joeldi
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| Should I steer clear of class D amps I am an electrical engineer and listened to a number of class D amps in the 1970s. As others have said, they sounded awful. For decades I harbored this opinion that all class D amps chop up the signal and don't put it back together well. Several y... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover I have a Bel Canto e1X amp and have found it to be incredibly clear, detailed, and smooth. | |
| Acoustic sounds ceased hi resolution downloads That is sad. I had no idea. I bought a download album from them on 28 December and would have bought more had I known. I stream a lot as well, but every now and then I will go back to look for an album that I had listened to previously on a stream... | |
| What speaker – under $10k – has the best timbre and tonal qualities? I've been a fan of planar speakers since the early Magnepans and a pair of Crown ES212s that I owned back in the day. I prefer a system with transparency, precise imaging and timbre and currently own a pair of Martin Logan 11As powered by a Bel Ca... | |
| Electrostatic Speakers I have been a fan of panel speakers since the mid-1970s. My love for them started with a pair of Crown ES-212s I purchased used when I worked at Crown. Recently, after not having an audio system for decades, I auditioned several components at vari... | |
| Streaming for beginner I agree with the sentiment toward Spotify vs. Tidal and Qobuz. I like MQA files but I wonder how much of the sound quality is from the remastering process rather than the file format. The system I am working toward is here. Hope this helps! |