hilde45
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| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? OP, here.LISTENING UPDATE: With an initial budget seeking $3k or less, I auditioned: * Quicksilver Integrated Amp against * Atoll separates (MA100, 60w amp & Atoll HD 120 preamp)Source: Atoll CD playerDAC was in CD player. Speakers were Dynaud... | |
| If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing? @gadios great list of do's and don'ts. Thanks a bunch.@millercarbon: wonderful post. I especially love this paragraph:"Don't abuse it. Do have the guy earn his money. Do ask to swap speakers or cables or whatever in order to compare. Do ask to hom... | |
| If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing? +1 @tvad+1 @lalitk It's up to legislators and lawyers to make the tax law. That said, if one's own state has a lack of funds for roads, schools, etc. then that does make me think twice about sucking it up and paying the taxes -- especially on a di... | |
| If I have good local shops available, should I restrict my purchasing? Thanks @sgordon1 and @jond and @big_gregAll "should" issues will revolve around "personal preferences" only if one determines that there is no ethical dimension to the question. If that’s what you think, then it may be that any option is acceptabl... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? @mesch Thanks -- and yes, please keep me posted. This might be a good way to go. I'm not buying today -- I don't even have my final speaker choice decided. This is pre-research (and fun). It's a shame I can only try one tube type today in my pric... | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Will do! | |
| Seriously considering tube preamp…opinions? Thanks, Markus. I started reading that white paper and it's great. Aimed toward people with electrostatic gear, but I see the principles are general and that will be very useful. Appreciate that.Glad to hear your view on tube preamps. I've been wh... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power Thanks -- I am so glad to know that, and will go take a look at his speakers. | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power @audiokinesis Right -- and, FWIW, I think the speakers mentioned here are that way because they're small and yet can do bass pretty well. Other speakers Salk makes are not as insensitive, e.g. the Song3 Beats. @tvad Good suggestion. That may be t... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power Thanks, Doug. I was listening to Paul McGowan on why overkill buys you the benefits of "linearity" in the speakers' response on a video yesterday, but he was careful to point out that *how* you listen makes a huge difference as to whether it will ... | |
| Atoll IN200SE Integrated Amplifier @mauger2069 and all, Just coming back to this thread because I'm going to listen tomorrow to the Atolls as well as some Quicksilver gear. (Both at Crescendo Audio in Wheatridge, CO.) I had a listen to the Parasound pre/amp (P6, A23+) but with diff... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power @daledeee1 This conversation with Jim Salk has a graph, perhaps of the kind you're asking about? Of course, you're asking about getting graphs for *any* speaker we want to buy. Salk's graph is not in this excerpt but you can find it here:https://w... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power @tomic601 There sure are! | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power This was helpful. https://youtu.be/DNfpYncOQRc | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power Excellent. Thank you, all. |