? They both have their pluses and minuses. (EG: monoblocks can have ground loop problems)The big one for me is stereo amps with common power supply "can" have better "individual channel dynamics", because all the grunt from the powersupply (that is ... | |
| D’Agostino Progression integrated vs Gryphon Diablo 300 Don’t know what Diablo you were looking as that Diablo name goes way back with Gryphon?I’ve seen the Diablo 300 but not the D’Agostino, but what I can say is the build quality of the Diablo 300 is beautiful to look at if you like that kind styling... | |
| Technics SU-R1000 a new Class-D GaN Technology integrated Wow, lots of comments on this also in Spanish, any possibility to get the video translated in English with something quick and easy??Cheers George | |
| REL subs with Acoustat 1+1s? musicfan2349 subs with Acoustat 1+1s? Over the years I had the 1+1’s and the 2+2’s and (ML Monolith, with active bottom end), don’t take the sub/s up too far in FR as they can’t match the ESL’s speed anything above 100hz. And passively roll off ... | |
| CD or Streaming... am I missing out? I need both CD and Streaming....CD when i want to Focus, Streaming for backroundmusic, or to just relax and listen to a playlist, or discover new music, that I then buy on CD, SACD or BD. Yes good way for it’s use. That’s why so many I know have d... | |
| 845/211 tube amplifiers with kef reference 5? thegreenman OP Don't listen to Ralph, it won't be a disaster like he's making out, he's got a bee in his bonnet, over something. They will work up to a point as verdataudio and I outlined.And very good if you just use them for the mids and high... | |
| Schiit - shipments stopped? They market product as a ht bypass preamp. I have several emails where they tout this feature. "ht bypass preamp" Where is this stated in the product description or in the manual? https://www.schiit.com/products/freya-1 If in a email take a scree... | |
| Power Amp suggestion singhm1 OP Power Amp suggestionWould love to hear recommendations Stereophile: B&W 802 D3 The magnitude drops to 3 ohms between 100 and 130Hz, and again between 670 and 770Hz; and while the electrical phase angle is low in the lower region, i... | |
| Fuse upgrade on Marantz SA-10 & Marantz UD9004 The fuse is likely mounted on a circuit board very close to the IEC power cord inlet. You would have to take the cover off and potentially remove other circuit boards that are mounted on top to get to the main A/C power input board. Since both... | |
| Separate subwoofer amplifier with remote. What would work for stereo setup? There is no stereo with subs. You can hook em up that way. You can position and pretend they are stereo. But it is all mono. Sorry not correct I have two subs, running stereo, each on the outside of my mains, they run individually off the line le... |