jaytor
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| What have you been working on in 2020? Lots of things this year. I spent the last few months slowly building a pair of class A monoblocks - about 60 watts per channel based on the FirstWatt F5 design with lots of embellishments. Just finishing them now - first sound test was last weeke... | |
| Why high-end cable manufacturers don't post measurements? I think it is reasonable to ask for capacitance and inductance measurements. This is useful for determining compatibility with electronics, particularly for longer cables. I also find it useful to know the conductor material and primary insulation... | |
| $5k Pair Full Range Speaker Shootout - Help me pick Your amp doesn't have a ton of power. How big a room do you have? How loud do you like to listen? If you like to listen loud (at least occasionally), have a larger room, or heavily damped room, you may want to focus on fairly efficient speakers. N... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar The current pandemic situation has to be particularly challenging for manufacturers that rely on being able to demonstrate products, and for retailers in the same situation. This is certainly likely to accelerate the demise of many brick-and-morta... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @arion - Mike, I think offering showroom auditions is a viable strategy for manufacturers that are producing fairly high-end speakers. I'm not sure how effective that could be for less expensive products (let's say under $10K), at least as the onl... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @verdantaudio - this is an interesting idea that I think could certainly work for lighter items. Another idea I was thinking about was for manufacturers to have "brand ambassadors" in different areas of the country. The manufacturer could offer a ... | |
| Any thoughts on Denafrips Terminator Plus If you're connecting via USB to your DAC, then I would not expect you'd see much benefit. They might reduce noise a little, but your DAC is going to have complete control of the clock since USB passes data asynchronously (at least any virtually al... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @spacecadet65 - I used to live in the Boston area (Carlisle) and shopped at Goodwin's (when they were in Harvard square before their fire, and then in Alan's apartment - I moved out of the area before he opened his new store in Waltham) and at Nat... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @audiokinesis - I think PAP has a slight advantage in that it requires the consumer to put in a fair amount of their own effort to put the speakers together, and the speakers themselves require a larger than average listening environment, so custo... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @millercarbon - If you are legitimately in the market to buy a new car and have narrowed your choice down to a few models that will satisfy your budget, needs and desires, then, no, I don't think you're stealing from the dealer. Doing a test drive... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar @mr_m - Yes, I agree. I don't even think it is fair to the dealer (whether brick and mortar or ecomm) to take (or purchase) 2, 3 or more products home knowing ahead of time that you're going to return one or more. I won't ask for a home demo unles... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar I guess I didn't do a very good job in my original post explaining what I was getting at. I have nothing against dealers. I have worked with a number of dealers over the years that I really liked and got a lot of value from.My concern is that this... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar I'm glad to hear that you have several stores that are thriving. I think there are areas in the country where this is possible. I am not saying it saves the consumer money. I don't mean to be confrontational, but it's not just about saving the con... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... @73max, @divertiti - I think I have experienced the same thing. The first couple times this happened, I had assumed it was a bad file being streamed and I just skipped past it. After recently reading this thread, I decided to look at what was play... | |
| Threshold, Levinson, Bryston, Krell, ?others? used amps You might also consider Parasound. They have been offering excellent value for a long time. One thing to keep in mind, is that the older the amp is, the more likely it will be that the capacitors are reaching the end of their useful life. If the a... |