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Why a headphone amp
Bigsam2, I have already Benchmark DAC1 with good headphone amp built in, but I bought separate headphone amp for convenience. DAC1 is across the room and requires long cable that is easy to trip over. In addition switching off main amp would requi... 
Speaker Cable connection: Jumpers
Runnin, I have separate posts for tweeter, midrange and woofers. I use Audioquest jumpers between tweeter and mids posts. I run shotgun cable from amplifier to woofer and tweeter/mid (cable connected to tweeter side). These jumpers are made of hig... 
Who tried Class D only to return to S/S or Tube
My Rowland 102 sounded the best after about 400 hours. Class D amps are very revealing and often don't work well with some "bright" components. I cannot say if class D works better when powered for a while since it is always on in my system. It do... 
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
Calvinj, replacing AQ Indigo with Acoustic Zen Satori brought, in addition to more refined sound, fuller lower midrange I was looking for with my class D amp (try to explain this in terms of R,L,C). Cello now sounds real, male voices have "chestin... 
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
Calvinj +1I accept it. I also know that some people have much better hearing than mine. 
The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers
Bombaywalla, comparison film vs. digital SLR is very unfortunate here, since class D is purely analog with unlimited resolution.Still, you can take equivalent quality pictures using medium frame size film camera for much less money than digital, b... 
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The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers
Rushton, I don't question anybody's qualifications but rather particular example. I'm pretty sure we can find 500W tube amp that doesn't keep up with 400W class D bass amp, but again it wouldn't be relevant to the issue we discuss (class D sound i... 
We seem to highly regard DEMO over anything else.
I bought 6 month old demo speakers for 60% of the price. They have full factory warranty and sound wonderful. 
The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers
Mapman, there are some highly praised class D bass heads (like Ampeg micro or Gens-Benz Shuttle series) and some really bad ones, like with anything else.To me liquid midrange of class D, that you mentioned, is closer to tube amp than SS amp sound... 
The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers
Atmasphere, Bass amps were and often are made as cheap, crude implementation of class D, where you can get a lot of power in inexpensive portable package. Because of that many think of class D only as a crude inexpensive way to get lots of power. ... 
The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers
Couple of people reported on another thread, that Rowland's new $38k class D integrated had the best sound of NY Audio show. Feel free to keep discussing bass guitar applications. 
Wow .... €50K Headphones ... What next
The 20,000 children on Planet Earth who stave to death each and every day could have used it.I disagree. 20,000 starving children definitely don't need $50k headphones. 
Shipping damage
Few years ago I had speakers delivered by truck "on the pallet" showing dents in packaging. I could not refuse them (not enough time) but discovered next day serious damage to one of them. Shipping/receiving department at my work, where they been ... 
why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
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