helomech
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| Need help. I need recomendations for amp, or amp/preamp Based on the design type alone you’re going to want a solid-state amp of 100 WPC minimum. | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated Forget the Mac. Get one of the lower powered class A Pass amps. They’re in an entirely different league. Then you could even get away with using a nice SS preamp. | |
| Canary Audio Preamps Any Good? @roxy54 Thanks for the reply. | |
| Canary Audio Preamps Any Good? Bueller? | |
| Spendor SP100R2 still a relevant speaker? The original SP100s outperform the 100R2s, but the latter should still be very good. The upside to the R2 variants is they won’t suffer the driver surround hardening problem of the earlier models. I would be happy to own a pair of 100R2s driven by... | |
| Tekton ultimate crossover upgrade Depending on the quantity of parts, $1800 might be a steep price for what you’re getting. | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections Bel Canto PRE5. All analog. Dead quiet. True balanced. Dynamic Range 125dB. $2,300 The Pre5 is a very nice preamp (I’ve owned it) but for $300 more the Benchmark LA4 is audibly higher in resolution, quieter, and lower in distortion. It... | |
| recommendations for buying used balanced integrated or power amp 2k range? Try the original Parasound A21. Great value. I recently tried a nearly 20-year-old A21 against the new A21+. The original is clearly better. Even from the listening chair the old design is audibly lower in noise and distortion, despite what the sp... | |
| Purely analog pre or intergrated amps You might be surprised to learn that most amps and integrateds are still fully analog. “Class D” is an amplifier topology. The “D” does not stand for digital, and does not indicate any conversion of the incoming signal to 1s and 0s. Some class D a... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections To the OP, Be wary of what you read on the ASR forum. It’s quite apparent that many, if not most of them have little experience with high quality/audiophile-grade components. They like to hang their hat on SNR, THD and IMD specs because doing so ... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections It’s a quieter system period over and unbalanced system. His system just can’t resolve it. Tube sound is a preference not a performance spec. And a CTO to of a big company. While balanced and differential circuits are usually superior, it is n... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections The Benchmark LA4 is closest to a “straight wire with gain” that I’ve heard. No need to spend more if your goal is ultimate transparency and neutrality. I owned the Freya+ for a time. I tried rolling many NOS tubes in an attempt to hear what all... | |
| When a budget speaker is preferred to a high end one... This is not a very uncommon phenomenon. Some speakers are incredibly overpriced. Some are underpriced relative to the competition. | |
| My experience with the First Watt F7 First Watt seems to be mostly a vehicle for Mr. Pass’s experimentations, which is allegedly why there are so many variations despite similar power outputs. It’s my understanding that none of them were intended to be great all-rounders, rather, the... | |
| I am out of the loop for knowledge on high end auto music systems A Porsche forum would probably be your best bet. No doubt there are forums dedicated to the 944. As a veteran mobile audio installer, I can tell you that you’ll definitely want a system that allows for EQ, preferably by way of DSP. I imagine some... |