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| My Experience With Tekton deleted my quite tame (and agreeable) post, actually agreeing with the statement that tekton may be a nice entry point for newer folks to the hobby, with some wow factor in sound and appearance for modest cost ... what the... ???man, such nonsense... | |
| Then there were 2 arc uses printed circuit boardsit is neither a positive nor a negative | |
| How important is the pre-amp? as ralph saidThe best way to implement fully balanced circuitry without transformers is to go fully differential. This does not require 'twice the circuitry'. Add about 50% and you will be closer. And there are advantages: for example for a given ... | |
| Which Harbeths? @ddafoe What if your reference to live music isnβt unamplified acoustic music; is Harbeth still the best in this case? i.e. the many other modern HiFi speaker manufacturers are just plain wrong?good questions, and certainly no right and wrong, jus... | |
| Air Tight ATC-5 preamp I have a nearly new ATC 5 for sale here along with the matching ATM 2 Plus 70w/ch tube amp. Very nice stuff...very nice stuff indeed... creme de la creme for push pull tube loveliness still have my atm-2 - they will bury me with that honey of an a... | |
| DAC Dilemma The Directstream is nice dac, not the greatest resolving, but I'd stick with it vs. others you mention.op should make sure, if he hasn't already, that his direct stream unit has the latest firmware download from ted smith, called 'sunlight'... pro... | |
| Best way to spend $1000 on used bookshelf speakers? opi personally would buy thesehttps://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ele/d/berkeley-spendor-speaker-sp1/7379408163.html(except i have 2 pair already)but these may not rock out well enough for you | |
| Matching solid state amps with tube based pre amps but what if i am a vegetarian? | |
| DAC Dilemma opmy 2 centsmodern lower cost dacs do not blow away well respected well performing older dacsgood modern dacs indeed sound different... the difference in sound on a high resolution well assembled system is immediate and obvious good luck on your p... | |
| Which Harbeths? opgive em a little time, but if they donβt do much for you, sell em offif you bought at a halfway smart price, there should be takers without you losing much $new harbeths are indeed expensive, but even so, there are plenty of buyers all over the ... | |
| Class A into Class AB just to set folks straight that may not be properly informedhttps://www.audioholics.com/audio-amplifier/amplifier-classes | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings @jjss49:Thanks for the suggestion-- I was only able to sample one track but in light of a review I found on the All About Jazz site, the track I heard is very representative of the release, overall-- pretty mellow/"late night" (or is that "late ni... | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood_(album)^^ my contribution to this thread today ^^brilliant...Β ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ | |
| Are Shakti Stones effective? uh oh, this old chestnutΒ π€ | |
| Need advice/opinion in choosing Vandy 2ci or Thiel 1.5 i am much in agreement with the recent posts by @holmz and @unsoundit was some 20 years ago, but my one very notable point of recall on the thiel 1.5βs was their lack of height... short speaker that while spacious and clear and fairly well balance... |