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| Solid State Power Amps That Sound Most Like Tubes? Parasound Halo, McIntosh, Pass, Wyred......Man, I have to say that some of these suggestions, and others, absolutely baffle me. Could you explain two of your suggestions: I've had a bit of experience with Parasound Halo and W4S amps and neither ev... | |
| Solid State Power Amps That Sound Most Like Tubes? Hmmm...seems like he's asked a pretty straightforward question and has said he's already checked the archives for answers so I'll give him the benefit of doubt (and yes, this topic comes up ad nauseum, but I do understand the OP is looking for som... | |
| Ayre V5xe vs. Modwright KWA 150 I can try to give some observations here as I've had both in my system also, and have some connection to what Peter has said, though my experience was not identical to his, and my system and room are of course different. I'd start with my usual di... | |
| Review: AudioMachina Maestro Ti-200 Speaker JAX2, Thank you for the lengthy reply. Glad to hear you are the one working on the graphics etc for his new website.Thanks! It's been a pleasure to work with Karl on doing some justice to his hard work and great designs. I haven't photographed the... | |
| Review: AudioMachina Maestro Ti-200 Speaker Very nice write up, and deserved praise for a not-often heard speaker. I heard the Maestro (I believe these were pre-Ti versions) playing with Modwright gear at RMAF a few years back and was mighty impressed, even with the constraints of those sma... | |
| Can fun be used to describe equipment? Man, I would have loved to hear Duke's new speakers - his stuff never ceases to impress me. Alas, I couldn't make it to RMAF this year. I did get to hear Karl Schumann's (AudioMachina) new tiny CRM monitors in my own system, about a month before t... | |
| 12bh7a retifier Neither the 12bh7 nor the 6SN7 tubes are rectifiers. The 12bh7 is a 12volt tube and the 6SN7 is 6 volts. They are not compatible in the same circuit. | |
| Warming up the ARC LS2B The LS2B is not known for warmth and musicality in the first place.I'll amend my original response, with some agreement with the above statement. I always found the LS2B to be rather cool and detached - and yearned to find warmth there as well. Th... | |
| Comparable product to Logitech Transporter? Logitech's own Touch can do the same thing at a much more reasonable cost but does not have as good a DAC as the Transporter. The combination of the Touch along with a great outboard DAC would be a great solution. Othewise I believe the Sonos syst... | |
| Warming up the ARC LS2B Years ago I did quite a bit of tube rolling with an LS2B, along with a friend who also owned one. The warmest of the tubes we tried, if I recall correctly, was a Mullard, while the German variants (Siemens and Tele's) ran very linear and more on t... | |
| Transport rips to hard drive? If you have a Mac, DO NOT use AAC. AAC is compressed. Use Apple Lossless for the best quality.I would recommend Apples non-compressed format, AIFF, if you are on a Mac. Also MAX software has vigorous error correction (discussed above) which will t... | |
| Best used floorstander on the FS forum under $2500 For what system - what are you going to pair them with? What size room? What kind of music do you listen to? | |
| What amp do use to drive your Klipsch Cornwall I, Of course the Cornwall need more power than the LaScalla or KHorns.There is no reason they should need more power than LaScalla or Khorns. They use the same mid driver and tweet. Sensitivity on them is around 102db. You should be able to drive the... | |
| How to level match when comparing components? Is there a good pink noise generating test disc out there to help with this?Stereophile's test discs have pink noise. You can also download a file from the Internet for free like those available here and other places. If you only have a CD player,... | |
| How to level match when comparing components? The OP asked a simple question. The answer pink noise and a db meter.He/she is not asking whether one should be analytic or emotional regarding component comparisons or what the requisite period of time for a valid comparison.And (s)he was answere... |