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| The "Snake Oil" Trope Remember what I told you about your avatar? That's Einstein telling you something. | |
| McIntosh amps can sure hold their value. This MC2300 just sold for $378,000!! Not because it’s a Mac 2300, just because it’s Gerry’s, it may have well been his portable cassette walkmanAs here’s an ebay clean one for $3,000 or offer, and there are a few around at that price.https://www.ebay.com/itm/363362695974?hash=item549... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope I get why there is a market for premium fuses. The current has to pass through the fuse in order to power whatever system. If the fuse uses inferior components, it will add unneeded impedance on the signal. And fuse blows because it’s a certain i... | |
| Fuses "250 dollars for a fuse is kind of outrageous,..." Ditto, it’s fuse wire, if not then it’s a hoax and could be dangerouse, all that's needed, is to make sure the fuse and holder are in good condition.AGEING FUSE MAINTENANCE:1: “Just re-new your fu... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Many amps are 1.5v or less input sensitivty for full output, and most dacs today are well over 2v output these days, so there's no problem with being able to voltage drive. And most dacs today have very low output impedance output stages, that are... | |
| Class-D Audio USA have just released their new GaN amp at the CES singintheblues Any news on these GaN amps? Yeah I asked JA of Stereophile just today if there’s a chance he could review/measure the new Technics SU-R1000 https://www.stereophile.com/content/technics-su-r1000-gan-integrated-has-everything-bar-spe... | |
| Fuses Quick question, what is your guy’s experience with bypassing caps? Does it add anything to sound? or just smear it, and cause coherency issues? By-passing powersupply or voltage rail caps is a good idea, but it’s not a good idea to bypass caps tha... | |
| Class D Purifi Eigentakt / Mark Levinson 333 / Benchmark AHB2 - Listening & Conclusion @georgehifiYou clearly prefer vertical biamping AHB2 than bridging monos. My Soundlab Esl has only one pair of terminals. What do I do in this case? Also, someone told me that since these speakers can go down to 1-2 ohm at high frequency, AHB2 may... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Passives seem to have the edge with faster transients and a somewhat leaner sound.We need a contribution here from georgehifi. Back from holiday.Look at it this way if "going direct", "going passive", "going active" all drive the amp/s perfectly, ... | |
| Bought mono blocks, now spkr cables too long emergingsoul OP I’m running a pair of XA 60.8s to the Magnepan 30.7 Just back from hols, keep the 12ft cables you have, as those XA60.8’s "could" be replaced in the future, as their lowish power in a big room to take those speakers may become a p... | |
| Deciding if I like Class D. The measurements and graphs from the manufacturer don't lie Eric, as you are doing and accuse others of doing.The fact is there plain and simple from the PDF data sheet from the manufacturer themselves, which I also measured to satisfy myself, and... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? why do so many discussions turn contentious?Here it is seeing some can’t see it. I believe people are just getting sick of those "shysters" that are making big money with "very dubious" cheap products aimed at buyers that can’t tell the difference... | |
| Quantum Science Audio Thread I purchased a 240:240 isolation transformer on a local audiophile trading site. 750W capacity Yes, I believe this is the first intelligent thing you’ve said, as noise does not jump the gap of an isolation transformer, because primary and seconda... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? No no no!! that's the new word for being a fuser "Pathetic"😵 | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Self-regulation would be nice, Won’t happen, too many here are technically inept and on the "snake oil" shyster’s payroll in one way or another.Cheers George |